Thursday, November 4, 2010

Strikes, vacas, and McDonald's

Hey everyone,
I had hoped that I would have made this newest post in my new apartment, but since I don't have internet yet I'm coming to you from McDonalds. The only place that has free wifi. I hope I don't have to explain the irony of this. I moved out of Marie Agnes' house almost two weeks ago. It was a sad farewell, but oh well. Life goes on. The last day at her house however, was quite eventful. A group of the neighbor's chickens had been chilling in our back yard and their owners had come to get them. Obviously chasing after them w/ a net didn't work. So after an hour, everyone went back home and gave up. After youtubing a video on how to catch chickens w/ one of those cages propped up with a stick with food inside, we decided to try it. In case you ever wondered if that trick actually works, it does. We propped up a laundry basket w/ a stick and put some bread underneath and sure enough, those stupid fowls walked right up underneath the laundry basket. After pulling out the stick, which was attached to the string we had the thing trapped. We caught 4 chickens this way. Not bad for a days work. I have video of it and I'll try to get it up on here soon.

After moving in to my apartment and taking a few days to settle in, it was off to Grenoble with my friend from study abroad, Charlene. After arriving and seeing the breathtaking scenery, I realized just how lucky I was to fall into such a picturesque place to study abroad. Charlene and I met up with her friend, Amandine, who is a university student there. We hung out, went out for drinks, went hiking, and played this awesome french party game called "Time's Up." Overall, it was a great couple of days, and again, I'll try to get pictures up soon of the hiking.

Hope everyone is well.

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