Back from La Rochelle

Hi all,

I had an awesome time in La Rochelle. It was super hot there too. And it's super hot here right now. Yay for the Institute. I'm one of the lucky few who's in an air conditioned room.

Anyway, back to my stories from La Rochelle. It was awesome. I stayed in a room with two other girls from U of T. We didn't know if we'd have a shower or not because it was a 2 star hotel so we were playing the odds for the quality of our room. Turns out that when we got there we'd rented a studio appartment for the weekend. We had a bathroom (with a shower) a bedroom, a dining area and a small kitchen. So naturally we rushed out to the nearest supermarket and bought tonnes of food for breakfast. We bought our lunches and dinners as we went along.

Speaking of food, I splurged and tried some very French things for my last dinner there. I ordered foie gras, grilled seabass, (mom would be proud, they gave it to me in whole fish form and I ate it anyway) and creme brulee. I liked everything but I didn't think it was really worth the money I'd payed. If it was cheaper I'd probably get all of the above again. It was funny, one of the girls I had dinner with didn't like her dessert. She'd ordered creme caramel which was surprisingly similar to lecheflan. (A Philippeno custard dessert for you noobies out there.) I actually liked hers better so we traded after we'd eaten half of our own desserts. She liked the creme brulee better and I liked the creme caramel better so everyone was happy.

Overall the weekend was really fun. I went with 6 other girls from the U of T program. We did lots of fun stuff. We swam in the ocean, watched the fireworks, went shopping, visited the medieval towers, and I went to the aquarium with 2 others. That is quite obviously the abridged version but if I elaborated I'd be at the internet cafe all night and this would be way too long.

That's my update for now. I hope you're all enjoying the lovely lovely air conditioning in Canada.

Bye for now.