The day started by Christophe trying to kill me. Not actually, but we biked to the market and it was uphill both ways. Once again, I exaggerate, but I was seriously huffing and puffing. The bike system is really cool though. You can pay to rent a bike for the day and you get a piece of paper with a code on it. Then you can put the bike away at any station, which are located within a 1,000 ft radius I think. Then you can punch in the code and take a new bike and park it at any other station. It's really cool and is called Velo Toulouse.
Even if it was almost the death of me.
The market was great as well. There were musicians and food and shops and a ton of books. I'm definitely going to have to go back once I start getting paid.
After lunch, Brian picked me up and we met with Elizabeth to start our apartment search. Well, on a Sunday we didn't have too much luck, but we're going to try it again tomorrow and hope for a better response.
The afternoon wasn't a complete loss though! Brian and I met up with the girls that we met yesterday in le Capitole. We walked around for a while, got some coffee at a cute cafe (one of the few that are open on Sunday), and talked about various things. We went to their apartment for dinner and they made us pasta. Italians making pasta, who would've thought? It was really delicious and a great time. We laughed and joked around, all in French.
I'm definitely finding that after only being here for 5 days, my French is already improving, or at least I'm getting less self conscious about using it. I have come to realize that it's okay if I make mistakes. I'm still able to understand and get information across, which is what communicating is all about. Although, sometimes it's just as hard to understand my fellow English speakers! Brian is from Ireland and Elizabeth is from England and let me tell you what- it may be English, but there are some definite things that get lost in translation!
But, I'm really looking forward to spending time with them and I think they're going to be a blast to live with, granted that we ever find a place. Which, will hopefully happen tomorrow, so this wanna be Frenchie should get to bed.
Bonne nuit!
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