So I am in France Blog Entry for ARAG

Ok
So I have been in France for just less than a week and it is going well.

Pros:
--The weather is beautiful and sunny here in the south of France.

--The girl I am working with is soooo pregnant (8+ months) and soooo cute as well as her hubby. She picked me up when I landed and drove me to a bakery to get some breakfast and then I got to go with her hubby and her to the beach for a nice day! The next night her hubby took me food shopping, where I sorted out computer-plug-adapters. (it was a huge Supermarche......reminding me of Walmart)

-- The people I work with are really nice and I get to practice my french (which is better than I thought).

--The project is better than I thought and I am doing most of it myself with some guidance. So I feel like this is my project and I have some ownership over it despite being away. I have also realized that I will be coming back and forth here to Cambridge more than I thought.

Cons:
-- The project is better than I thought so I am working Beaucoup hours in the lab and barely seeing the area.

-- I am staying in a room just off of the lab (So i really live here). It can be creepy at times but they have lots of security so I feel safe. My room is bare (with a nice bathroom though!!) there is no phone or internet so I need to go into lab for connections. (Good thing is I am reading Wicked which I wanted to do before seeing it in London.) I mean I don't think I am making it clear I walk out of the lab down the stairs and outside of the door is my room. SERIOUSLY!!

--I miss M more than I realized I would. Leading up to this he kept being the rationale one and saying it is only a few weeks.....but he misses me a lot.




So that is that.....this weekend should be nice and I will relish this alone time to sort through the data and other projects. The weekend following this one...M is flying here to visit me and we will have a Romantic weekend away at the beach. He has rented a car and we will visit a vineyard....as my favorite wine is Muscat and this is the place to get it.

Take care everyone......this is Reb reporting from France.............