I arrived in Toulon very nervous, and a very nice man, Guillaume greeted me at the train station. This is the start of my couchsurfing adventure ( Read more... )

I have really grom close to my host parents. I am really sad to leave them. Sabine is my good pal. I told them I would return...someday....when I have the money... I also promised I would write to them ( Read more... )

I saw on a piece of paper that my friend had that she and someone else were writing notes about me. When I asked to see it, she ripped it away. I got really upset and I said that I deserve to know what they were saying about me and then they all yelled at me and said everyone talks about people behind their backs, they talk abotu me all of the time ( Read more... )

The people I went to Paris with are really not nice. They forget I am here, they exclude me, they complain, they constantly talk about people they hate, they said that I was really getting on their nerves. I left the room to cry and strangers asked me if I was ok, but when my "friends" saw my tear-stained face, they said nothing ( Read more... )

 I can hear the sounds of a neighborhood music fesitval happening just across the street from me. I wanted to go, but I realized that, being the only one in the house, I would have to lock the doors and set the alarm. Earlier today I set off the alarm accidentally for the 3rd time. The sound is skull-piercing. The people from the security company ( Read more... )

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(above is the program. not the exact one that I was on, but you know what I mean)

I had a real "lost in translation" whatttt?? moment on wednesday.

One of the classes I am taking is on a different subject every week. Last week it was on French media. So, the teacher planned a little field trip for us to the television station. That is all the ( Read more... )

 1.) I am going to stop stealing.
Like Katie said in her blog, I want to stop wanting. I steal things all of the time here and everyone knows. This weekend some of my friends took me aside and they said I should stop, because they don't want me to get into trouble in a foreign country. They are right. Stealing cannot be justified. Not even if you " ( Read more... )

Huhuhuhuh we can actually drink here! dudes let's get wasted! uuuhhh i had a wine bottle in my hand the other day and i saw a cop and was like oh shit and i hid it hahahhh. (was it open?) no , but i was still freaked out, lol ( Read more... )

Don't ask me how it is, because I don't know what to say. All cities are pretty much the same, just minor differences. That is why rural and less populated places are the way to go when going somewhere new. Then you really see the differences. This place? It is narrow streets, hidden streets, fountains, dog shit, rivers, bridges, street signs on ( Read more... )