Bonjour!

I am writing from a tiny internet cafe in Nice, france and I dont have many euros so Ill have to keep it short.

First peice of news:

Chirac decided to sign a law making it easier to fire young workers in france. major protests ensued with most of the french populace supporting the protestors. SO: out of all the train stations in france that a thousand angry high school students could have chose to barricade they picked... yep, the one we were trying to use to get out of town. It was actually mad fun--we just waited on the platform )they were 200 metres down the tracks) and then every once in a while an angry gaurd would come over and bark at us or another boatload of gendarmes would unload and head down the line. eventually the evacuated us "for our own safety" and apparently tear-gassed the protestors. Upshot was that we spent another night in paris.

for those of you that havent been, France is lovely. You need to come. My personal favorite part so far is the city of nimes. feels like everything a small french town should be, wonderful gardens, beautiful town square, Complete roman amphitheatre AND it is right in heart of wine country. Ill be posting photos eventually.

Saw Monoco today. Yay for having lots more money than you know what to do with.

And now, the big news

I GOT INTO CORNELL!!!!


now I just have to see if they give me enough money that I can afford it.

But, on that note, I head off to dinner to eat some wonderful french food and drink some french wine in celebration.

Au revoir,

miss you

bern