A sun break over the Seine.

Notre Dame and some cherry blossoms.

I realized for the first time last night that Senegal did nothing to improve my "sit and listen in on French people having conversation" skills.  Whenever we were with a group of Senegalese people, they would speak Wolof, unless they were speaking to us.  Last night I went and hung out with Rachelle (my French exchange student from Nantes) and some of her friends.  I could pick up on most of what was going on, but I definitely needed Rachelle's translations frequently.  French French is SOOO fast! I have some work to do.

This is Rachelle's dog Vioki, hanging out on my bed.

It was very rainy in Nantes.  The most rain I've seen in months.

One more day in rainy Nantes and then it's off to, likely rainier, Bayeux in Normandy to meet up with Grace and her parents again. I'm looking forward to it! But Nantes has been really fun too.  I went to a couple of Rachelle's classes at University yesterday.  She's studying English, so it was Translation class first, then literature (talking about Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation) and then another literature class where they talked about Frankenstein.  All in English! So that was fun.  Not entirely sure what's in store for today, all I know is that it includes going to one of Rachelle's favorite cafes to get dessert after lunch.  Doesn't sound too bad to me!