Last Weekend and Spring Break Plans

Last Weekend
We had a great time in Lyon last weekend. We took a 2 hour train ride, found our hotel, then went exploring. We visited the Basilica there in Lyon. The story behind the basilica is that the archbishop made a promise to God that if Prussian forces didn't capture Lyon (or something like that) then he would build a church and devote to the Virgin Mary. So, of course, you could see Mary everywhere in the church. We also a nice french dinner (Lyon is the French capital of gastronomy) which was my first since I've been here. The food wasn't spectacular, but parts of it were good. We did most of that stuff on Friday and by the evening we were really tired. I slept really good in the hotel, probably because they had just gotten new mattresses and I had a rectangular pillow like back at home. (The one in my apartment is basically a long, round pillow; it's annoying sometimes). The next day it rained real bad and was cold. The girls decided to go shopping and Bryan (American) and Martin (Slovakian) and me went to the French Resistance and Deportation museum. It was very interesting. We ate lunch and we met up with the girls and they wanted to shop some more, so us guys went ahead and caught a train back to Vichy and took it easy.

Spring Break Plans
I don't have school the next two weeks so Monday I'm leaving with Demetri (German) and Martin and taking a road trip to northern France. Demetri drove over here so we're taking his car. We're going to Rouen (wine country), Versailles, Mont St. Michele (old monastery, I think, but very beautiful), and Normandy. That's going to last from Monday-Thursay. We're staying in hostels in a different city each night. It costs 30 euros for one room, but each room has 3 beds, so it's really only 10 euros a night for each of us and then we'll also pitch in for gas. We have tentative plans to do the same thing the next week except for the south of France to Toulouse, Nantes, and one other place.

Other Stuff
I found out that plane tickets and things in general are cheap in Poland, so some weekend I might go there and visit Auschwitz or something.

You know that badass presentation over Estonia I told you about? Lucia and me made a 19 out of 20 on it, or 95%. We have the highest grade so far. The next highest grade was a 17. My next presentation is one by myself and its over Defense and the European Union. We all have to do a presentation and a paper over some aspect of the EU such as transportation, environment, enterprise, etc.

I should be arriving home at about 11:07 pm on June 10. I'll probably go back to OU at the end of June and take a July summer class.

Today was the last day for my first international marketing professor. We'll have a new one after vacation that will teach another aspect of international marketing. Our first teacher was the former head of worldwide logistics for Michelin Tire Co. He has a castle now near Vichy where guests can stay and today he gave us all information about it and gave us a pass for a free visit.

Oh yeah, we switched to daylight saving time last week, so we're back to a 7 hour time difference at least for those of you in the central time zone.

Pictures: I'll try and get some together and make albums on facebook, and then I can post the link on here and should take you to them. I'll try and have it up by Sunday night.