A Normal(ish) week in Pau

This week has been pretty quiet, going to classes every morning and getting into the swing of life here in Pau! Not to say that it's been uneventful, because that's never the case! If we don't have any big adventures planned we go downtown for dinner and drinks and just soaking up the culture. It's definitely the best way to assimilate I think! On Tuesday afternoon USAC took us to a spa and we got to relax in the gorgeous outdoor pools :) These kinds of spas are pretty typical in Europe, they're basically big jacuzzis, there's places to relax with bubbles everywhere and the water is pretty warm, about body temperature. The water also isn't chlorinated, it's some kind of mineral water, so when you get out your skin and hair just feel amazing! I definitely want to go back, but I got very sunburned :( The sun here is stronger than at home for some reason. On Tuesday we also got a special tour of Pau by some of the French friends we've made, got some good tips on where to eat and where to go shopping! Wednesday was pretty uneventful, we were all exhausted and sunburned so we decided to have a day of just relaxing and went to bed early. We didn't even go to the bar at all! I know, shocker.

Today my art history class went to the art museum in town, it was a good little field trip! It was a little hard to focus on the art though, there were two big groups of elementary schoolers there and several toddlers that kept screaming. Not quite sure why anyone would bring toddlers to an art museum but oh well, it's always fun to see the artworks in person!

All of the Americans are going out again tonight, last Thursday we basically took over Galway, but it's ok because the bartenders like Hanna Chloe and I the best. They've started calling us "Team America."  Not sure if it's good or bad... Haha we've already embarrassed the heck out of ourselves talking to them and they're still very nice to us so I think it's good! Chloe and I tried to order in French from the English bartender the other day and then when he asked us where we're from we just go "America" and he said, in a very British way, "Well obviously but its a rather large place isn't it?" And then Hanna was speaking to one of the French bartenders in English and for some reason affected a British accent... haha luckily that bartender wasn't around! Galway is a great place though I'll have to get some pictures of it!