chelsea et moi.

i arrived to clermont-ferrand on wednesday. it is absolutely beautiful here. i love the city, lush and green with many parks and pretty places. i can see why chelsea loves this city. remy and chels are wonderful to me. last night we came to remy's parent's for dinner, which was delicious and hilarious. i am realizing my french is ok when i'm just asking questions or saying statements, but when i am at a dinner table with a french family, i hardly understand a word. its painful. remy's mother just speaks to me like i understand, which is so endearing. i smile a lot but no, i don't really understand.
chels can't get a job for awhile, due to visa issues... SO this means she can spend loads of time with me, which selfishly, i love.
note: i have not been able to upload photos for a bit... so i decided to attach a photo of chels and i, taken sophomore year, so a good...5 years ago? crazy. little youngins.
we move remy and chels into their new place on monday. its a quaint little french apartment with beautiful flower wall paper and bright shutters. they have a shared yard space, where they plan on having picnics, BBQing, planting herbs and veggies in. behind their fence is a river that runs through town. there are brick bridges spreading over the water, with little castles built on top. in the river, black swans swim about. the swans here a huge.

i am so happy.

today we experience carnival, with loads of artisits and performers roaming about, i presume... i really don't know what to expect. not one bit. i am eager to see what all the fuss is about though.

i feel nostalgic.