Before school, we try to get our exercising done as it is too hot and humid in the afternoon for that kind of work. The photos below are Diane’s running route and Bill’s swimming route (the water, to the left). It is so cool to be out here as the sun is rising.

At school on Mondays, they receive new students. All morning, these students take placement tests.  On Tuesday, the students join the appropriate classes already in progress … like our class. We’re now have 12 in our class; 2 from Spain, 3 from Germany, 2 from Italy, 1 from Switzerland, 1 from Norway, 1 from Latvia, and of course, 2 from the US. And the international language is ..  English. A very helpful language to know.

Today, we did interviews in French and learned how to read (and place) classified ads. It was actually very helpful, as the classified ads have a whole lot of useable words in a short space.

After class, we typically go to the grocery store, then the boulangerie. We must have fresh baguettes every day!

This afternoon, a visit to the local Picasso museum was in order. Seems Picasso spent a few months here and, well, that requires a museum. It was really pretty cool. Some of his paintings are below

Bill clearly could use some help in understanding these. He typically looks intently at the painting, tips his head right, then left, nods in appreciation, smiles them moves on. Why? He has no idea! However, others around him think he is really appreciating the work of art! Maybe Micah and Alex can help him here …

Dinner and a later evening walk finish the day for us students. So ends a day in the life!