if we weren't all crazy, we would go insane

Here are some photos from Sanremo:

SanremoModi

SanremoFBMod

MESanremo

One thing I very consciously miss from the States is the access to water fountains. The only way to get water here when you're out shopping or somesuch is to buy a bottle of it. At restaurants, you have to specify that you want tap water, emphasis on tap, in order not to be given a very expensive bottle. This is where our cafeteria is finally coming in handy for something. They have a water machine that dispenses fresh, cold, filtered water. I've been using it to fill up my water bottles already purchased. I've also been––don't tell––stealing fruit from the cafeteria, because technically it's forbidden to take food out of there. However, I figure I've paid for three meals a day here, and I don't eat my share, so it's only fair to take some fruit here and again.

And now I have some more philosophizing to do. In my French class, one of the oral activities we did was answer a series of questions the professor wrote on the board. Some of these questions were like "What would you do with 1 million euro?" or "What's the most important thing you possess?" or "What's a dream (literal or metaphorical) that you've had?". I answered the questions quite honestly: I'd travel to Egypt and Greece, see the sights of the ancient world, if I had a million euro, and my most important possession is my computer, because it has all my writings, songs, photos, etc. For the dream question, I answered in the literal: I've been dreaming of water in various forms practically since birth. There were a few others who answered in a similar manner, but surprisingly many of my classmates took the philanthropist route. Their answers ranged from world peace as their greatest dream, to wishing to know what someone wanted just by looking at them so they could make people smile. They said their greatest possession was their family (not a possession) or their life and health (which I should think is a given. I'm sure there are few people in the world going "Damnit! I'm alive and I've got great health! This sucks!") Please come up with more original or at least personal answers. That's the whole point of such exercises. Think what the world would be like if every person answered the same:



Q: What do you want most in the world?
A: World peace and happiness.

Q: What's your greatest possession?

A: My family and my health.

Q: What's the greatest gift you've ever received?

A: My life.

Seriously, folks. Those answers apply to most people. Pick something else, please. There's no need to impress with how great a human being you are.

Mais demain, j'irai à Monaco! But tomorrow, I go to Monaco! There will be photos of that too. I can't believe how many countries I've been to in the past week. The US, England, France, Italy, and now Monaco! Je suis une voyageuse du monde! I'm a world traveller! And I'm slowly but surely picking up some more French than I started out with.

And I bought a purse today at Galleries Lafayette. It's plum with shiny leather. My first frivolous and non-essential purchase. Okay, and I will also admit to buying these shiny gold Disney princesses stickers to put on my notebook, planner, and French cell phone in order to be able to tell them apart from everyone else's. There are four of us who have the exact same French phone (we're not talking about my iPhone). Now mine sports a pretty Belle in her flowing golden dress.