The beginning of our epic walk
Some kind of water system where residents would lift up this little door thing to let water into their property. There were certain days where this was permitted for specific households. This system led to water battles between greedy neighbors.
Elizabeth and Laurie. We're not lost!
That was a gorgeous day. Laurie is one of my friends (French--yes! I made a French friend!) who I met in my cognitive psych class last semester. She's pretty amazing and takes us to beautiful places.
And now for a glimpse into Christin's provençal life:
On Wednesdays, I volunteer at the Centre Socio-Culturel, where I teach piano lessons to four children ages 5 to 10. Sounds charming, right? Basically, it's the worst hour of my life every week. The kids have big differences in their individual levels of piano ability given their wide age range, and I have to teach all of them in the same room at four different keyboards in the same hour. Usually the two younger ones have an attention span of around five minutes each on a good day. I think in the U.S. they would be diagnosed with ADHD and given medication. I used to be against that until I met these hooligans. Just kidding. I have always been all for giving children chemically altering drugs. Just kidding, again. I hope all of this helps me get over my phobia of a large proportion of the world's population.
That was a gorgeous day. Laurie is one of my friends (French--yes! I made a French friend!) who I met in my cognitive psych class last semester. She's pretty amazing and takes us to beautiful places.
And now for a glimpse into Christin's provençal life:
On Wednesdays, I volunteer at the Centre Socio-Culturel, where I teach piano lessons to four children ages 5 to 10. Sounds charming, right? Basically, it's the worst hour of my life every week. The kids have big differences in their individual levels of piano ability given their wide age range, and I have to teach all of them in the same room at four different keyboards in the same hour. Usually the two younger ones have an attention span of around five minutes each on a good day. I think in the U.S. they would be diagnosed with ADHD and given medication. I used to be against that until I met these hooligans. Just kidding. I have always been all for giving children chemically altering drugs. Just kidding, again. I hope all of this helps me get over my phobia of a large proportion of the world's population.
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