Et Les Cours Commencent...

Classes began this Monday, and so far I have only had one two- or three-hour class each day. It sounds idyllic but listening to French spoken really fast for that long of a time is TIRING. Really tiring. But I can surprisingly understand more than I thought I would and definitely more than I can understand in casual conversation. (sometimes I think that French people don't breathe in between paragraphs when speaking.)

Yesterday I had a class at 8 AM. So I got to see the sun rise:

If I see the sun rise at school in New Orleans, it's only because I had to stay awake all night to write a paper.
 Also no windows in New Orleans show the sun rising over the sea.
So Nice wins this round. Again. 

And then I had an exhausting two hours of class. But when I finally made it down to the beach in the late afternoon, it looked like this:

The Little Mermaid jumped off of these rocks just as I was taking my camera out. 

I didn't feel like cooking that night so I went to the campus cafeteria for the first time. It only costs three euros for a meal (which is the best deal in all of the land apparently) and you get a ton of food. Malheureusement, the Campus Carlone cafeteria is not one of places renowned for its cuisine.

I got a hamburger steak-ish thing (viande?), pasta (pâtes), zucchini (courgettes), cheese (fromage), bread (pain), and yogurt (yaourt). A LOT OF FOOD. (BEAUCOUP DE NOURRITURE)

If you don't think it looks tasty, that's because it wasn't. 

I've been craving Company Burger so it was nice having ground meat, I guess.

You can't beat 3 euros, but I think I will stick to cooking for myself and/or eating in real restaurants unless I'm in a bind.

But three euros! C'est pas cher!