School update: The university was closed on Friday to everyone, even the International students. It is going to be closed all week, but of course, Christophe is finding a way to have class. So no worries, the money is still being put to use.
On to more interesting stuff...
Today I visited Arles with Melissa, Brad and Lance. They had wanted to go horseback riding but they wake up kind of late so we missed the bus from Arles to the horse place. That was fine with me though because I had never seen Arles. When we first got there, we ate. Then we walked around and saw a few of the places where Van Gogh painted his famous paintings. Arles is known to be home to Van Gogh. He painted Starry Night here on the Rhone. I saw the place where he painted Cafe de nuit, my favorite of his works. Sadly, the original cafe was bombed during WWII and the replica is far from what one sees in his painting.
After that, we went to see a corrida. I don't know the word in English. Maybe, bull fighting? With "torro" and stuff. Except, I didn't know that they KILL the bull. Brutely kill it. First they tease it, then a man on a horse stabs it twice in the back with a stick that grinds into the bull. Then they put six of these mini swords in its back, THEN the real toro man comes out and teases it more and then stabs it with a sword that goes all the way down its body. Then, when it finally falls over, they STAB IT IN THE HEAD!!! And to make things worse, they'll do that multiple times and then twist the knife around. Oh my God, it was awful. I paid to help fund that. I seriously cried after the second one. And from then on I could not look. It was awful. They were dripping with blood. One time, a guy got ran over. I was rooting for the bull I think. Wow, I guess I can check that off the French culture list. I'll probably have nightmares tonight.
Hope that did not ruin your day, or your appetite like it did to me!
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