Mon voyage vers la belle France: La France en Avril: Le Vrai Printemps!

Bonjour from France,
It is spring! Really and truly! I am sending warm thoughts to those of you still battened down in winter. Take solace in the fact that Spring exists and it will be coming your way soon. Don't worry I will bring some home in my suitcase in June for sure. April has brought sun, blue skies and 70 degree weather. Here its 20's (weird to hear as warm) and it means everyone is Rennes is out and about. We have had some fun get togethers recently, with good weather comes being able to run around in the evenings without being worried about walking home late. It was nearly impossible to negotiate the market this saturday. There are cartons of amazing strawberries everywhere and everyone takes picnics to the park. April also means that there are lilac bushes and green grass in the courtyard of school. Our ten minute breaks during class are a mad dash to grab a good spot in the sun outside and no one wants to go back to the freezing lecture halls when break is over. I cannot believe how nice it feels to be outside in a skirt! We have been trying to eat outside at restaurants and spend time in the park. All the international students are getting as much sun as humanly possible. I was trying to explain that all the sun should be helpful to our moods to some fellow students today. They had never heard of SAD or happy lights because the concept of only 3 real months of sun is impossible to them. Obviously they don't know much about the great north east! School is really kicking all of our butts right now but we are doing our best to keep up with it all. I am currently working on an article analysis for my Israeli Palestine Conflict class, an evaluation of the legislative systems in Germany, England and France, an expose on the life of Jean Paul Sartre, and an analysis of the colonizing of some random country (suggestions welcome). Seems impossible this will all get done, and in French but I have hope! I also registered for classes today back home. Senior Fall will be a rough one but I am looking forward to a big thesis project and some great professors so should be fun! This weekend I am headed to the beach, so look for pics from that. Cannot wait! I included some photos this week, they are a little bit random but thought they would be interesting. They provide a quick glance at my ongoing life in Rennes.