new classes

Today was my first day of classes at Vesalius. My feet were still sore from yesterday's little excursion, so I managed to hobble to the bus stop (the right one, thankfully) and rode the bus to school. Normally Vesalius is about a 40 minute walk and 20 minute bus ride, so I got there pretty quickly. I thought that my first class of the day started at 10:30, but it actually didn't start until 11:30 so I went and got some reading done to pass the time. My first class was French 101. Even though I took French in high school, I was nervous to do anything but the introductory level. My professor was this young French lady, and if you've ever read the Harry Potter books, she was literally had the same personality/ was the spitting image of Umbridge. She even said the little "hem, hem" after every comment she made. She had this really high pitched voice and was pretty strict. One person even walked out of our class! But basically she told us that if we had even had any French experience at all we needed to move into the next French level. I took a short assessment after which she promptly sent me to next level of French. After French I had Introduction to Mass Communications, a three hour class that I found really interesting. I'm still getting used to the fact that most buildings don't have air conditioning in Brussels. The classrooms at Vesalius are really warm, which tends to make me really drowsy (and we all know I don't need any incentive to sleep in class). The weather has been nice and cool, which is really nice for when I took a little walk outside today. I also finally got some grocery shopping done- bought tomato soup, frozen pizza, and apples. I guess that's typical college student on a budget fare? Also, Russell, Anna, Sey and I just booked a flight for 40 Euro to Barcelona for a weekend in October- so excited!! Travel here is so cheap and easy. Also, going to Dublin this weekend! Literally can't wait!