Disconnected

Yet again, I find myself sitting amongst an array of other assistants in the Quick (a little classier version of McDonald's) to take advantage of the free wifi, the rustic potatoes and the ice cubes in the pop. Unfortunately, as time passes on, we are finding ourselves to be hanging out in fast food restaurants more often than we would like to admit. For the past two weeks, our internet has been down more than it has been up, a lot more. In fact, if we counted the amount of times it has actually been working, we probably wouldn't be able to use two hands.

While it has been rather stressful trying to plan a cross-countries trip without any internet and  keeping in touch with my family while my sister had surgery (she is a little less wise now since her wisdom teeth have been removed but is doing well), being disconnected has been an exciting/exhilerating experience. Not being able to google something or facebook message a friend has made me live more in the moment and appreciate the little things in life. I've had to be more pre-emptive in my planning and the lack of internet in the Residence has made all of the assistants to communicate more one-on-one and be more social in each other's lives.

Tomorrow, a few of my roommates and I and our Canadian friend are going off on an adventure. We're are traveling to Munich and Salzburg together. Then, I will take a bus to Frankfurt and spend some time with a sorority sister, hop on a plane to England and experience London and Brighton with my little's bestie and then come back to La France. Fortunately, I'm being paid to have 8 weeks of paid vacation during my 7 months here and I'm trying to take advantage of every moment of it.

À plus!