Riots, Missing Trains, and a Great Night

...And I'm back!

Liz Alicia Clare and I went out dancing with some of our French friends last night. Its so much better here than in New York. The clubs play every kind of music - French techno, French folk, Vampire Weekend, French rap, American rap,  Louis Armstrong, Lady GaGa, The Beatles, Havah Negilah, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Shalom Alecham, the list goes on. The dancing is different too! Not nearly as much of the skeevy sketchiness. I got twirled around and actually danced! It was so much fun. I sang so much and so today I have no voice, not that I'm being particularly useful today anyways so its ok! 

Before we left Lille, we took a tour, but it was cold and dark so unfortunately, I'm not sure it was as informative as it could have been. I had gotten a text from my French friends asking us to go out dancing with them that night, so Alicia, Clare and I were very excited to get home. Getting home was a bit messy...

1. Boarding the bus, typical Hillary-style, I seemed to have missed the small random iron fence on the ground so my foot got wedged under it and I went flying into the bus. 

Bruised foot + loud bang into the bus = lots and lots of embarrassment. You can laugh now, its ok, It was funny and plus the bus was probably hurt more than I was.

2. Somehow, the train schedule changed and NYU did not know about it. There was a riot in Lille while we were there (I WALKED IN THE PROTEST!) and so everything was delayed and reorganized. Imagine 60 Americans sprinting across the city to the other train station in the hopes of catching a train. I would have done whatever I could have done to get home!

3. Once on the train, they told us to sit in the wrong seats so once we were all comfy, we had to move. 

4. Upon arrival, it was pouring. :( On the upside, I did get a picture with the Harry Potter ad. Police and Genderarme were everywhere in the train station and it was evident that something had been going on, but no news is good news so everything is fine.

All in all, life is great. I'm watching French movies today and having veg-out day because its raining. Perhaps I should get a head start on some of those papers....