Avignon

Today we went to Avignon to visit the Palais du Pape, the popes palace in Avignon where the Pope lived for a couple hundred years when there was a lot of political turmoil in Italy with the emperor. It was interesting enough but the building was so touristy that it was hard to get a sense of how it actually was. There were all these panels of info that just made it difficult. Then we went to this vineyard which was pretty cool. Got to see the vineyards, eat some grapes and see the process a little bit. It was a agriculture school so it was there to teach students how to make wine. It was pretty and the grapes tasted great. ha. The French love their wine though the amount they drink has definitely gone down due to the whole health thing. But it was fun though even though I get annoyed with the whole group thing and have to walk away for awhile. My German roommate arrived last night and she seems nice though it was a little awkward. She speaks english well enough but you can tell she doesnt always understand us. I am sure it will get better over time. I am getting pretty settled though I am scared about classes. I am going to go and I am going to write more later.