Sailboat!

Salut salut!

This week has been absolutely beautiful here. We had a few days in a row where it hit 70 degrees, so I tried to be outside as much as possible! I went for a run on Friday and found a ginormous park with a friend. It was so tranquil and pretty, which is great considering it's located in the middle of the city.

Yesterday I spent most of the day at the yacht club with my host dad. He has a huge red sailboat. I helped him get the boat ready to be transported to I'm not sure where, but he's going to bring it to get re-varnished in the next couple of days. The club is on the Erdre River, which runs perpendicular to the Loire river in Nantes. It's a good sized body of water, but it's fairly calm. I saw some rowing teams practicing as I was sitting down by the water. There are also a lot of huge houses along this river, one of which you can faintly see in one of the pictures below.

It was nice to get out of the city and see the countryside surrounding Nantes and this new river. Apparently there is a path that starts not too far from my house that follows the Erdre river, all the way to the yacht club. So I'm going to have to explore that soon. Unfortunately the 70 degrees isn't lasting...today it's overcast and in the fifties, but i guess that's still pretty good compared to Minnesota :)

Today I'm trying to get some homework done, papers still haven't been started, but soon enough they'll be in full swing...hopefully.

I hope you all are having a great weekend! Until next time!

Kelsey :)