We call our apartment, "the box". It is 28 meters squared (about 280 square ft) but is very comfortable and cozy. It is very easy to clean "the box" which makes it seem like I have accomplished so much at the end of the day when the groceries are in, dinner is made, and I have even snuck in some beach time. Yes, it is true, I am not a very domesticated female by any means but this isn't half bad. Most of the time I will use my longboard skateboard to pick up things we need around town, which makes it seem more like an adventure rather than an errand.
We are doing a good job of connecting with the local shop owners/workers around our neighborhood and they are beginning to recognize us, which is pretty exciting because it makes us feel like we are a part of the neighborhod community. The one shop that has come to know me best is Emma's Cupcakes, which is a Salon de The (Tea shop) two streets down from us that also serves soups, sandwiches, salads, coffee, tea, and as the name suggests...cupcakes! Alex has a hard time staying away from the Lebanese restaurant a street over and I don't blame him, the food is delicious.
Our pharmacist, one building down in the Meyerbeer pharmacie, is amazing. He speaks English and his understnding of disorders/conditions is wonderful. Recently, I posted a blurb about our experience on FB. To make a long story short, both Alex and myself came out from the pharmacy with medicines to treat our ailments without insurance companies needing to approve of anything and we will be reimbursed for our costs at a later date for our out of pocket expense (mine was 8 euros and Alex's was 27 euros). And did I mention that the medicines actually worked well?
On Alex's first day of his MBA program, I got up early and made him a big "American" breakfast with some pancake mix and syrup we had purchased from a specialty store. He said the eggs were very good, but apparently the pancakes were not that great at all. What's the saying? "It's the thought that counts?" : ) He really is enjoying the program and says that he did not expect to enjoy it this much, but he does. The program is very practical and teaches a global, forward thinking type of philosophy which is refreshing. (Below is a picture of the view from the MBA floor at EDHEC)
On our first weekend since Alex has been in school, we joined a group of fellow students on a trip to Antibes (15 mins by train from Nice). The beach was beautiful. White sand, crystal blue water, and you could touch going out to sea about 200 yards. It was great getting to know people from such different parts of the world. On this trip the nationalities that were represented were: Japanese, Indian, Lebanese, German, Columbian, French, Russian, and Brittish. It is very interesting to converse with so many different nationalities about what is happening in the world and what they want out of the program at EDHEC.
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