First, let's get the bad news out of the way: my financial aid still has not come through. And it's all one big, boggled mess. It goes like this: my study abroad program is through IU. However, my tuition is through IPFW. I have a scholarship through IU. Since my home school is IPFW, my payments are made through IPFW. However, IU needs to be paid for their program. BUT IU has my scholarship money, so they need to send it to IPFW. Which they have not done. So until IPFW receives the money from IU, IPFW can't pay IU the money. And to top it all off, I'm leaving the country in two days.
But--onto why I'm so excited. First of all, while I am very sad leaving my family--and believe me, there have been a lot of tears--I'm going to France!!! (In case you didn't know.) But to specify a little bit, I'm going to be making a pit stop in Lyon with my parents, and I had no idea there was so much awesome stuff in Lyon until I talked with my French professor. Now I'm super excited about going there, and I almost wish that we were spending three days in Lyon instead of in Paris. But I'm sure I won't get bored in Paris, either. The Lumière brothers were from Lyon (they are the inventors of film), and my favorite French poet is from Lyon--and there is just SO MUCH to see! There's an awesome basilica that I want to see badly. And--ah!--there's just so much I want to see!
Okay! So itinerary for the trip:
Paris, 3 days
Lyon, 2 days
Avignon, 1 day
Aix-en-Provence
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