Exams are icky...and over!

Hey there everybody,
So after much studying and overall mental pain I have finished my two midterms this week, yayyy. Monday was the cinema “partiel”, and it actually went okay. It consisted of four questions, and we had 90 minutes to basically answer them in a short essay style. I took the whole time, and I think I answered the questions pretty well, although my french was definitely not that good, haha. Fortunately, they take the fact that I’m a foreign student into account, so as long as my ideas are good and I was able to get them across, all should be well. Afterwards I headed over to Sweet Briar for my Atelier class, and was delighted to find a package from dad…my new Ipod!!! I was very very happy. After class, and a snack with Alex, I rushed home and got it all set up, life is good again . I even have room now for some music videos, and lots of pictures (I’ve been looking a lot at our pictures from Provence-makes me happy to see you all). That night, I met up with Kristin at Bar Cristal, as usual, and Alex tagged along and was introduced to the magic that is our favorite bar. I even discovered my new favorite drink, called a Monoco or something like that (I don’t know how it’s spelled), that basically tastes like a Shirley Temple, yummy. We had a really good time hanging out and catching up, me celebrating finishing with my stressful cinema exam. Tuesday was a national holiday here, Armistice day, so no classes. It was perfect, as my Art History exam was Wednesday, so I pretty much spent the whole day studying, plus I was feeling pretty sick so I took a nice long nap, and feel significantly better now. So today (Wednesday) I studied some more for my Art History exam, heading to the Louvre to re-look over the stuff we talked about on our visits, and then headed over to Sweet Briar for our exam. It is half of our grade, and was only 20 multiple choice questions. We graded it in class, and I got a 20 out of 20, yayyy! My teacher was impressed, and I was very very happy, all the studying paid off, I am an expert of the French Renaissance . So yes, very successful day, and now I’m about to head out for our class in the Louvre. Afterwards I’m meeting some friends and we’re going to the movies to see “The Ducess” (with Keira Knightley), which is opening tonight, should be fun. Tomorrow I’m off to Berlin after my Atelier class, with my friends Joe and Olivia. I’m so excited, I’ve heard so many good things about the city, and I’m so ready for an adventure after a week of so much stress and studying. Love you all, and will post upon my return to Paris. So excited! Much love,
Brit