Cooling Off

Okay, I stayed out as long as I could but decided to head back to the hotel, it was hot. I got back and decided to check the weather since I just know it is hot…well today at 4pm it is 88*. Usually you think 88* and you are all, oh that is so nice, yay summer, wish I was by the beach… but when you are traveling, not near the water and wearing a book bag, and doing lots of walking, it is not so great. Anyway, I after thinking about it, I realized that it was a whole lot cooler though than it was in St. Sulpice sur Leze, so I decided to check the temperature there…oh yea 102*. These things help me make sense of my inability to stop sweating. I am glad that I had a month in New Mexico to get used to 100+ degree heat and no air conditioning…

I got back to the hotel and played around on the computer for a bit. I know, I know, I am in France what am I doing?! It is really hard though having the hotel so far away and it being so hot and getting all sweaty. I spent a really really really long time looking up how to get from Aix to Sault to explore for the day. The trains were out (14 hours!) and the buses…I could not navigate the website in French. I tried Avignon and had the same issues. I found that there are some good hiking trails a 30 minute walk from the center of town, but of course I could not find any directions more clear than that. Plus, with some more research it seemed that the hikes were a bit intense for my flip flops.

I decided to stop being smelly and take a shower … it was the most wonderful shower I can remember (other than the fact that the bathroom floor was filled with water when I was done – really, why no door or curtain? I used the new shampoo I bought (instead of the hotel’s) and moisturized my arms and legs, which badly needed it (I was getting ashy). I decided now that I am cooled off and smell delicious, I will go back into town.