Yes, in the Anthropology Department they have a program, a summer program, in Bordeaux, France. It's a six week program and you first take, it's one class, and you take half the class at the University of Bordeaux, I mean, three weeks of the class at the University of Bordeaux and then you go off into a village and you do field work, which is digging at a site, so it's an archeological type of class.

 

I think the best think for me was just adjusting to a different lifestyle and appreciating that lifestyle for what it was, and also appreciating my own lifestyle and culture for what it was. I mean, I absolutely loved France. I loved that for lunch, we can have two hour lunches and three hour dinners. But I also loved the people that I met. I haven't retained contact with one of the friends I made in Tunisia; we talked for a little bit. I just loved his thoughts and his political views about America and what he thought. We kind of taught each other some things. Because we were from different places and we knew about our own places, so we taught each other about that. I mean, I don't think there's one thing that I did in particularly that was that was my favorite. The food was great, the weather was amazing, the city itself, in Bordeaux was just absolutely beautiful. It's so rich in history, and I just can't name any particular thing.


Also, the small village that we went to, everyone was so very friendly. And even though there was a language barrier, the neighbors would come over and bring us fresh fruits and vegetables. And the site where the Neanderthals were was that towns claim to fame. They were just so proud that we were coming to study that and we were learning more and finding more about that particular site. They were very appreciative. The people were amazing, the place was amazing, the culture is amazing, the food was amazing. Everything was just great. I can't think of a particular thing that was my favorite.

Angela:  Can you tell us about the city of Bordeaux? What is it like? I mean, everybody knows and has heard of Paris. What was Bordeaux like and what were some of the things that you saw in Bordeaux?

Rebekah:  Bordeaux, compared to Paris, especially, is a small city, and it's cobblestone streets and lots of cafes and good restaurants are on every alley, on every street. It's on a river, kind of like a waterfront. And when we were there they had, kind of like, a Taste of Bordeaux thing going on. All the restaurants had pitched these white tents, and they had candles all the way down the riverfront. And you could just walk into a tent and eat there. They had ships that you could visit that were on the river, and a beautiful bridge.

They also had a lot of old, old, old buildings, but they were kept up by the city, so they were absolutely beautiful. They had this one castle that was there, and a lot of the Goverment buildings were there since the beginning of Bordeaux.


The streets were really small except for this one street, and it's a street that no cars are allowed on, but everyone walked on Rue Sainte Catherine. And they have the stores lined up all the way down that street; it's just like a big walking street. Nobody drives on it. It's kind of like gray on marble on the bottom and they keep it clean all the time.


And they also have this thing called The Tram. Even though Bordeaux is a fairly, small city, and the University of Bordeaux was kind of outside the city. It used to be inside at some period of time, but it's about a 15 minute Tram 

ride. And once you get off the old part and into the University of Bordeaux you have big fields just like any college campus, you have big, green fields for soccer, and dorm rooms, and a library, and buildings.


And another thing; everyone seems to be in just cafe tables everywhere. Everyone's enjoying their time on the streets just sitting at the cafe tables, and just looking at the scenery; a white, big, beautiful church. I forgot what it was called, but we visited it. It was absolutely stunning. And we just got old buildings. It was very charming and cobblestone streets, [I already said this] and the waterfront. It was just small but it's very picturesque and beautiful. I hope that answered your question.

You now know a bit more about study abroad in Bordeaux. Now, let's look at France's third largest town, Lyons.