I forgot to mention something rather important. I have already experienced my first French strike.
For transportation services, it began Wednesday and at my school, it was just yesterday. It's funny; many students take the strike as an excuse to skip class. The BTS class I went to yesterday, for example, had only 9 of the 18 students!
This paricular strike is about the retirement age. The government would like to raise it; the people don't want to.
The influence of the strike on the school - besides the student attendance rate - is quite interesting. Like in the cafeteria - we had ravioli for lunch because a bunch of the cooking staff was on strike. Yet they served foie gras as an appetizer!
I got a lovely postcard in the mail yesterday. Thanks girl. Love the blog updates- hope things continue to go well! Lots of love!
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