Grenoble :)

I have now arrived in Grenoble and am currently sitting in my adorable bedroom in an apartment in the very center of town. This morning we went to the Musee Rodin because it was the only one with workers not on strike, and it was absolutely amazing. I thought the only statue I was really going to be interested in would be the thinker, but the entire collection was incredible. The fact that I wasn't swimming through people like at the louvre also helped. After we finished the museum, we took the metro back to the hotel, grabbed some lunch for the train at the open air market, and then got our things ready for the trip to Grenoble.
The ride was about 3 hours from Paris, which wasn't bad at all, especially since all of us are exhausted from walking so much in the past few days. The extended sitting time was definitely welcomed. I considered sleeping to shake off the last of my jet lag, but the countryside was too beautiful to pass up. Town after town of orange roofed houses and quaint churches peppered the green and gold hills, accented of course with little herds of sheep. Needless to say, it was quite lovely. The last 15 minutes or so of the trip I started to get a bit nervous about meeting my host mom, but as soon as I saw her, I wasn't scared at all. She is the most adorable little woman and is so nice and welcoming. She has a little man friend whose name i missed in the fast paced greeting at the station, and he is beyond adorable as well. I'm not sure if he lives here or not, but he told me that he has a house in the country that we may have a picnic at on sunday. At least I'm pretty sure that's what he said. Neither of them speak any english of course, so my brain was fried within the first 5 minutes. If this doesn't expedite my french learning, then nothing will.
After I unpacked, Janine took me around the town a little bit to show me where the tram station is and where the main square and park are. Hopefully I remember. My sense of direction has not exactly improved with the jet lag. Both Janine and her little man are making dinner and told me that they like to eat lots of vegetables because there is a large market every morning in the square with all kinds of produce. This place already sounds too good to be true and I've only been here a couple of hours. Tomorrow we take our placement tests and then have a walking tour of the town so hopefully I'll have a better lay of the land by that point. I will also try to get some pictures along the way.