Bonjour à tous!

Another week has gone by here in Tours... our first week of classes! Well some classes. My engineering classes still have yet to start. One of the French classes that I've started, though, is... drumroll... an art class! Imagine me taking an art class! Should be interesting.

As for those other classes, it's been interesting, since for some reason the people at the Polytech told me I should take the wrong classes. After poking around on my own, I think I've found some suitable ones. For one of them, though, I can't seem to find it on the course schedule, though one of the professors told me it will be offered. This is France - maybe they haven't finished the schedule yet!

I went to a juggling club on Thursday - it was fun.

This weekend we visited our second château, Amboise. The weather was pretty good, though a little cold in the morning. Amboise is on the Loire, and pretty impressive from a distance:

My favorite part about Amboise is its circular towers. Inside, instead of a spiral staircase, there's a spiral ramp so the knights could ride their horses up. For your viewing pleasure, here's a great view of the Loire from the top of one of Amboise's towers. (ignore the half-people in the background)


Amboise is also home to the remains of Leonardo da Vinci. (en français: Léonard de Vinci) We also got to visit the location where da Vinci spent his last three years, and see models of lots of his inventions.