France has an interesting system of allocating university vacations. Unlike in the US, where universities each choose their own vacation dates, it is regulated by region in France. The regions have staggered vacations, so not everybody has off at the same time. Speaking of vacation time, I have a little bit coming up - May 1st is a holiday in France (férié as they say) as is May 8th (la victoire en Europe). Seeing as both of these days are on Thursday, everybody gets Friday off as well. (on fait le pont, meaning make a long weekend out of it)

Today was interesting... Since my ankle is now a little swollen, I was slowly making my way between the classroom building and the cafeteria at the Polytech', only to be caught in the middle of a sudden hail storm. (la grêle!) Very random, decent sized hail, and I couldn't have run if I wanted to. It was kind of hilarious.