I haven't updated this in a few days. I am starting to get used to life here, which still doesn't mean that I can ever find my way anywhere, but maybe that will come eventually. Maybe. Nimes is kind of an enormous labyrinth posing as a city. A brief review of what I have done in the past few days:
Friday: went to find a bike but was unsuccessful
Saturday: tried to go to the market in Uzes and was again unsuccessful--the bus was cancelled three times; went to The Fox to watch a Rugby match; attended a gods/goddesses themed party
Sunday: woke up early, went to mass, and went to join Z and S for a randonnee near Saussines. The hike led us around to see five capitelles (stone cabins) in various states of ruin/repair. These capitelles were not actually very old, and had probably been built by shepherds from about the 17th century and later, but apparently the construction technique dates back to prehistoric times.

After the hike I came back to Nimes, which was shut down for Sunday. I wandered around aimlessly for a while in a despairing search for tomato soup, and finally came back to the apartment, where I went to bed. On Monday I dragged a bicycle I found in the back of Madame Nurry's apartment (after asking her permission) down to where I had been told there was a bike repair shop. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the repair shop and had to drag the bike back up. Eventually I met up with some others for coffee at the cafe downstairs, and, in a last-ditch attempt to accomplish something before the end of the day, bought my 12-26 carte at the train station, which will hopefully benefit me at some point.

R and I spent Monday night roaming the streets looking for something to do. We finally stopped and got some crepes at the Crêperie La Flambée, which is located on one of my favorite streets in Nimes and which I have wanted to visit for some time. The crepes were delicious, and it was definitely better than spending the night sitting in and doing nothing.

On Tuesday I went to my school for the first time. I had to catch a bus there, which was of course late, but when I finally arrived, nobody was expecting me so it didn't really matter that much. I spent most of the day trying to figure out exactly what I was supposed to do, which hopefully will get resolved by the end of today. I am going back this afternoon and might actually get to do some observation today. Yesterday we had a big meeting where we went over some teaching ideas, which was helpful but also somewhat intimidating. I'm currently sitting in the apartment by myself--my roommates both had to go to work early today. I'm going to start getting ready for the day.