The apartment, hostel and McDonald's

First things first, I have decided against the apartment that I previously decided upon. I believe that it would be in my best interest to live with a roommate. A couple reasons: I want a true French experience. I won't get that if I just come home to an empty, super tiny room and feel sorry for myself while I am there because I will just sit there and not want to do anything. Having a roommate is kinda like have a built-in friend. At least someone would be obliged to speak to me and who knows, I might finally find a cool roommate. I have never been super close to most of the roommates I ever had, but I am optimistic for this venture. So, the search continues...

Laurent dropped me off at the hostel that my program set up for the assistants once we arrive in Montpellier. It's super cheap, which is nice. About 5 Euro a night which is about $7.50 a night. It looks exactly like a college dorm with a common bathroom and shower area. There is also a little kitchen at the end of the hall with 2 hot plates and a microwave and sink. It seems great so far and I don't have a roomie tonight so no weird people to share a room with yet. The room is a double occupancy room so any day now someone might just show up but at least it's clean and seems nice enough. The registration for the hostel is only from 2:30 - 5:30pm so if no one is there by like 6pm tomorrow, I will be roomie free again. The room has 2 desk, 2 beds, 2 armoires and 2 sinks. It's actually bigger than my previously chosen apartment if you can believe that. You can't ask for much since it's so cheap but quite honestly, I have been in much worse, much more expensive hotels.

McDonald's in Montpellier (and I think all around France) has free wi-fi which is what I shall be using until I have a more permanent residence so though I will keep you posted on my adventures, it will be a bit more limited since I don't want to hang out in here for hours at a time. :) By the way, the Royale burger was absolutely disgusting. Now, I don't normally eat at McDo anyway, but this was really shockingly bad. It's just the sauce they put on it but I could only eat like 2 bites and gave up.

Anyway, that is all for now. I will keep you posted as the search continues. Oh, if you want any pictures, I have several albums online that I can email you from the sea and whatnot. Just email me and ask.