Today was a little bit different because our morning plans were changed. Because of all of the flooding that’s happened from the rain, our trip to Chenonceau was unfortunately canceled, but this gave us an opportunity to sleep in (which is always a plus). Though I was a little bit disappointed we wouldn’t be seeing the castle, a little extra sleep was very much appreciated. After a relatively lazy morning, Victor (my exchange student) and I arrived at the school at around noon. We ate lunch, and then waited for the bus to arrive to take the Americans to a high ropes course. I can’t remember the name of it, but it was much more intense (and a lot more fun) than any American high ropes course I’ve been to. After a bumpy but relatively quick thirty minute bus ride, we arrived at the location of the high ropes course and began our journey through the forest. If I can recall correctly, there were six different courses that you could choose from, ranging from green (the easiest course), to black (the hardest). Each of the courses had different levels of difficulty and were relatively long, so we didn’t have a chance to do all of them, but they were still a lot of fun. I particularly enjoyed the course that was almost entirely zip lines, and in order to get to the end you had to take seven different zip lines through the trees. The views were amazing and I managed to get some fantastic pictures. We were running late when we left the course, but then realized that this would also be a plus, because we managed to miss their version of a senior prank. This apparently involved throwing eggs and flour at passing students as they walked by, so our tardiness actually ended up being an advantage.
Today was another great day and I can’t believe we only have three days left in Tours!
