{"id":3188,"date":"2012-03-31T09:39:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T17:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/studyingabroad\/?p=3188"},"modified":"2012-03-31T09:39:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-31T17:39:05","slug":"alps-anarchy-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studyingabroad\/2012\/03\/31\/alps-anarchy-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Alps, Anarchy, And\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually have homework to do now so I have not had too much time to write, I was also gone this weekend without internet access, my apologies.<\/p>\n

First up is the Alps.<\/p>\n

The snow in the Alps wasn\u2019t the best, but the sun was shining and we all had a great time. The bus picked us up at 4:30 in the morning and we got back around 11PM so it was quite a long day. Here are some pictures:<\/p>\n

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Photos by Keila Meginnis<\/p><\/div>\n

This last weekend I went and visited my friends in the south of France on their farm in the hills near Salon de Provence. Two years ago, during the summer after my freshman year I went and worked on this farm. through an exchange program called WWOOF (worldwide opportunities on organic farms). My main job on the farm was rebuilding Roman dry-stone walls that line the property. I spent the weekend relaxing in the sun and talking about politics. The owner of the property is an anarchist so we talked a lot about what being an anarchist means and the misconceptions that go along with that political persuasion. Since I don\u2019t have a camera I don\u2019t have any pictures to show but I do have some drawings I can scan into a later post once I have access to a scanner.<\/p>\n

There was a moment Sunday morning that pretty much sums up the lifestyle of the farm that I would like to share. After waking, I walked outside to take my morning pee and one of the three dogs that lives on the farm sauntered up to next to me. He lifted his head to take a good long look at me, and commenced to pee right alongside me. Man, and his best friend, before a landscape of French hills dotted with the mud red roofs of village houses, participating in one of natures fine acts; it was something special.<\/p>\n

I was talking about getting DYSE\u2019d this weekend with my friends James and Greta, and Greta commented on how it feels really fun to have people on the street think<\/em> you\u2019re French. The idea of walking around with a presumed French identity is charming. In any case, James responding by saying, \u201cReally? People think you\u2019re French? People know I\u2019m American right away, they just start speaking English before I say anything sometimes, its like a Insta-DYSE\u2026\u201d I thought that was pretty golden.<\/p>\n

This weekend the group is in Alsace, checking out the European Parliament building in Strasbourg amongst other adventures. I promise the next post won\u2019t take two weeks to write.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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