Saturday I had the excellent idea of exploring outside of Rodez a bit. From a viewpoint in Rodez I had seen the fortified church of Ste. Radegonde and decided to walk there. So I packed a lunch and set out. First I found this beautiful park in Rodez along a river. It made me so happy since one thing I was worried about was being in this town with no open nature area. Then I set out to this town. For future adventures, I will google directions before I set out because as it turned out I got lost. Not very lost, I just went the wrong way for about 20 minutes, but when you're walking that seems like a long time. In the end, I found Ste. Radegonde and checked out this little church. I guess the fortified part has 40 rooms and they had provisions so that if the town was attacked everyone could take shelter in the Church, so it was pretty cool. Plus I learned about Ste. Radegonde whom I had never heard about before. At the beginning of this walk I was planning on checking out some other places, but I ended up being tired and just going straight home.
I've also been in all my schools now. I think this experience is re-confirming to me that I should not be a teacher :P I am enjoying myself here though. In fact, I already think that I will miss being here when I leave. I'm just really enjoying being able to attend daily Mass and having so much time to pray and reflect. Also when I run into someone I can talk to them for however long because I just have that much time. Like today I went to the Carmel and ended up talking to the lady who receives people there for an hour and it was great. So I think I'm learning to just be and enjoy.
In other news, the weather here has been fabulous. Today it was 20 and sunny. I heard that it's been cold and snowy in some places there.
Until next time!
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