Traveling...

Since we're on the first full week, people are starting to talk about traveling outside of Aix. The thing about Aix is that even though it's not some wincy country town, it's probably 1/3 the size of Paris (at most), and I feel like I'm pretty well acquainted with the area--obviously I can do some more wandering, but there aren't really any museums, monuments, Provencal country houses, or underground oddities to be found here. So where should I go? People are already talking Big Trips--to Barcelona, Copenhagen, etc--for spring break, but I feel like if I think of that I'm just going to get overwhelmed, so France first. I really want to explore Provence: if it was summer, and if I was eligible to rent a car, or if it was summer and I had a bike, I'd go tooling around Provence, looking at the country and small towns dotting the area. Paris is nice, but I'm in Provence and I'd like to see it for what it is, and spend some time getting to know it; it would make me sad if I was here for 4 months and I never got to see some little provincial towns and eat some local cheese. So...there's that. There's also Paris, which is basically a given: people are talking about Paris for next weekend, and I'm sure there will be more trips there in the future. There's also Marseille, which is about an hour away, and apparently really fun--at one point I'm sure I'll go to Marseille.
But, other trips: obviously I want to go everywhere, but since that's not possible I'd like to go to Lyon, Portugal, Munich, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Bordeaux, and...? I'm the kind of person who needs to make lots of different lists and write things down; it's a good outlet for when I feel overwhelmed and stressed out, which I can feel myself becoming with all these possibilities--I need plans.

Anyway, tomorrow I have class (!) at 8:30 (! kill me now), so it's probably a good idea to get some sleep. Ciao!