In Short...

I wish I had more time to post, but internet is hard to come by...
In short, Nikki found an awesome (and huge) apt. in Toulon with an amazing German roomate/language assistant, so we've stayed there the last 2 nights.
Yesterday we had an AMAZING day! We got up at 6 to catch the 45min bus ride to Hyères to meet up with a professor and look for housing. He made a couple cold calls on my behalf, and walked us to the old (very charming) part of town to a house set up for 4 students to share. I was shown the two empty rooms and chose one fabulous little room (furnished) with its own shower/sink....and a great view of the city! Once I am able to upload photos, I will.

So, I move in tonight, then we take the train tomorrow afternoon to Nice for our orientation. Things are working out really --unbelievably---well so far. We met a couple ladies on the street who helped us with directions, and ended up exchanging phone numbers! And our awesome couchsurfing friends took us all over the city yesterday and drove us up a lountain to overlook Toulon.....
gotta go catch the boat to check out La Seyne, where Nikki will be teaching!!! a bientot