La greve etc

Well once again it is the weekend and I have just stated to write about the week... but its the only days I have time!!!

Alors, (=so...) tuesday and wednesday passed by pretty normally (about as normally as they can here in Nice, haha, hwne one is working in a french hospital, navigating the city, taking multiple classes, and speaking only french whilst doing so...)

But thursday was a different story entirely...
Want to know why??? ... La greve de SCNF/ the strike of all public transportation.

Did you know that here in France one must notify their company/the public if they plan on striking before they can legally go on strike? Interesting, eh? I thought one day everyone just woke up and was like "hmmm I think Ill just make everyone walk today- then they will appreciate me! Hey, Ill call all my bus driver friends and they will too!" Nope not how it happens- which is good for me so I could plan my new mode of transportation for the whole day = my very own two feet!!!

Summary of the day:

7:00 woke up/got ready/ate breakfast
7:45 left my house for the Hospital
8:52 arrived at the hospital (yep over an hour long walk...)
11:30 finished my "stage" and ate lunch with the others
12:15 leave Hospital
13:00 arrive at classroom (yep thats 45 minutes...)
14:00 leave classroom
14:47 arrive at musée Matisse et musée d'archéologie (yep 45 minutes more= all UPHILL)
15:00 commence 2 musée tours
17:30ish finish tours and start the walk back down the hill
18:15 arrive at centre-ville very close to my house and stop for a crepe/oringina with about 5 others... (yep.. another 45 minute walk)
19:00 walk back home
19:15 arrive at home
20:00 diner with host-dad
21:00 skype with mom and george
22:30ish shower/pass out in my bed

total walking time:  60+45+45+45+15 = 210 minutes = 3.5 hours
(note even counting walking around all morning in the hospital and then in the museums- my feet were very very tired that day haha)

Whew- that was even exhausting to write!

Besides the strike though the day was pretty good!! I got to watch a surgery that they streamed live to the auditorium of the hospital of a "femur elongation". It was an orthopedic surgery- and very very violent to watch. Soooo many huge silver instruments and the mallet and the saw... dang.  Bascially the patient had an infection which destroyed some of the bone in his leg and the doctor was placing a 2cm new piece of bone to try to even him out. It took the doctor about 5 tries to get it in the gap he sawed into this young-adult males leg. Shew. Working out /weight lifting is definitely a requirement for becoming an orthopedic surgeon is all I have to say.. haha.