Le Mer ou La Mer?

I had morning classes today and now I know that I prefer to have them in the afternoon. Falling asleep is very difficult here. I go to bed around 11 or 12, depending how long it takes to shower, but I always feel wide awake. Today was extremely difficult to stay awake in my classes. During the 15 minute break I took a power nap to try to help feel more alert. It did the trick. Whenever I’m about to fall asleep suddenly I just start thinking of home and also friends in Montreal. I miss familiar things. I guess it gets easier once things start becoming more familiar, but this place doesn’t feel like home. It’s beautiful and seems too perfect to live here all the time. I suppose I just haven’t really accepted that this is my home for three months.
The classes are long and feel even longer when I leave and still have to use French. During the lunch break, I went to a pizzeria with Caroline and two of her friends joined us a few minutes later after passing by on the street. We talked about the cultural differences between Turkey, US, and Switzerland. All Europeans are shocked to hear that my family has four cars. For gas, it costs twice as much here than it does in the States. We even converted the gallons into liters to really compare.
After my intensive class that occurs every day from 1pm till 2:30pm, I decided to head down to the beach. Ozge had class so she couldn’t go with me and Caroline was falling asleep so I went alone. I now know that I should do that. Girls alone at the beach are easy targets for creepy older European men to come hit on you. He said in French, “vous etes tres belle.” And I just said, “Je ne parle pas francais.” But he knew English like everyone else here so he continued to talk in English. As he talked he kept touching me and he didn’t seem to care that I flinched. I thought about running to the sea since he was fully clothed and I was in a bathing suit but thought otherwise. He just kept carrying on like I cared. It was annoying since I was about to head home but I feared he’d offer to walk with me so I just stayed there giving one word responses till he tired of my obvious lack of interest. Then I waited some more to be sure he wasn’t going to follow me. Paranoid? Maybe, but it’s not worth the risk.
Today was a lot colder in the morning. I think it’s colder for the majority of the days now and only hot after 2pm. I don’t mind since I mostly packed jeans, not shorts. I get to sleep in tonight which I’m happy about. My host mom just called me from the window above saying dinner is ready. I don’t have internet here so I guess I’ll bring my computer to school tomorrow.