un, deux, troyes!

i am writing from a funky cyber cafe/bar in troyes covered in film stills of american movies and strange decorations like a pinball machine, a lamp made out of a tree tunk, and 5 foot tall fake flower. i left paris this morning, and reached the city with ease (though I didn't know I had to stamp my ticket on the train, but when the conductor realized i wasn't french, he nodded and wrote "estrangere" on the back of my ticket, and then punched it. ah. ) i'm figuring stuff out, and actually conversing in french. unlike paris, even when people realize that my french is not amazing, there english is worse, so we continue to talk in french. this is exciting.
amongst many other things, i went to a museum of tools, and got a phone. if you want to call me, email me and i'll send you my number. sorry, but i probably won't call you because the minutes are painfully expensive when you don't have a real phone plan and have to buy them a la carte. anyway, i'm off to go check out some bars (rather early) because i'm still a bit jet lagged and have my first night of writing ahead of me!