Wheel Chair Fun

Today was an interesting day indeed. My friend Hector and I had some wheel chair adventures in Montpellier. We first went to the pharmacy to put down a deposit and to rent a wheel chair, but we soon found out that we needed 300 Euros to put down. We left the pharmacy, bought some food, and went back to school. Right after school we went back to the pharmacy and rented the wheelchair with the help of our professors and some program money. It was ok for us to use it since the deposit would be returned. To no surprise, the wheelchair helped Hector a great deal since his hands were hurting a lot from the crutches. Our next adventure was to go get some blood work done for Hector and then to go back to his house. I loved pushing his down the street as people looked at us strangely. I believe that in France people are not used to seeing people walking down the street with a wheel chair and therefore they stared. I have to agree however that Hector and I looked very funny walking and rolling down the street. It was quite hard to push sometimes, especially in the older neighborhoods, because many times the sidewalks tilted a good bit. This day made me appreciate how well the United States is equipped to accommodate people with disabilities. They difference with France is that they try to accommodate, but it is very difficult to do so in a city that is 1000 years old or even older. In any case, we got to his house and later on I went back to mine. Tomorrow I am going to meet with Hector at nine so that we can go meet the rest of our friends at the train station because we are going to Barcelona. I cannot wait to get a taste of Spain. I will write more wheelchair adventures after Barcelona.