Mine is gorgeous and smooshy and pebbly on both sides, but the back is more pebbly than the front, definitely. And the side panels even more so!Beautiful bag, it is quite the chameleon color - (I have this bag too).
Is the leather on yours different back to front?
Mine has pebbled leather for the front piece, and smooth leather for the back piece.
It is actually more of a beige, my camera flash washed the colour out a bit!looks great, a very nice and subtle colour!
the french word galet is very similar to the spanish word for biscuit (galleta) so in my mind i had this soft beige colour...maybe your nxt one should be a chocolate one...(now i am hungry)
congrats and good luck with the uni thing!!