Un jour férié!

Today is the Feast of the Ascension. Do you know what that means in France? VACATION!!! No school today or tomorrow and all businesses are closed today. After celebrating my friends 21st birthday last night, I am just spending the morning being lazy. After breakfast this morning (coffee, bread, confiture (kiwi and banana jam, made by the grandparents using the kiwis that grow in their back yard...miam!!!!) I sat down on the couch and Im watching some good ole CNN. I know that I probably should be watching something French, but Larry King is on! And this afternoon Im heading to Paris to meet up with Greg and Jen!!! I can not wait to hang out with them in Paris :) Well, I better rest up for my mini vacation!

Oh and above is a picture of me that someone posted on facebook today...

Chateux!!!!

So I just got back from quite the adventurous excurstion! I went to the Chateaux of the Loire Valley with the rest of my program. It was amazing, each one was so beautiful and cool and full of history and secret chambers. Although not all the chateaux resembled Poulard (aka Hogwarts, im reading Harry Potter in French now, cause I just can't get enough of Harry in English!) they were all magical. Surprisingly, the weather held out; it drizzled a little bit, but it wasn't too cold, and I did see Mr. Sunshine every once in a while. Once people put up pictures of facebook from this weekend, ill post them on here (i lost my camera on the rue de la soif :( )

It was the perfect way to spend the weekend after our show! I was in a french play on friday night! We worked hard for weeks memorizing Moliere and other little french excerpts. It was so much fun, and every one else seemed to like it too! Instead of saying break a leg, in France they say Merdre! which I think I like a lot more than our little english saying.

Happy Mother's Day All!!!! The countdown has begun! Actually, wait, I don't want the countdown to begin!!!!! :(

Affreux

Hey all!

So, its been a while since i've written. I believe that I was in Barcelona when I last blogged. Well, yeah, about that vacation... I got pickpocketed, there was this volcano so I couldn't fly, then there was the strike on the trains in France, which made it practically impossible to buy train tickets without a credit card. So yeah, thats what happened, I never made it to Italy. I just chilled in Montpellier (and some other insignificant french towns) for a few days after I finally escaped Spain with Adelle.....

On to better things....I spent the weekend at my hostgrandparents house in Damgan, which is this cute little beach town on the southern coast of Bretagne. It wasn't the best weather, but I had soooooooo much fun eating good food and just chilling with my host family (Brigitte, Johann, Viktor, and the G-parents). Im really going to miss them, the date is fast approaching. I don't like to think about it.

Blog ya later