Yesterday Molly and I went to La Rochelle for the day ((London didn't work out). My host dad gave us a ride to the train station, which was nice . . . it's only like a 30 minute walk but I was able to eat breakfast this way. On the train on the way there, there were 8 person compartments, which made for kind of an awkward ride . . oh well ( Read more... )

I went to Paris last weekend and visited a friend from high school (Sarah). While it was certainly fatiguing, it was really awesome because I'd never been to Paris before-it really was an experience. I saw Montemartre, the Louvre, Sarah's school, l'Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysee, la Tour Eiffel, and some other stuff in between. I have tons of ( Read more... )

So actually, my host family is really nice, I'm just having trouble adjusting to some french customs. And, yesterday, I was having kind of a bad day . . . until I went to tae kwon do, and unlike last week, when everyone just breathed, we actually got to yell this time! Sure, only me and two other girls out of a class of 40+people were yelling, ( Read more... )

Rosh hashannah en France wasn't too bad. The services at the orthodox syngague wre pretty good, except that they sang the prayers so fast that I had a lot of trouble following along. After services on Saturday I saw "Ma Super Ex" (My Super Ex Girlfriend) with some friends. It was pretty funny, dubbed in French. Crepes for dinner, and then back ( Read more... )

Today, I did fencing ( Read more... )

Well, after a long and trying week of stupid orientation immersion in which I returned to Chez Defourcq every day extremely fatigued and cranky, and after getting sick yesterday, walking around Nantes in the rain on a historical tour but not paying attention because I was sick and wet and cranky, I finally called a girl from IES today and made ( Read more... )

Je sais que j'ai dispairu pendant quelques jours, mais maitenant je rentre ( Read more... )

How did August happen? This summer has gone by so fast. Third session ended yesterday, only one more left. My seniors were really awesome last session, and so were some of my juniors. I had a really really really good time being one of the handball focus counselors. Handball is like the best game EVER and it was so so so great to coach kids ( Read more... )

gotta love how I update like NEVER ( Read more... )