So I don't know if I told you, but I thought my host mom was having an affair with her "friend" because Rachel and I never saw the father. Well, turns out she IS divorced. She says that she is still best friends with the father, but for some reason when he came to visit this weekend she could never be in the house with him. Hmph. His name is Jean Bernard, and he is super nice. He doesn't have the southern French accent so I could understand him. I'm pretty sure I talked more last night at dinner than I have in all three weeks here combined. I hope he serves dinner tonight! But then again, today is Sunday and all we eat is sweets and who knows if we even have dinner because it is Easter.
Yesterday (Saturday) the group took an excursion to les Baux de Provence. This is an old town built into rocks on top of a mountain. It was sort of interesting but there was not much left of the town. The audio guide kept telling us to imagine things, I just couldn't see it though. I took a lot of photos, but they're all starting to look the same to me. Rocks and trees and green fields. Plus the weather was not too swell. It rained a lot. We also saw how a catipult works, which was someone interesting except for that it was freezing on top of the mountain and I really did not want to be outside. My allergies were also horrible, so thank goodness it rained. You can see the pollen on the ground there is so much. And a lot of pollen gets in my eyes. I take this nose spray 3 times a day and some eye drops, too that help a bit.
Afterwards we went to la Cathedrale d'Images. This is an underground art museum inside and old quarry. The paintings are projected onto the walls with accompanying music. It was quite different. This year the place is featuring Picasso. I thought it was fun, but again, cold.
Then we went to this town called St. Remy to see a chocolate place, but I didn't find it all too amusing. There were a bunch of us shoved into a tiny chocolate shop with chocolates that cost up to $70. Lance and I went to the market nearby and he bought a pack of Hershey-like chocolate called Lions for 2.65 euro. And it was yummy.
Last night I ate the wonderful dinner with Jean Bernard and then went out with Brad, Melissa and Lance. We chilled at Brads house for awhile. His house is so different than mine. And there was a TV! I have not watched TV in 3 weeks! It was amazing. We also played French Scrabble until we realized it was just too hard for us. Afterwards we all went out to the discotheque.
This morning, or rather this afternoon I woke up at 1. I could not pull myself outta bed. I tripped on chocolate eggs as I walked out the door and crushed a few with my monstrous feet. Then I ate some. Though it is "only-eat-sugar-and-bread-day" today, I will survive because I still have some ham. Ha! I beat the system. Though I do need some bananas because I get Charlie Horses about 5 times a day. No joke. It must be all this walking. Try explaining Charlie Horse to Natsu in French.
And now I would like to apologize to my mom for last night because I love her and feel very terribly. And I would like to apologize to Nick because he sticks with me through everything and all I can manage to do is shoot him down. I know that's not the even the half of it, but he is the love of my life and I never meant to do any harm. I will be sitting in my bed today. If you wanna talk, you know my number and guess what everyone?! MY INTERNET WORKS!!!!
Happy Easter/Joyeuses Pâques!
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