hey y'all! no one probably reads this blog anymore, since i haven't updated in so long. my lack of posting simply means that i've been having WAY TOO MUCH FUN here. i also spend time talking on the phone and doing homework. oh yes, the internet has been an issue to. i used to sit outside and use it, but as it turns out, french winters are not very conducive to being outdoors. but enough with the excuses. . .
there are a lot of exciting things coming up in november. for one, i think my mom decided to come visit! yay!! i'm so excited to show off my cute little town. i also have a "fall break". everyone was talking about going different places, and i wasn't sure what i wanted to do, so now i'm looking into booking a wine weekend by myself. however, everything i've found so far has pretty much looked like couples retreats or honeymoon spots. this would probably not be the best idea. . but then again, why wouldn't i want to stay in a luxurious suite with a television and chilled bottle of champagne? i can think of worse things. halloween is next weekend, and suzanne courtney and i are headed to PARIS. we will be doing a tour of the catacombs on halloween night. it's going to be really creepy and wonderful. . .and i'm going to dress up!
i've been fortunate to make a pretty good friend here, and we've been hanging out a lot lately. her name is yupapin, and she is from thailand. . and absolutely adorable! she invited erica and i over to her apartment a couple of weeks ago, and she cooked us some traditional thai food. last night, erica and i cooked a meal for her (chicken fried steak, homemade mashed potatoes, and asparagus. . .oh and cookies). she really enjoyed it, and i think we're going to make it a weekly food exchange. her french is really good, and we pretty much only speak to each other in french, even though she can speak english. however, she was having difficulty explaining something to me the other day, so she broke into english and said "well, i have my law license in thailand. . so i can go fight in court". she's only 23. sometimes i feel really underaccomplished here. but then i have to remind myself that the US requires a lot more years of schooling than other countries.
the radiator finally turned on in my room, so it's not as cold as it was. however, it's been raining a lot, and my hair just isn't looking very good. haha.
i feel like i'm having more and more french breakthroughs. . .and they are SO exciting!! i am picking up a lot more street conversations, and i'm beginning to understand some of the slang. every day i learn something new about the language and the culture!
i've been missing things from home lately, like mexican food and my dogs. i'm pretty excited to be coming home for christmas! i did find a mexican food restaurant here, and guess what?. . it was delicious!!! i have just decided that all french food is amazing. i have become quite used to a spectacular level of gastronomy, and i am very worried that texas will no longer satisfy me. i guess i will just have to learn how to cook like the french!
i'm developing business ideas while i'm here. i think the french have a ton of things that would go over well in the states. i will propose them to you all when i'm back. .
i promise i won't wait this long to post again!! miss you all!!!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
strawberry tarts
PICTURES FROM PARIS ARE COMING SOON. I'M CURRENTLY IN AN AREA WHERE ATTACHMENTS ARE BLOCKED BY THE INTERNET CONNECTION. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
i just ate a strawberry tart. i also spoke french yesterday. yes, i speak french everyday, and i eat strawberry tarts everyday, but i must elaborate to explain the greatness. first of all (because food is ALWAYS first), strawberry tarts are my absolute favorite thing to eat. i am a regular at this one little patisserie. i shopped around before claiming one as my own, but i'm in love with this one, and their tarts are the most delicious things i've ever tasted. however, they are closed on thursday, so i had to go to my other patisserie. they have delicious tarts also. the two patisseries are right next door to each other, and for the most part they offer the same goods. to the untrained palet, it may seem that they're very similar, but i have a heightened sense in all of my sweet teeth, and i know that the crust and filling are VERY different at each location.
like i said before, i spoke french yesterday. erica and i went to the bar on campus to drink a beer and listen to a techno concert (something completely normal for a wednesday night in france). we got to talk to some real live french people. haha. they were very nice and patient, and i think that we are going to keep frequenting that place, because everyone is very eager to talk and meet people. we also met some drunk guys that thought we were british, so they proceeded to talk in ridiculous english accents, saying that we were the countesses of normandy...and the exchange of pleasantries ended with them kneeling down in proposal position in the middle of the street. people do strange things here. they act even stranger if they know you're not french :)
paris was absolutely AMAZING!! we sat on the steps of sacre coeur and listened to music, went out in montmarte, sat at cafe des fleurs in saint germain de pres, visited la defense and l'arc du triomphe, went barhopping in the bastille area, and sat in le jardin du luxembourg. i rode the metro for an afternoon by myself, dressed in all black with my ipod on, and i felt like i owned the city. i think that everyone owns a little piece of paris. there are so many different cultures, and within 5 min. of stepping off the train, i heard about 10 different languages. however, by the time the weekend was over, we were all ready to go back to caen. i wish i could explain how precious my city is. it's home now, and we all are obsessed with it. it's sort of like texas. ..but in france. everyone is really friendly. it's also MUCH cleaner than paris. paris pretty much always has a strange smell. i plan on going back in a couple of weeks to sit in the "jardin du luxembourg" again. it was the most beautiful place i've ever been. i figure the museums in paris can wait until it's too cold to be outside (which will probably be soon).
suzanne fell in her room and hit her face on her bed. it ended up breaking her nose, and we had to call a french ambulance. she's doing much better now, and i missed her a ton when she was in the french hospital for the night. hopefully she will be the first and last one of us that has to experience french healthcare. she did say it was more than adequate, even though it is socialized. ha. take that america.
i started a french aerobics class yesterday. it was really easy and set to music from the musical "cats". so i wonder. . how are french people so skinny when they eat so much cheese and so many pastries. . .and their workouts suck?? all i know is that this little piggy needs to find a treadmill before french food gets the best of my thighs.
i miss you all. if you want to send me a letter (please do). . here is my address
Kylie Lehman
Batiment E, Chambre 220
Cite Universitaire Des Tilleuls
23 avenue de Bruxelles
B.P. 85153
14070 CAEN CEDEX 5
France
if you don't want to send a letter, feel free to book a flight to paris and buy me a huge diamond from the cartier store on the champs elysees. i'm not picky.
i just ate a strawberry tart. i also spoke french yesterday. yes, i speak french everyday, and i eat strawberry tarts everyday, but i must elaborate to explain the greatness. first of all (because food is ALWAYS first), strawberry tarts are my absolute favorite thing to eat. i am a regular at this one little patisserie. i shopped around before claiming one as my own, but i'm in love with this one, and their tarts are the most delicious things i've ever tasted. however, they are closed on thursday, so i had to go to my other patisserie. they have delicious tarts also. the two patisseries are right next door to each other, and for the most part they offer the same goods. to the untrained palet, it may seem that they're very similar, but i have a heightened sense in all of my sweet teeth, and i know that the crust and filling are VERY different at each location.
like i said before, i spoke french yesterday. erica and i went to the bar on campus to drink a beer and listen to a techno concert (something completely normal for a wednesday night in france). we got to talk to some real live french people. haha. they were very nice and patient, and i think that we are going to keep frequenting that place, because everyone is very eager to talk and meet people. we also met some drunk guys that thought we were british, so they proceeded to talk in ridiculous english accents, saying that we were the countesses of normandy...and the exchange of pleasantries ended with them kneeling down in proposal position in the middle of the street. people do strange things here. they act even stranger if they know you're not french :)
paris was absolutely AMAZING!! we sat on the steps of sacre coeur and listened to music, went out in montmarte, sat at cafe des fleurs in saint germain de pres, visited la defense and l'arc du triomphe, went barhopping in the bastille area, and sat in le jardin du luxembourg. i rode the metro for an afternoon by myself, dressed in all black with my ipod on, and i felt like i owned the city. i think that everyone owns a little piece of paris. there are so many different cultures, and within 5 min. of stepping off the train, i heard about 10 different languages. however, by the time the weekend was over, we were all ready to go back to caen. i wish i could explain how precious my city is. it's home now, and we all are obsessed with it. it's sort of like texas. ..but in france. everyone is really friendly. it's also MUCH cleaner than paris. paris pretty much always has a strange smell. i plan on going back in a couple of weeks to sit in the "jardin du luxembourg" again. it was the most beautiful place i've ever been. i figure the museums in paris can wait until it's too cold to be outside (which will probably be soon).
suzanne fell in her room and hit her face on her bed. it ended up breaking her nose, and we had to call a french ambulance. she's doing much better now, and i missed her a ton when she was in the french hospital for the night. hopefully she will be the first and last one of us that has to experience french healthcare. she did say it was more than adequate, even though it is socialized. ha. take that america.
i started a french aerobics class yesterday. it was really easy and set to music from the musical "cats". so i wonder. . how are french people so skinny when they eat so much cheese and so many pastries. . .and their workouts suck?? all i know is that this little piggy needs to find a treadmill before french food gets the best of my thighs.
i miss you all. if you want to send me a letter (please do). . here is my address
Kylie Lehman
Batiment E, Chambre 220
Cite Universitaire Des Tilleuls
23 avenue de Bruxelles
B.P. 85153
14070 CAEN CEDEX 5
France
if you don't want to send a letter, feel free to book a flight to paris and buy me a huge diamond from the cartier store on the champs elysees. i'm not picky.
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