I sent this email the afternoon before we went bowling. This is the kind of thing I said when people asked me for my general impression of France.
subject: Hey, guess where I am?
FRANCE! Yeah, I thought Id just email you guys and tell you whats going on here. I dont have anyone elses email really, but you can send this to anyone else who cares, or just tell them Im still alive. In case you were wondering, French keyboards are different from American ones, and I cant find the apostrophe key. There are a bunch of random other things that are different here, like how the toilet is always in a different room than the shower. Actually, at the hotel, we didnt even have a shower, just a bath with a shower head in it. The food is a lot better. I ate a bunny. (Sorry Emma.) Seriously, on the menu outside, there was a picture of a cute little bunny next to where it said "lapin frites." I took a picture of it. Also, they eat a lot here. Our host mothers packed our lunches today, and we all got like 3 sandwiches. No exageration. My friends host mom asked whether she wanted ham or cheese in her sandwich. She said both, so she got two sandwiches - one with ham and one with cheese. I eat about 8 meals a day, but Im always hungry because we walk everywhere. My host family is nice, even though in general the exchange student thing is a little socially awkward. Everyone else just speaks English to their host family, but I dont want to be a stupid American, so I speak to them all in French. That makes things a little wierd, because sometimes I dont understand what theyre saying. I guess I wander around town with Maryvonne and her friends and just hang out, and thats not too awkward, so its mostly just at their house that its awkward, really. Were going bowling tonight. (?) Ooh, and Friday, were going to the discothËque. Tell, like, Eric or Julian that were actually going to a discothËque. I didnt think they actually called them that. I thought our textbook was just outdated. There is a giant gothic cathedral in the middle of town. Honest to god - its the wierdest thing ever. It looks like it dropped from the sky. What else? Oh, everyone smokes here. They have an area outside their school where all the kids just hang out and smoke. Haha, school is hilarious. Yesterday I had English, and then I had Spanish. It was SO CONFUSING! And in English, they all have horrible accents, including the teacher, but theyre learning vocab that even I dont know. Well, I knew most of it, but it was all like, abating and stigma and stuff. There are these two guys who are stalking me and my friend, and they keep asking about American soccer and Bush in really bad English. Seriously, I understand them better when they speak French. They know all the American swears though. Well, Maryvonne keeps coming in here and asking if Im ok, so I guess I should go be social. In French. Ive already taken lots of pictures and Ill show them to you and tell you everything I forgot when I get back. Bye!
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