Saturday, March 30, 2013

Alright, I instacollaged a bunch of photos together!

 Chez moi, I live on Chemin de la fontaine des malades (fountain of sicknesses!?!) The little fountain thing is right next to my house, which is not a typical French house at all! It is waaaaay more modern, a little city house. 
Kitty- Xanon
Overweight pug- Arthur
 
 
 
 PĂ©rigueux! On the top left, I took a picture of a little garden. There are a lot of garden farms surrounding the city, and though it's not super pretty right now, it's cool to go to the marchĂ© (bottom right) after school on Wednesday to pick up some local goods! The shot on the top right was taken from a bridge lest than 5 min from my house, and if you want to know how I got that amazing birds eye view of the city- ask my parents! It's an adventure I'm not allowed to put on the internet :o 
 
 My school... is super old school. Do you see those dinosaur computers? And the chalk board? France is a bit behind
 
 Again, a picture with some of my favorite people (: this one is from the semaine international 

Saturday, March 23, 2013

My mom told me I needed to post again, but I said that I have nothing interesting to share. She didn't believe me!
The thing is, I've just gotten used to all the little cool and unusual things that shocked me when I first came here. I was in a small town about an hour away from my home last week at the semaine international (international week) and boy who was about 13 asked me what the difference between life in France and life in the US (more specifically about school) and without thinking I replied "uhhh nothing really". What???  Did I completely forget what my life in the US was like already? After realizing what a lie I told this kid, I corrected myself and told him all about the things we eat, the cultural differences (bisous vs. hugs), and what a typical school day would look like. This week I'm going to take a bunch of photos of my school, my house,  and anything else that has become a part of my normal because I'm having a hard time differentiating what will interest you and what aspects are completely the same, it's all meshed together in my head now!