Bonjour à tous! This last Saturday was rather enjoyable. In the morning I Skyped with my old roommate, which was great; I really enjoy catching up with people from back home. After that I made a cake for my host-dad as it was his birthday on Friday. I made a chocolate cake with my great-grandma Scrubby's fudge frosting recipe. It didn't come out exactly the same (translating the measurements was tricky), but it was still tasty; my host-family said that they enjoyed it (I hope they were telling this truth. I thought it was good). We had a big lunch for his birthday with scallops, white wine, halibut (I think), carrots, rice, salad, camembert, chocolate cake, and coffee. I love how the French eat lunch on the weekends: delicious.
After that, my conversation partner picked me up and we went downtown for Carnaval: Carnaval is a huge, week-long festival, which I will have to explain in another post because it is a very interesting tradition of this region. Saturday was the opening day, which started with a parade; we met up with a few other American students, and my conversation partner was able to practice a bit of English; she spoke mainly in French though. It was a really cold afternoon/evening, but it was very entertaining (again, more on that later).
I went home with my conversation partner, who had invited me to dinner and then to stay the night at her place. Her boyfriend cooked us a dinner of ham, more scallops, and a banana mashed something, which was super tasty! He is a very good cook. They introduced me to Juracon, which is a very sweet, thick wine; oh man, it was good. We sat around and chatted for a really long time, which was very entertaining especially as I became tired and it got very difficult to understand French. They had fun laughing at/with me.
I stayed the night there, and in the morning we all ate breakfast together. They are so great and patient with me when I'm lost in translation (which is most all the time); I was very lucky to have met them.
It was a nice weekend filled with all-French-all-the-time, which I am just beginning to be equipped for, and I am completely exhausted now. I enjoy feeling myself progress in comprehension (and a little in speaking); it won't be too much longer until I'm comfortable with the language -- it's so exciting! I'm almost bi-lingual! Salut!
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