Hello et bienvenue!
Well I couldn't post anything last night because...it was a LONGGGG day!
I woke up Allison and 7:20 to get ready but because we went to sleep at 1 am on Tuesday night it took a while to actually wake up. Mme Ledeuil had a cute dinner party on her patio with her family from Lyon, Paris and Nice. She made the best quiche in the world (that she let us eat inside before they ate)! We went out again for ice cream (probably the last time in a while-we feel the kilos adding up!) and came back to a full patio but empty house. The house being empty did not help us rest, instead we talked and surfed the web/facebook till 12. Of course once Allison went to sleep, an all black cat popped its head around our door! Mme doesn't have a cat! The cat visited once more and then I think I might've scared it away :( But the chat noir managed to keep me on watch until 1-ish... naughty ClaireBear!
School was...school-we did some more things that we learned in class and then the last hour took a turn for the better. We talked about "nos experiences mauvais" (our bad experiences). Jordan, Morgan and I jointly recounted the troublesome arrivals to Nice and then once a classmate pointed out that not all of us spoke individually I told the story about how I broke my nose last year in soccer. SOCCER? Girls play soccer? Apparently this was shocking to the europeans-our teacher was dumbfounded. We explained that it was common for girls to play soccer, lacrosse, basketball and even field hockey! Emilie (our teacher) told us that it was very uncommon for a girl to do any sports besides dance and swimming. (she basically said that you had to be a butch..)
After class we wandered around Nice aimlessly for 5 HOURS!!! Nous avons fait du lecher vitrines. (window shopping) and then we went to the market! (where I found some nice Niceoise gifts for some lucky relatives!)
We all met up for dinner at a new meeting place where all the skaters hang out! I'll have to try to post the video! But then we walked over to a nice restaurant that overlooked the yachts in the bay. It was really nice until the attacking gnats and fly or some weird annoying French insect with wings commenced! Oh my goodness! Jordan, Morgan, Hallie and I were attacked for the remainder of the night by these annoying little varments! The tally of dead bugs got up to 54... we smacked, cut, trapped, and battered the bugs until we were sure that they were dead. Unbelievable. Oh and even if you say separate checks...youll still get a single check for the whole table.
Overall the dinner was really nice and we enjoyed it, but the French waiters HATE groups of 10.
Oh goodness, I almost forgot the family of oranges! Before the swarming bugs, Jordan, Mackenzie and I noticed some brightly dressed kids checking out the menu. But wait not just some kids... 5 kids and a dad were all wearing the same AWFUL orange and white striped polos with matching navy bermuda shorts! The boys would've looked nice if they were at school but the poor little girl had to wear the same outfit as her brothers. Of course, you could tell that the mother dictated the wardrobe for the family vacation because she was able to wear her own floral gypsie skirt and earmuffs around Nice. (its like 80 degrees here) Our funny bones were tickled by this sight because we laughed so hard that we cried, for about 30 minutes this went on until we realized that the oldest son caught on and he put his rain jacket on and baseball cap :(
No harm done... but the photos we "took of eachother" will explain everything.
I don't think I can type anymore... so Thursday's adventure to Eze and Fragonard will have to wait until tomorrow! :) Bon soir!
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