FlashFlod: Sheesh...all ya do is watch movies & drink wine!!!
Last night Sam and I were lucky enough to watch the best French film ever (I'm so sorry that this blog is turning into a collection of movie reviews, but seriously, Claude LOVES to watch movies, and Christine is so impressed that we understand them, so they keep making us watch more). It was called Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, and it was a musical comedy from the 1960's. The score was written by Michel Legrand, and it was super amazing. I mean, the movie itself, plot-wise and "dialogue"-wise was pretty terrible, but it was so much fun. I can't really describe it. So I will give you another YouTube link, and maybe you'll understand.
P.S. Look at how pretty Jacques Perrin is in this film.
P.P.S. Gene Kelly was in it!
P.P.P.S. When Sam and I told Marie-Eve (the BU program coordinator) that we had watched this movie she said "Oh! That's Claudius' favorite film!" Hahaha...
Okay, I'm done with the film bit, I promise.
Today Sam and I went to eat at this little family-run restaurant a block away from our house. They served us the same thing that we had eaten our first day in France (the stuffed tomato dish) and I asked the woman what it was called and she said "tomate farcie". Definitely am going to look for some recipes when I get home.
Today Christine gave the BU students a presentation about the French cooking classes that she teaches (out of her kitchen here) and we signed up for what days we wanted to do it. It should be pretty fun. But at the meeting she was telling Marie-Eve how impressed she was with us and how we're the first students they've had who like watching movies with them and how we're basically just the coolest kids ever (which is obviously true). It was pretty embarassing. Sam and I were both just sitting there with our cheeks burning. It was really nice and it made us feel great about ourselves and our French skills, but it was so awkward.
A few days ago, I had signed up on-line for a language partner here through a program called Integre, and today I got an e-mail from both the program and my partner! She seems really nice, so hopefully we'll be able to meet up soon.
My favorite thing about being here is probably eating outside. It's so wonderful. Here is a picture of me with my GROSS dessert. It sounded pretty good: white chocolate ice cream with melted chocolate and more chocolate and Grand Marnier. But it tasted like rubbing alcohol with a vaguely pleasant chocolate aftertaste.
As I write this, I can hear Claude whistling a song from the movie. This is the best family ever.
The French are obsessed with American politics. Today we saw a car with an Obama bumper sticker. And there are posters here with his face plastered all over them. Sam is constantly saying, "They know they can't vote for him, right?" It is true, they are completely enamoured.
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