Aloha! Sorry I haven't written in a while. I don't really have an excuse.
Friday night was fun, we went bowling with Claude and Christine (and Christine and Andre, our host parents' friends). We only played one game, and I did terribly. Oh well. It was fun anyways. The French all bowl RIDICULOUSLY. I don't mean ridiculously GOOD, I just mean plain old RIDICULOUSLY. Maybe I will describe them when I have more energy later. I'm pretty zonked right now.
Saturday we went to the wine and cheese tasting at Celine's house. Her husband is a Michelin critic, so he knew what he was talking about. We tried four different wines and a champagne. They were all really good, and the cheese was also all absolutely delicious. Especially the brebis. Mmm...
And today we went to Lyon to see the ballet Romeo and Juliet. Sam and I got there a little early so we could walk around a bit, and we ended up sitting at a kebab shop in the big square for an hour. It was so nice-- the sun was shining, we had a gorgeous view and we felt really European. Besides the fact that we were speaking English and laughing hysterically/obnoxiously.
The ballet however was not so awesome. The outside of the Opera is gorgeous, but the inside is all modern and dark. And the ballet was exactly the same way! The set was weird and futuristic and they cut out like half the play/music/thing. It was very bizarre. If you hadn't read Romeo and Juliet, you wouldn't have been able to follow anything. It just didn't make sense. And the dance was all modern and weird. We were not fans.
Then Monica, Sam and I found a little cafe where we got some hot chocolate and sat for a little bit, before running to catch an earlier train home.
And now I'm sitting here "doing homework". But I'm about to give up in a few minutes and go to sleep.
Sorry this post is not very exciting, I'll write more interesting things this week, I promise!
For more of my pictures from Lyon today, go here.
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