Dang, I've had a week of break and still haven't kept up my blog in a timely manner. My apologies. However, since it is break, there's not a whole lot to report. Here is a brief synopsis of my week.
Monday
English club. Hmmm. I don't really remember what else I did that day.
Tuesday
Lunch at a little pasta place with Yann. Following a lovely penne carbonara with a coke, we watched "The King's Speech". In English. With French subtitles. Though I have nothing to compare it to, I think that's the best way to watch it :)
Wednesday
Read a lot. Wrote in my newest novel a lot. Went to the movies again. This time I saw "Sans Identite". Also known as "Unknown". However, this time the movie was in French. With no subtitles. I was with Adam and his friends, so they helped me out when I didn't understand. Which was often.
Thursday
Lots of reading. Lots of writing. Lots of cleaning. In the evening, Philippe came over, and we watched a movie on my laptop. In English, it's called "Hoodwinked". In French, the title is much longer: "La Véritable Histoire du Petit Chaperon Rouge" which, when translated exactly means something like "The Verifiable Story of Little Red Cape" or something like that. Anyway, we watch "LVHdPCR" (that acronym was ridiculous and I like it) in French. Without subtitles again. However, when the movie was over, Philippe and I Youtubed our favorite Disney songs. In English, French, and French Canadian. Apparently, I speak more like French Canadians than actual French people, which was a little discouraging to me. Oh well.
Friday
On Friday, I met up with my friend, Marélie, and we went to Le Bookshop, which is basically the quaintest little place I've ever been. It's a little café/bookstore. AND ALL THE BOOKS ARE IN ENGLISH. I love it there. So I got a hazelnut espresso, and she got tea. We sat there talking for a little over and hour, then we walked around the bookstore discussing books for another hour or so. Then we walked all around the city.
On Monday, at English club, Adam Roub (a STINTer) informed me that there's an "American" store near my place. It sells bagels, American soda, and all beef hotdogs. Most places have Sprite and Coke, but this new place has Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper. Can you say, "Little piece of heaven"? Because I just did. So on Friday, Marélie and I went on an adventure to find it. And because Adam had given me such great directions, it was easy. We didn't go inside (we weren't hungry or thirsty) until we noticed a man staring at us through the window. And that man was Philippe. He was there with Adam Roub! Small world, I know. Not really. We then went in and said hello.
Friday evening, I went to the movies with Yann again. This time, we saw "Largo Winch 2" (I think the name in English is "The Burma Conspiracy"?) in French. Without subtitles. And I've never seen Largo Winch 1. I understood most of it though. Mostly because the entire movie was action. We then went to a Kebab place; Yann got a sandwich, I got fries and a coke. All the tables were full, so we were going to go sit in the park. But it was late, so only shady people were in the park. Not ideal for eating. I had the bright idea that we could stand against a wall to which Yann replied, "Oui, on peut etre comme les gens de la rue!" which means "Yes, we can be like people of the street!" I knew it was a good idea :) So that's what we did. And we laughed a ton. And spoke Franglais.
Saturday
I did nothing. Absolutely nothing. I think my brain hated me for watching 3 movies in French 3 nights in a row. So I gave it the day off. I read some in Luke (so good!), and I finished reading "The Great Divorce" by C.S Lewis. On to another book!
Tomorrow is church and seeing the STINTers who have been gone all week! Then class Monday. And more adventures, I'm sure.
Love.
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