Peeps

Not much to update. I do have my car back though, so I am actually useful again. Before I was just so bored because I’d stay home while the dad did all the driving. It’s good and bad because now I am busy, but now I am busy, so it is tiring haha.

Last night we ate mussels and fries. It was so good. The fries were homemade, and I have only had mussels twice in my life, and both times it has been here with the French family. Tonight, we had couscous with chicken and all sorts of veggies. This was also really scrumptious too!

I prepared the English lesson for tomorrow, it is all Easter themed! Easter is more or less the same here as it is in the US except that America does it bigger and better obviously. Instead of the Easter Bunny, they have the Easter Bells who hide the eggs, so odd! And the Easter eggs here are just straight up chocolate eggs.

I went to the American mom’s house today, and she had brought back all this Easter stuff from California! I saw Peeps!! And she brought back plastic eggs! It made me so happy to see that stuff. You know, I didn’t even know it was Easter till very recently because France just lets these holidays go by with no notice. It is sad for me. America may make holidays are commercialized, but I like it that way because at least we celebrate!

We had this big discussion how the French don’t really have a sense of community with any group. Schools don’t do fall festivals/spring flings here, no talent shows, plays etc. She told me she was telling her French friend that after dropping off the kids from school, all the moms would meet for coffee, and the French lady was just so surprised at the idea. She has tried throwing themed parties, like Halloween parties, but no one came. And with me, all the French students at my university just loved it because we did so much… sports, volunteering, people just out and about on campus, clubs, etc. I don’t know… this aspect of France is definitely a negative for me. If I decide to live here for a number of years, I will definitely need American friends, so I can have some sense of home and our traditions. I will also try to share these things with my French friends to let them see a new way of living life.

Living here is all about that. Sharing our differences and taking the best from each.