Go, write...you said. Well, voila. I'm writing. Happy now? I'm sure your grinning right about now.
So, onwards. Ma famille en Annecy est interesant? Yesterday I tagged along with my host mother to a grocery store/shopping mall (two in one here). She told me she was going to the market. She should've said "epicerie" but oh well. It was interesting to see how very short french women shop. Instead of carts they have these baskets with wheels that have a handle that extend up so you can drag your basket with you. Kind of cool. The very first thing my host mother
put in her basket was two bottles of extremely cheap red wine. lol. In america when we think wine we think: "elegant, classy,
expensive" but these bottles were about $3 USD each. Cheaper then water in some places in the US. No wonder they drink so much wine. Ice cream is more expensive.
Speaking of ice cream, all I eat here is bread and ice cream. I think I'm going to become extremely fat. Just carbs and vegetables. Lots and lots of carbs and vegetables.
Last night my host mother made a weird combination salad. It had potatoes, green beans and ham. It was weird. I didn't like it too much but I didn't want to insult her. I just filled up on bread and said I wasn't very hungry. I don't like ham. I should've put that down on the "what don't you like" section of my application. Though I must say I like some of the ham here. The have ham with honeydew melons. Very strange combination once again but it's really tasty. Then for desert they always have yogurt or fruit, or a combination of the two.
I also went to the beach with my host family last sunday. I actually saw naked women! Two! I was so surprised. I know I shouldn't be because france is known for the topless sunbathing. But, I still was flabbergasted at actually seeing it take place. By the way, if you ever go to Annecy be
aware that the water is freezing. I stuck my feet in and said, "nope, not doing it" and ran out to fall back asleep in the sun. The coldness on just my feet was enough to cool my entire body.
So besides the explosion I wrote about in my last post nothing extremely exciting has happened.
Besides being on TV that is. Oh? I didn't tell you, did I? My back was on TV. Not once, but twice. How cool is that? They were announcing who was to host the winter olympics in 2018 in Annecy and I was there for it! Well, for the after part of it. They were discussing who won and how they felt about it and everything when I had arrived but I still managed to get on TV. Very cool. I actually managed to get lost on the way there too. I decided to try a short cut which ended up
being the opposite of short. Go figure. So I was wondering around for 20 minutes trying to find a place that should only take 10 to get to. I then managed to buy really expensive, really not so good ice cream. It was not a fabulous time. I then went to a chocolaterie that was out of chocolate. How does that even happen? So I ended up getting a peach milkshake there. 7 euros. Too expensive again. My salami sandwich only costs 3.60. Which means I could afford 2 sandwiches for the price of one milkshake. Crazyness.
It was a tasty milkshake but not worth it. Why did I buy it? To say that I have eaten at a chocolaterie. I didn't eat chocolate though...which is what I actually wanted. ='(
I don't know what to do with myself at nights here. I don't want to spend much money, I'm too shy to go out with people from Hawaii and my only kind of friend here doesn't speak english. So most of the time I just sit in my room waiting for my host family to get home so I can eat and watch some more "Six Feet Under." I am having a really good time though. I love to go out and take pictures of the town. It's incredibly beautiful. I really want to buy a super expensive camera. Or one of the old ones that take amazing pictures. It would be an amazing thing to have
for when I want to take a world cruise. It's expensive though. I figure for mon petit ami and I to go I'll have to save about 10 grand for an 18 day cruise to all the continents, or 20 grand for a month long-116 day long cruise. The 118
day one is ideal, especially during the summer. It would be such an amazing experience to see all the different places. I wouldn't be able to afford it until one or two years though. Maybe more. I'm going to work like crazy and save up in order to go on it. Here's the link to the 18 day cruise I'm contemplating:
You can hardly call it a world cruise though because it doesn't cover the entire world. I really want to go to Antarctica too so I'm not sure if that's the one I really want to do. There's another one that is 50 days that I think I would enjoy the most and am planning on saving up for. Of course I wouldn't be able to go on this one because I'll be in school but if there happens to be
another one in the summer time that is similar I would love to go on it.
All I know is that my boyfriend better love the socks off me if I can save up enough for us both to
go. It would be...amazing in so many ways.
Besides all of this I'm worried about my friend. He seems so, sad. I really want to help him but he won't tell me what's really bothering him. His girlfriend and him are going through a rough patch and that might be what's wrong but I'm not sure. I don't think they're right for each other.
I don't think she's good enough for him but I doubt I'll ever think someone is good enough for him. I'm not sure but I guess he'll figure it out for himself.
There will be more pictures to come. I assure you. Annecy is gorgeous. My absolute favorite
picture that I've taken so far is the one above. I'll be going to Paris in two weeks. I'm pretty excited. I
plan to visit all of the places "Amelie Poulian" was filmed or rather a lot of them. Well I say adieu to you and ciao. Have an absolutely wonderful day or night. =)
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