Adventures in France: Food & Gifts

Day Forty-Seven

Just an average day this morning. I went to lunch at the same sandwich place before (Pomme de Pain) with Anish (again, the English boy who is also staying with this host family for studying French) and that was nice to talk in French and get to know him better. Then went to class and loved it, as always. With Ms. Ludvine (I won't ever get used to how people call professors by their first names), class literally flies by. It all depends on your professor. Then afterwards, came back right after class to help Anish make chicken curry! We have the option to make a typical dinner from our native countries for the host family. Since he's Indian, he made curry and I'm thinking of making a Korean dish, just because I don't think they'd ever try anything like it otherwise. Anyway, I helped him with that and it's funny--when you don't have the option to cook, you really really want to. So it was nice to help him out. I absolutely love curry and althought it wasn't the same to what I'm used to, it was still very good. It took longer than he'd expected so we didn't eat dinner until nine! But actually, this is not very unusual for the French. I have a friend whose host family eats at 8:30 every night! But that was cool because we talked about Indian traditions and they also asked about Korean traditions. Always nice to shed some light on Korean culture :)

Tonight I oovoo'd with my family and they recieved a box I sent them from Italy with gifts! I bought three authentic Italian leather brand-name purses for my mom, Bridget, and I and let them choose which ones they could have. The brand is Nicoli and it is based out of a town right next to Vicenza, Italy. I recieved the deal of a lifetime with my purchases and I think they really liked them, at least I could tell from my mom squealing when she saw them :) I refrained from telling them about the package so it would be a surprise and I'm glad I did--because it was worth it to see their shocked faces! I also made them read my 2-page letter beforehand, haha. Surprisingly, Bridget actually read it before opening the bags! I also recieved some good news about my upcoming summer at WP, so today ended on a very high note. Thank you Lord!! I don't know why, but You keep on giving.