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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Blog Hault
June 30th Photos
Bullet. Devil dog. 
Vines w the g-parents home/cellar behind.
Peach Tree
Vineyard
Polux? Pollucks? Potlucks? Not sure. I just mumble his name.
Boys in the pool
June 29th 2009
Hi all,
So here's the address here. C'est tre facille.
Domaine St Laurent de Saurs
81310 LISLE SUR TARN
FRANCE
As far as I understand, that's all you need. If you send anything (doubt anyone will! Expensive prolly!) just write my name on the back of the envelope or whatever so the parents don't open it.
Mom and Dad, do you think I should have you send something for the family? Maybe white sox baby clothes! That would be super cute! Is there a way you can get ur hands on anything like that? And fast?!? The boys wear 18 month clothes. We went to the supermarche today for groceries and shorts for the babies. Il fait chaud ici tout le jour!! (Its hot here all day!)
Momma, I watered the flowers w Magali today. Reminded me of you! I enjoy watering flowers! Didn't realize how I would miss it!
I had a legit convo w them tonight at dinner finally. During the day I talk w Magali but when Laurent is around I get all nervous. I have just sat there for the last few meals and observed. I can throw together enough words to explain some things. Like what I learn in school, what kind of job I can get and I even explained Edible Arrangements to Laurent while Magali was putting the babies to bed aka no translator! I think he understood! Bravo!
I watched tv last night after dinner. An over dubbed version of Cast Away was on. Thankfully Tom Hanks doesn't talk much so I actually enjoyed myself.
I was able to use the bottle labeling machine today. It puts the foil caps on the bottle and then the sticker on the front and back. Very sophisticated machine w sensors and hydrolics. I boxed them and I also made gift baskets w wine and fois gras and jam and other treats. Then I went online, the boys played in the baby pool, we went shopping and ate a dinner (lunch and dinner are always a many course extravaganza w wine and lots of bread and cheese! Fatties! Running tomo morn!) And watered flowers and I got to see their new logo ideas on the computer. Very fancy. Then watched French news - very different! Graffic! Bodies and blood! AND they showed images of Iraq where the people there are actually happy and enjoying life. You never see videos of festivals or celebrations in the US. Our media is super biased. Now bed and tomo there is a lady coming to cut the boy's hair and then Magali's grandmother and aunt are coming. The granny is making rabbit for dinner... Uh yay?... Ugh pigeon and now rabbit. When in Rome!
Kristen, start planning or looking at what you want to do when you come. Don't plan on bring anything w you. You can wear my clothes. A lot of what I brought is gonna go unworn. We can't dress the same here as at home. Gotta be conservative. Not cause the french spanish chicks are (cause many are not at all!) but because these dudes can smell americans a mile away (especially being blonde doesn't help) and they are perves and harass. The american stereotype w many guys here is that we are hoes. The women here are more shy then the talkative and loud american women. Its difficult and degrading. Anywho! I want boy gossip stat!!
Dad, I saw the articles! Better than I expected! I was super nervous! Hope you have a few copies! I like how she quoted me hah. Did she think I was emailing her this whole time? Or did she know it was you and mom?
Jack Pot, send me a postcard from Michigan or something. I really miss coming up there w you and your family. Hope we can go when I get back. 4th of July is going to come and go here w no mention :( sad.
Did I mention they have like 5-7 dogs or something nuts. Bullet (or at least that's what I think they are saying) is adorable! But he bites! It drives me nuts. I want to (1st bathe him) then snuggle w him!
Wanna hear a funny French joke. You have to know what French accents sound like tho but here goes...
There's a french man and irish man. Both speaking english in their respective accents. The french men asks the irish man to draw "33". The irish man takes a pen and draws a tree and colors it in brown and goes "there you are. Dirty tree". The french man shakes his head and says "okay. Draw 33 and 1/3" the irish man takes a pen and draws another tree colors it brown and draws little black dots on the ground around it. He goes "There you are. Dirty tree and a turd"
Ha-ha? One of my professors at Purpan told us that one. He kept saying turd when talking about manure or something and when the kids laughed he explained how he learned the word. From the funny joke.
Okay. Bed time. Everyone needs to email me lots so I don't get home sick!!
Day 3 over! Day 4 here I come!
Xoxooxxoxooxxoox
Jenna-Bee
Sunday, June 21, 2009
June 21st 2009
Hi fam!
We are on the bus back from BCN now. Its a great city! Lots of fun. The first night we kinda had a long dinner and drinks. Some of our group went clubbing till 7am...I did not. The next morn we had breakfast in the hotel..which was really nice. Shared a room w erika, martina and particia. Air conditioning was a nice luxury. It was raining a bit till noon so we went to see some sights. The famous Seduga de Famila church. Very creepy but amazing. Other stuff and shopping. Then off to the beach and we spent most of the day there. Sun burn. Topless ladies. Then we had an amazing dinner of Paella and sangria. Then off to Port Olimpico. Its a strip on the port where Barcelona had the Olymipics of 10 or so bars/clubs w no cover and it was just crazy w people every where and 9 euro drinks ha yuk. It was fun to dance our butts off as a group. We were up late so we slept in today and then went down to the sea and had lunch (kebabs! Ha yum) and saw some of the sights. Then on the bus for 6 hours!
Tonight there is a huge music festival in Toulouse. People play music all over the streets and people are supposedly everywhere. Very fun I hear.
Then we have our last week of class! :( and exams and one more field trip to a vineyard in the Gaillac region wednesday. We leave for our internship either Sat Sun or Mon. I'm nervous!! But compared to a lot of the other people internships descriptions mine sounds good. Hope they are cool people!
Miss you! Love you! More later!
Xox
We are on the bus back from BCN now. Its a great city! Lots of fun. The first night we kinda had a long dinner and drinks. Some of our group went clubbing till 7am...I did not. The next morn we had breakfast in the hotel..which was really nice. Shared a room w erika, martina and particia. Air conditioning was a nice luxury. It was raining a bit till noon so we went to see some sights. The famous Seduga de Famila church. Very creepy but amazing. Other stuff and shopping. Then off to the beach and we spent most of the day there. Sun burn. Topless ladies. Then we had an amazing dinner of Paella and sangria. Then off to Port Olimpico. Its a strip on the port where Barcelona had the Olymipics of 10 or so bars/clubs w no cover and it was just crazy w people every where and 9 euro drinks ha yuk. It was fun to dance our butts off as a group. We were up late so we slept in today and then went down to the sea and had lunch (kebabs! Ha yum) and saw some of the sights. Then on the bus for 6 hours!
Tonight there is a huge music festival in Toulouse. People play music all over the streets and people are supposedly everywhere. Very fun I hear.
Then we have our last week of class! :( and exams and one more field trip to a vineyard in the Gaillac region wednesday. We leave for our internship either Sat Sun or Mon. I'm nervous!! But compared to a lot of the other people internships descriptions mine sounds good. Hope they are cool people!
Miss you! Love you! More later!
Xox
June 20th 2009
Good evening. So its 5am in Barcelona and I just got home to my hotel room and I'm the first person home. The moral is that Barcelona is nuts and my 3 roommates party harder than I do. I had paella for dinner tonight! Prawns and shrimps w their heads on! Clams mussels and cuttle fish. Really good! I've been eating a crazy amt of seafood in Europe. I figure its gotta be good this close to the ocean and sea! First time in a sea. We saw a few sights this morn while it rained then moved on to the beach for a good sun burning. Yippee. Ps beaches here are semi-nude. Topless in a lot of cases. Surprising at first! More later xoxoxox
June 18th 2009
Hii mom. France is good. Hot as hell. We are just leaving Narrabone which is on the coast of the Mediterranean. We went to the national institute of wine research. It was brutally boring. They didn't speak English and so my teacher who can't speak English either was translating. So everything took twice as long. We were out in the sun all afternoon. No water or sun block. I am very brown in the shoulder region. Lame wine tasting at the end tooo. Non-alcoholic wine! Grape juice! Laaammmee. But now we get to drive 2 hrs (and nap) and then max and hugo are taking erika martina and I out to dinner. Fun. Then tomo we find out about our internships!!! And leave for Barcelona. So exciting :)
I'm excited to find out where my internship is. Nervous but I NEED to know. Hope its near other cool places (italy, the sea, germany) so I can travel on the weekends. Don't know what to do about the gift cause I hear its expensive to ship stuff here.
I bought a cute top yesterday. We had a scavenger hunt downtown and it was so hot I'm my white wife beater that I bought this cute racer back brown top w braid details. Cute cute.
We had a little party on a 3rd floor balcony last night and I got shot w an air-soft gun in my calf. Lame. This was 10 min after we blew the breaker in the apt and the power went out thank goodness. Actually, I believe the power went out midway through me playing M&R Rush for the party.
Well gonna nap. Email me back if u wish. Love you! Miss you! Xoxoxoxo
Can't wait to come home but I am def enjoying myself here while I can. Beautiful place :)
I'm excited to find out where my internship is. Nervous but I NEED to know. Hope its near other cool places (italy, the sea, germany) so I can travel on the weekends. Don't know what to do about the gift cause I hear its expensive to ship stuff here.
I bought a cute top yesterday. We had a scavenger hunt downtown and it was so hot I'm my white wife beater that I bought this cute racer back brown top w braid details. Cute cute.
We had a little party on a 3rd floor balcony last night and I got shot w an air-soft gun in my calf. Lame. This was 10 min after we blew the breaker in the apt and the power went out thank goodness. Actually, I believe the power went out midway through me playing M&R Rush for the party.
Well gonna nap. Email me back if u wish. Love you! Miss you! Xoxoxoxo
Can't wait to come home but I am def enjoying myself here while I can. Beautiful place :)
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