Sunday, June 21, 2009

Letters from France Friday June 5th 2009

Sooorrryyy. I was in class alll day. That was the best I could do. I'm back at my room now eating some yummy euro cereal. Its mostly cocoa puffs and then some bigger pod like puffs with like a nutella type stuff in it. Yum! I wanted something that would dye the milk and make it tastier and less creepy euro. 
 
I just had to run home in a storm. Its supposed to rain all weekend. :( we are going to the Pyrenees mountains tomo morn for a hike and stay in a real mountain refuge. We are going to see Cirque de Gavarnie (google it!) And the Grande Cascade- the highest waterfall in Europe. We also have a picnic. At night they serve a real mountain dinner and we stay in a big hostel room I think. I really like hanging out w my group so I'm excited we will be stuck together. Then sunday we are driving to Lourdes w a stop on the way at Pont Napoleon. Lourdes is real famous in the catholic religion. Its a place for religious pilgrimages. 5 million people annually come to pray for miracles and cures for sickness. St.Bernadette saw the Virgin Mary and then water sprung from the grotto where no spring had flowed before. The waters supposedly have healing powers. These places are really interesting. I recommend you guys look them up!! Its gonna be a really fun weekend. I'm excited. Well, it will be fun if it doesn't rain/snow!! Yikes. 
 
Last night was soooo fun! We alll (the americans) went to a bar/dance club/french beer garden on the Garonne river that runs through Toulouse..wine garden prolly. Everyone was together and learning to do the european dance moves. Very funn. Our program coordinators came (they are my age or a few yrs older) and so did the frenchies from u of I. Very fun! We also walked around a bit after in the city and saw the capital building. Sooo prettyy! 
 
Tonight some us might go downtown w the frenchies (that's what ill call the guys that I know from u of i) and get a real french dinner and look around. We have only had 1 real french meal so far! Cafeteria doesn't count ha. No bars tonight. Gotta be up early tomo!! I don't know if plans will change tonight cause of the rain tho. I also have to pack for the weekend tonight. 
 
Burberry summer?? Do I know that? 
 
Kristen: they don't have coffee makers anywhere in this place. I bought instant coffee but I don't know much about it. Any advice? I want to have it cold but I'm not sure what should be my method. I wish I had starbucks instant! 
 
I love my peanut butter. I brought it to class today and everyone was jealous. They don't eat it here!! I had to go the international part of the grocery store. Instead they eat nutella on everything. My roommates have two 1 kg massive jars of it on the kitchen table next to the salt and pepper at all times. Yum. We were thinking of stirring some into our coffee and milk in the morn! Yum. 
 
What's up wit you peeps?? 
 

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