Wednesday June 25, 1986
We've had lots of meetings that are supposed to help us when we get out on our own.
We are at CREPS in Reins, about 2 hours from Paris.
The toilets and showers here are weird. The flusher is on the top of the toilet and the water comes splashing out. The bathrooms here are always left shut and you can tell if someone is in there by the color of the lock on the door.
It is improper to put your hands under the table. Everyone always puts their bread on the table, not the plate and you only use butter at breakfast. Bread is served at every meal.
Oh yea, last night some guy was running through the halls in a towel. When he got to the window he jumped up and yelled "Bonjour!" and flashed us. Then he said hello girls, I want to sleep with you this night. Then he ran away. It was pretty funny.
I got my host papers today. I am staying with a 50 year old woman named Charlotte. She has a big house 1/2 hour from Paris. She has 2 cars, some cats and dogs. The pool and tennis courts are 2.5 miles and the train station is even less than that. She has a big garden. She enjoys jogging and shopping in Paris. Sounds cool.
My opinion of all this is still neutral. I guess I'm kind of worried about running out of things to say and not having kids to watch as an example of what to do. Or what if I get bored? She wrote that she wanted a son and she wanted to show him France.
Tomorrow at 11:30 I will meet her. I'm really getting excited. She wrote that she does speak English, thank goodness.
Tonight we still have dinner, soccer and a talent show and party. It is already 6 and it still feels like mid-afternoon. Maybe soon I'll get back on schedule.
Tonight was pretty wild! We planned a talent show. We did the three wolves in Paris - a take off from the three little pigs. It was fun and funny putting it together. At 10 p.m. we performed it and about 11:30 p.m. we headed for bed. Only we played UNO instead until 12:30 a.m. It was funny because we were all so tired we could hardly see straight. There were 5 of us sprawled all over the floor of our 3X3 room.
We've had lots of meetings that are supposed to help us when we get out on our own.
We are at CREPS in Reins, about 2 hours from Paris.
The toilets and showers here are weird. The flusher is on the top of the toilet and the water comes splashing out. The bathrooms here are always left shut and you can tell if someone is in there by the color of the lock on the door.
It is improper to put your hands under the table. Everyone always puts their bread on the table, not the plate and you only use butter at breakfast. Bread is served at every meal.
Oh yea, last night some guy was running through the halls in a towel. When he got to the window he jumped up and yelled "Bonjour!" and flashed us. Then he said hello girls, I want to sleep with you this night. Then he ran away. It was pretty funny.
I got my host papers today. I am staying with a 50 year old woman named Charlotte. She has a big house 1/2 hour from Paris. She has 2 cars, some cats and dogs. The pool and tennis courts are 2.5 miles and the train station is even less than that. She has a big garden. She enjoys jogging and shopping in Paris. Sounds cool.
My opinion of all this is still neutral. I guess I'm kind of worried about running out of things to say and not having kids to watch as an example of what to do. Or what if I get bored? She wrote that she wanted a son and she wanted to show him France.
Tomorrow at 11:30 I will meet her. I'm really getting excited. She wrote that she does speak English, thank goodness.
Tonight we still have dinner, soccer and a talent show and party. It is already 6 and it still feels like mid-afternoon. Maybe soon I'll get back on schedule.
Tonight was pretty wild! We planned a talent show. We did the three wolves in Paris - a take off from the three little pigs. It was fun and funny putting it together. At 10 p.m. we performed it and about 11:30 p.m. we headed for bed. Only we played UNO instead until 12:30 a.m. It was funny because we were all so tired we could hardly see straight. There were 5 of us sprawled all over the floor of our 3X3 room.
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