Wow this past month has gone by so quickly, i've done so many things and begun to really 'live' my exchange. Here's a post I wrote just before Christmas but didn't finish it in time!
As Christmas is only 7 days away, we had a Christmas party for all of the people involved in AFS in the Midi-Pyrénées during the weekend. I took the train to Toulouse with an AFS student from Paruguay, as I can't speak Spanish and he can't speak English, we only had French as a means of talking. Surprisingly, this didn't hinder our conversations at all! We spoke for the whole train ride about a lot of different things, that was one of the moments when i'd realised how much i've improved in the language. It was such a difference from when we caught the train together with Holly down from Paris when we were going to meet our host families for the first time, back then it was literally impossible to have a conversation with him! Haha.
We were met at the train station by an AFS volunteer who showed us a bit around Toulouse, and went and got lunch. The fries at the place we ate at had been cooked in Duck fat, that's the first time i've seen that and as a vegetarian, i was disgusted haha. Apparently it's common here in France, so I better check every time before eating things like that. We walked around so many streets and through the Christmas market which is right in front of the Captiole building (I have pictures of the building from my last blog post). Oh yes, so the Christmas markets!! France is really big on them, they're like small villages full of tiny shops selling festive things, food (especially Churros, Beignets, Gaufres- Waffles and Crepes) and just anything really! the walkways are so tiny but CROWDED with people, such a cool atmosphere!
We were met at the train station by an AFS volunteer who showed us a bit around Toulouse, and went and got lunch. The fries at the place we ate at had been cooked in Duck fat, that's the first time i've seen that and as a vegetarian, i was disgusted haha. Apparently it's common here in France, so I better check every time before eating things like that. We walked around so many streets and through the Christmas market which is right in front of the Captiole building (I have pictures of the building from my last blog post). Oh yes, so the Christmas markets!! France is really big on them, they're like small villages full of tiny shops selling festive things, food (especially Churros, Beignets, Gaufres- Waffles and Crepes) and just anything really! the walkways are so tiny but CROWDED with people, such a cool atmosphere!
At the AFS Fête de Noel, as usual, we ate a lot of good food and had yet another 'Talent Show' although i'm not sure you could call it that as we made up another random skit just half an hour before performing it! This time it was about exchange students at school with various teachers in different classes expecting them to understand etc. A lot of it was improvised but it turned out to be really funny!
Voila, that was the AFS Christmas party, now i'm going to write another post about many things that have happened since!
Voila, that was the AFS Christmas party, now i'm going to write another post about many things that have happened since!
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