On Sunday I went with PA and Jess to PA's sister's house for lunch. They only lived twenty minutes away but they lived in a German speaking community (but they spoke French.) It was me, Jess, PA, his sister, her husband, their friends, and their friends' 1 or 2 year old daughter. For lunch we ate fondue, and it was really interesting. It was the kind where you put raw meat in the pot and let it cook. I didn't really like it that much but I tried the three types of meat- beef, turkey, and cheval (horse.) The horse was definitely not the most appetizing thing I had ever eaten...
Later we went to Jess's mother's house for supper. It is funny because when people visit each other here they do it for hours. Jess's mom was going to drive me to the train station on Monday morning for language school so we walked the the station by her house. She lives in a dome house with (I think) her boyfriend and the house can rotate.. it was pretty cool. For dessert there were like 20 options. I tried a meringue with double crème. I really don't understand how everyone is skinny here, I guess it's because they walk more.
On Monday Jess's mom drove me to the station and I took the train to Fribourg. It wasn't really hard at all. I met up with the other AFS kids going to language school- l'ècole-club Migros. They are Marianna from Latvia, Carlo from Mexico, Sergio from Venezuela, Fernando from Paraguay, Sakshi from India, and Jirapatch from Thailand. Everyone is really nice. School is kind of boring but it is only 4 hours every day and we don't have to go on Wednesday so it's not too bad. For lunch we have a 1.5 hour break and no one knows what to do with all the time. We buy sandwiches from Migros (the grocery store) because everything else is way too expensive.
Yesterday I went to school again. Then after school my AFS liason and her daughter met me there. We went to get coffee and then they took me to their apartement where we ate dinner. After dinner we picked up David, an exchanger with YFU from Boston. He is going to Macalester next year. We went to a performance of music and dance groups from Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, and Siberia and then they drove me home.
Today I think I am going to the famous Chateau in Gruyère with Laura, who is technically my host aunt (though she is only 18.) I also have to work on some homework that is due Friday.
Aujourd'hui je comprend de plus français que hier. (I learned comparisons in school yesterday!) Chaque journée j'apprend un peu plus.
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5 comments:
Hi Sweetie, I watched your slideshow first and was admiring that beautiful horse, then read you'd had cheval for lunch...tant pis pour vous! Now I am trying to imagine a rotating house - it sounds very 007 to me. I love hearing about votre nouvelle experience - XO, Aunt Amy
P.S. I can really relate to the foreign keyboard struggles!
I looked at your slideshow while listening to Amelie. It was one of the most perfect things in the world. The scenery looks gorgeous and, needless to say, I am tres jealous!! Maybe I'll have to come to visit you in June next year.. eh, eh? I'm so happy that you saw an international dance show! We're taping our dance show so that you can see it when you get back! I am actually procrastinating on my summer reading report right this second, so I better get to that. You didn't have to read one book this summer, you lucky duck! Or should I say... you lucky goose?
Ridiculously yours,
Chloe
okay, i so told you that this blog would be more interesting than my email. three things i thought while reading: 1. horse, that is kind of nasty. 2. rotating houses=the coolest thing ever. 3. you already know more french than i do, super cool. you are fantastic, mikayla
oh yeah, number four is that Sergio is officially the best name ever. still mikayla
The pictures were sooo cool!! I couldn't understand the french at the bottom of your post, so I had to go translate it. hee hee. je ne parles pas francais. if that's how you say it :) I can't believe you ate horse! Well, that's all for now!!
Karen
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