Cousin, I have missed you!
Well, I don't know about you guys but this day has started out pretty well for me. I slept in, I had hot chocolate and baguette for breakfast, and I am wearing Amelia's shirt so... it will be a good day. I can only hope that your morning will be half as good as mine!
Alright, so...... let's start with the opera :). So, Amelia and I arrived a little early because apparently if you aren't, they will give your tickets away. So, there we were...at the Grand Theatre waiting to watch Carmen, the famous opera. Very exciting! Well, the building is SO beautiful! Probably the most beautiful building I have seen so far. That is probably because they keep it so clean! So, that was awesome. So, we had really good seats which was so cool.. and not at the same time. I will explain later :). The actual room with the stage and everything was so beautiful! You can now look at the pictures.....
This is the ceiling of the room. It was beautiful! It had all these pictures, but I couldn't quite understand them. They seemed quite random, but I'm sure I am just clueless....
These are what the balconies looked like. Everything was so old. It was so cool. Also, the seats were so little, and there was NO leg space. This coming from someone with midget legs. It was made back when people were smaller :). So, you kind of had to rest your knees on the railing in front of you :).
This is Amelia. She is just lovely as ever. This was during intermission. We were just chilling.
This is me trying to figure out the meaning behind all of the pictures on the ceiling.... :)
This is outside of the doors. There are the beautiful pillars on the right, and the ceiling is just beautiful! I honestly can't even tell you how pretty this building is! Alright, so you have seen the pictures. Now for the story. Well, I don't know if you know much about the story Carmen, but it is supposed to be in old Spain. How old, I don't know..... :). Anyway.... so this time, to make it more "interesting" they decided to make it in modern day Mexico! That was the dumbest idea, ever. Well, it ended up that Me and Amelia had to look away most of the time.... bad news. It wasn't so awful because the music was beautiful and I was looking at the board of the translation most of the time, trying to read the french and get some meaning out of the whole thing :). Well, so we got through the first half and then there was the intermission. Well, we walked around a little bit and then went to sit in our seats. Well, Amelia wasn't feeling so good, so I asked if she thought she was going to be ok for the rest. She said yes, but really I wouldn't have minded leaving... I heard it was going to get worse. Well... when it was about to start up again, the director (I think) came out and told us that the lady who played Carmen had fainted and was in the hospital! Crazy. She was coughing up blood apparently. So... the rest was canceled. We went home, had some eggs, salad and warm milk ( at 11:30 pm, yes) and went to bed. It was all ok :). I got to see the building and hear the music, which was the best part anyway. It was a fun night :).
Alright, so I have finally posted some pictures of Institute. It wasn't a very large group. There were only a few of us when we started. Alright, so first we have Vivien. He is the coolest guy ever. Also, he is hilarious. I can't remember if I told you about him before..... He is in the army at the moment. Before that he was a firefighter. Next he wants to be one of those cops who go break up fights and stuff :). That should tell you a little bit about him :). He is so cool. He is just like a little boy. I love him. He can't speak that much english, but when he does it is the funniest thing ever. Not even kidding. I love it. So, anyway, that is Vivien.
Alright, so the Institute building has a Wii. Yep, it's true. Guillaume brought "Just Dance," and we played it after the lesson. It was a party :). Guillaume can move his hips like no man I've ever met before..... it is a little weird. He has been told before that he would make a good girl..... :) hahahaha. Anyway, it was so fun. I even won a couple times! Here are some pictures of us busting some moves.
Alright, this is the group of some of us. This isn't all of the young adults, but it is a few. There is Charlotte, Corentin, Guillaume, Bobby (the cello), Vivien, Amelia and I don't have any idea who the guy on the end is.... Charlotte came for the first time. Another girl :). Anyway, that was a party. Corentin cut his hair! He used to have long hair that he put in a ponytail/bun thing every day. I am so excited that he chopped it! We all freaked out when we saw him :). So great :).
After Institute/Just Dance, we decided to go to KFC...... :)
Picking your nose with your pinky and thumb is the best way....
Anyway..... we had a party, obviously. Honestly, I love these guys. They are so much fun. ALL THE TIME........ Man. Anyway.... that is that. What a great place. I love it here :).
Yesterday, Me and Amelia went to the church to practice our instruments.. :). So, once my pinky felt absolutely broken, and I couldn't practice anymore, we left :). Then we went to Guillaume's house where we watched my new favorite series... "The Big Bang Theory." Hilarious. Then we ate delicious spaghetti made by Guillaume. It really was pretty delicious. Then afterwards we watched.... Final Fantasy: Advent Children... :). Yes.... :). All I have to say is it is a good thing Guillaume was there to explain it to us, or me and Amelia would have been totally lost! But it was fun all the same. Also, the hair! Amazing! I just want to chop my hair off to look like Cloud's. I am sure most of you don't know what I am talking about, but trust me... you would feel the same way...
Also, just in! France DOES in fact have some morals! I just barely learned that last night after Carmen, the people were booing! Yes! That will show those directors! I really am so glad. Hopefully they have learned their lesson :). No more sketchy operas!
Well, that is all for now. Be SO happy!
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