This post is really pointless and I don't know that anyone is even reading this anymore but I will do it for me anyway. Might as well finish what I started.....
Well, I will try to sum up my last few days in France. It wasn't a lot of stuff but it was a good last week. Guillaume invited me to dinner at a French restaurant next to his house to pay me back for helping him with his thesis. It has food from the part of France that he is from. Landais I think it is called... So, that was the plan. In the end, Amelia came with us and we all just paid for ourselves. It worked out so much better that way. I felt better about it anyway.... :). Well, it was a really great experience. I am so glad that I can finally say I have eaten French food! I ate little things here and there but for the most part all the food I ate in France was the kind of things we eat in America.... just better quality :). So, I will just tell you what we ate. First we had the salad. It had duck meat and raw ham in it. It was really good :). Along with the salad there was a little slice of bread with this.... thing on it. I had no idea what it was. Amelia described it to me as "like peanut butter but it's meat." Gross. I wanted to try it though. I was determined to eat everything I got. Well, it turned out to be Foie Gras..... I was still willing to eat it even though I have never in my whole life wanted to. Well, it was disgusting. I honestly was absolutely willing to give it a chance but.... I hated it. After a couple bites I really couldn't eat anymore so I gave it to Amelia and Guillaume to share. Gross. I will never eat it again. I promise you. It tasted so wrong... but anyway.... Next we had Duck (again. It must be a big thing in Landais...) with fries and this filled tomato thing. It was pretty much delicious. I ate every last bit of it. And finally, for dessert we had Creme Brulee. That was obviously delicious. So pretty much it was a good night. I can say that I love French food :)........... (I count the Foie Gras as more of... pigs food.)
I also went to Restaurant L'Entrecote, finally. We went on Wednesday night. I had been babysitting Celine's kids all day so I went straight there. Adeline was right at the front :). Yes! We got in. Well, I have to say that I loved it. It wasn't as French as the Landais restaurant but I loved it. They only have on menu. You get some salad, steak, fries and a dessert (Profiteroles. Ice cream filled choux/cream puffs smothered in chocolate sauce. ). But of course these are all better than you find in America. It was absolutely delicious. I loved every bit of it. As I was eating my dessert, I got to the point where I really believed that one more bite would just.... I thought I was going to puke. Pretty much. I had eaten so much. Luckily I didn't. I was able to finish almost all of it. I think I just got used to being in France where people don't stuff themselves. I wasn't used to it! So anyway.... that was really a fun night. Adeline is really cool.
Hmm.... what else? Saturday, the day before I left, Amelia and I just spent all day together. We were feeling bad because we thought we should do something with her dad.... so we did. We walked up in the Suspended Gardens and then over to Auchan to get some Pastries. We just talked and took pictures and ate pastries. It was a good day. That night Amelia and I went to Estelle's (Amelia's cousin) 18th birthday party. It was fun. I didn't know most of the people, but I had a good time anyway. I had Amelia.
Well, on Sunday was the Primary Program. It all went wonderfully. The kids were so cute. Afterwards it was a time for awkward goodbyes.... I am bad I know. They were though.... I can't deny it. It was so cute though... Amelia brought her camera and was just taking pictures of EVERYTHING the whole day! It was so funny. I got a picture with the bishop. He really is so cool. It was kind of random but... Amelia suggested it. Not me. I am glad though. I now have pictures of all these people! She is just wonderful..... So then..... Marc gave me a Christmas present! I don't know what it is yet... seeing as it isn't Christmas. I am sure it will be just great though. I thought that was nice. Hmmm.... what else? I guess that is it for that. After Church, Guillaume took us home, we had a completely bland goodbye, and I went upstairs to make sure I was all packed. Well, I was planning on just sticking some pajama pants under my dress I had worn to church, and then going like that. Well, my bags were a little overweight. So... Amelia suggested I wear more clothes. So in the end, my outfit was just absolutely ridiculous. It was something to be proud of, really. It is at times like that when I am so grateful that I have a mom who loves me even though she should be ashamed. Haha... oh well. Great. So, Amelia's aunt Veronique took us to the airport. Like I said before, Amelia was taking pictures the whole day. She probably has a thousand of me and was just getting a picture of anything she could. I don't know why she would want to remember that day. I don't like to..... So anyway.... it was good. We said our goodbyes and then I was off. This is what my trip home looked like. 6:20-Fly to London. 8:00-Take a shuttle to other airport. 9:00-Spend the night. Spend the morning. 1:30-Fly to Iceland. 4:55-Fly to seattle. 8:00-Take a shuttle to Yakima. 11:30-Get picked up. So.... needless to say, it was miserable. But.... I am so grateful because I could have so easily got stuck in Iceland (which was a huge stress to me!) but by some miracle I wasn't. I was just praying the whole time that everything would work out, and it did. I was taken care of the whole way. The worst part was spending 16 hours in the airport. I slept a little and ate a little. I guess it was all ok though. Could have been worse..... It was so great to see my family waiting for me! My mommy :). Haha, she bought chocolate milk and eggnog to celebrate. We drank it in the car :). So great.
Well, that is pretty much all the information that anyone would be interested in. I have related all I can remember. I hope it is enough.
I guess this is goodbye..... I'll make it short.
"Merry Christmas, and may God bless us, every one!
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