Loving Loire Life

I have had the title of this entry saved for sometime, and considering I have three days left in Le Mans, I think I might be in the right frame of mind to use it properly. Although I feel horrifically fat all the time, eat when I am not hungry for the sake of eating and miss my family, I can honestly say that I am at home here. Its like John said before I left: 'just as you get really settled, it will be time to leave.' I couldnt have asked for a family that are easier to live with. The day after my berf, I was collected by Roxane and Nathalie, with Sarah and Anne-So, and taken to school. I had three lessons of science first up, worse luck! Actually it wasnt too bad, biology being first and quite interestingly the vocab was quite similar. We did a prac, and the class are studying le systeme scolarie, so it was interesting enough. Then we had Physics next, and we were watching a video for part of the lesson. I understood more than I use dto do, that was a bit of a positive. Then we had lunch! It was the worst one so far. Considering we pay 3.3 euro per meal, I can excuse the omlette which looked like a serviette and smelt like a dirty sock. It was truly sickening. Kind of devo about that but no biggie, I still have another meal in the future! During lunch I went to the library and printed out a trees worth of french grammar notes. I worked on them in the following lessons, spanish and SES. I finished at 3 and Anne-Sophie at 6, so I trammed into la place de la rep, and had a bit of a wonder. I bought a maxi - pain au chocolat, yip yip, and went home. It was just Michel and I at the house, and I felt too exchausted to go for a run, so we just had a chat and mooched. I practised my talk for Friday, and then we had dinner together (as a fam).

Friday started with my english presentation, and the class were very bored. The total lack of interest was a surprise for me, but I guess Australians would be much the same. I got one question, which was: 'how old are you'. Excellent. Then I went to SVT and after that had my last double french lesson. I met my area representative for lunch ( she came to youcenar) and we walked to a near bye, new cafe. We both had the daily special, and it was delicious. Even for France it was delicious. I drank Orangina, and we had cakes for dessert. I had a local delicacy, which is apples in a pastry base with caramel. Pas mal. We then walked to her house, which was so amazingly unique and typically french at the same time. Having been a host mother before, and an area representative for 20 years, she was full of stories, and we spoke only in French. She also gave me a present for my birthday, a pillow perfect for my return to Australia. I missed my final english lesson, but made it in time for maths. I needed to go to the toilet, and the teacher is normally very fine with this considering I dont actually work on the formulas that they do, but today she reminded me that in France, that is not what they do. Sarah and I took the tram and then the bus to an expo on life after the lycée, and she got some info for her future. Then we came home via monoprix, and she bought some chocolate biscuits. I read the article in Ouest France, opened a parcel from my parents, and had dinner with my host famille. I think I'll have a shower and go to bed now, I am very tired.



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