TGI Biz.Cas.Fri!

That's right, kids, it's business casual Friday! For me, that means some business, mostly casual, and Friday all day long.

But as everyone learned from Rebecca Black, yesterday was Thursday. So let's talk about it! Yesterday we woke up early and got down to breakfast at 7:45. We went to Montmartre by ourselves because Dr. C went to pick up his wife. We came back at noonish and wrote up our notes. Then, Dr. C gave me permission to go out with Thomas! I met him by the Conservatoire and we went to get pizza to eat on the lawn. It was pizza with a oeuf (egg) on it! Weird but good. Then we went to Thomas' favorite park which had a wonderful view of Paris! It was gorgeous, and because it was sunny everyone was out. Then we walked to go to an art exhibition, but by the time we got there it was closed, so we had to find something else to do. Thomas suggested a river boat tour! It was sooo fun! The wind, the waves, the boat-houses. So lovely. We talked for hours about so many things. Relationships, Christianity, how our families have been, and so on! It's good to talk to my french brother. Then the best part: I got to go have dinner with the Bouzys (that's his family, fyi)! I haven't ever met them before, but my mom has and my brothers stayed with them for two weeks in the South of France.

When I first got there, we greeted and kissed as the french do. I tried to be a frenchwoman and kiss twice, but even that wasn't quite right because they kiss three times in the south. I learned quickly and just kept kissing.

After these polite salutations we sat down and talked. It was interesting because both parties didn't really understand the others' language. Mrs. Bouzy and Thomas speak English well, but the two brothers don't speak as much and the Mr. Bouzy doesn't speak any. With the English they all understood and the very little French I understand, the jokes and the fun didn't really ever stop, haha. I enjoyed being with them so much! We ate nuts and olives and they had juice and wine (I stayed on contract, I'll have you know) and it was lovely. Then we moved to the table and ate duck in balsamic sauce with cooked zucchini and rice. After this, we had the cheese platter with homemade bread. Then finally we ate dessert of tapioca pudding and strawberries with cream. It was delicious and the conversation was great and I LOVED their family! I haven't felt more at home since I've been here. After that we took the metro and walked back. (P.S. My metro pass has a mugshot of me staring into your soul on it and I couldn't smile so it's really funny. I'm looking forward to showing you all when I get back.)

I'll post about today later, because I just lost my train of thought. It'll be short, most likely.

TTYL.

Sophy