That’s right, I’m going to France for 17 days tomorrow. Most of you have known about this for a while (and everyone in chat is probably sick and tired of me going on about it), but I’m posting the details here.
I’ll be spending 13 days with a family in Marseille. I’m going with about 10 other kids from my school, and we’re all staying with seperate families, but we’ll get together while we’re there to do stuff. While in Marseille, we’ll be visiting Marseille itself, Aix-en-Provence, Gordes, Abbaye de Sénanque, Le Pont du Gard, Nimes and Avignon. We then head to Paris for 4 days (just the students, along with my french teacher) to see the sights. We’ll visit the Louvre, Le Musée D’Orsay, Les Jardins Luxembourg, Opéra Garnier, La Sainte Chapelle, Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs Elysées, Sacré Coeur, and La Comédie Française, where we’ll see L’Ecole des Femmes. It promises to be an exciting trip, and I’ll be taking lots of pictures (duh) and I’ll bring a small notebook so I can write a little something about each day, since otherwise I’ll never be able to remember everything I did each day.
Anyway, I’ll talk to y’all when I get back! Bye!
Remember:
Voo lay voo kooshay aveck mwah, say swah.
I hear French chicks fall over for you when you say that.
Enjoy the country, ignore the people.
I didn’t know about your trip since I don’t visit chat (that must be why I haven’t seen you posting here lately), but you are fortunate to have something so teriffic happening. Bon voyage and smooth skies/seas/roads!
P.S. If you get the chance, pick me up a nice little sculpture from the Musee Rodin, will you?
France? Only problem there is that it’s full of French people. They adore Jerry Lewis. Go figure.
And don’t take any crap from the arrogant waiters. When one of those swine brings you the bill and asks, “What shall I put down for ze tip, monsieur?” you answer thusly:
“Au contraire, garcon, leave it blanc.”
And stay away from “Escargots.” It’s snails. Blechhh!
Instead, grab yourself a “Royale.” That’s a Big Mac with cheese.
And have a good time.
Oooh, I wanna come with you! I have my suitcase with me today, as I WAS going to Phila. for the weekend–but can I just hitch along with you guys?
I have my can-can outfit all packed and am ready to kick up my heels and “oo-la-la!” all over the joint.
–“La Petomane”
You’re going to have a great time! Try and fit in the Rodin Museum in Paris, it’s definately a must see. Bon voyage!