Good morning everyone! We are at school, done with classes for the day but just taking advantage of the internet! We had sociology today - sooo hard! It is definitely one of our hardest classes with lots of reading and other work. We just got to Skype with Mom for a few minutes before she left for work and it was so good to see her! If any of you have a camera on your computers sign up for Skype - it's free to sign up and only takes a minute. Jen's username is jen.carp221 or just search for Jen Carp. We would love to see/talk to you! We even got to see Maggie for a second! Not much else has been new the last few days. Last night we watched the inauguration with our roommate Hilary and one of our friends from Canada - he was just as excited as we were even though he's not from America! There was a French interpreter talking over Obama so it was very hard to hear and right after his speech they switched the program, but it was nice to see everyone's enthusiasm and to be able to witness such an incredible part of history! This weekend we are going to Monaco and Eze with our program so we are looking forward to that. We weren't able to watch the game but Dad broke the news to us that the Eagles had lost - we were sad to hear that but they had a good run! Thanks to everyone for all the e-mails and comments - we LOVE hearing from you and it means so much to us! We miss you all like crazy! We wish you could be here! Since nothing much else is new Em decided to continue her list of interesting French observations...
1. Sweatpants: and not just any kind of sweatpants but the old school whooshy, tight at the bottom kind worn by both and men and women of all ages. People here wear them everywhere! (And of all colors too! We have seen bright blue, traditional black, hot pink, rainbow, and yellow!)
2. Toilets: all of the toilets have two buttons to choose from when flushing. Our roommate recently realized the difference between the two. The smaller button is for number one and the bigger button is for number two, more water! Sorry, gross, we know!
3. Walls: the walls here are so thin! It is a law everywhere in France that you cannot make loud noises in your apartments after ten due to the thin walls. Ladies must take high heeled shoes off and everyone must keep their voices, music, tv, etc. down. Many American’s have found this out the hard way from their neighbors after making too much noise at night. We know what part of the house the dog above us is in at all times of the day. We also know the his owners work schedule due to the fact that the ladies shoes wake us up every morning as she is leaving for work. Everyone wears slippers. We needed help with our stove after we blew a fuse last week and all three neighbors came over wearing their slippers to help. At least Grandma next door keeps it down!
4. Bags: there are no plastic bags here. Even when going to the grocery store you must bring your own bag to carry your groceries home or buy a shopping bag at the register. This can get really annoying when you have a lot of groceries, a small bag and a long bus ride. Funny story: the other day when we were going back to our apartment on the bus from the food store our baguette fell out of Jen’s bag, rolled down the bus isle and finally stopped at the shoes of an old, dirty, overweight woman with facial hair sitting six seats back. As she picked it up she screamed “Voila!” and handed it to the lady next to her who began the process of passing the bread up the bus to us. We decided not to eat it and left it for a homeless man. We think it was a smart decision!
Love you!
Em and Jen
**Picture number one is of a dog we saw sitting out front of a store in the Old Village. We added this picture for Pop-Pop since we know he loves dogs and we miss Maggie! The second picture is from McDonalds, you can see some of the prices, everything is so much more money over here! The third picture is from the beach at night. The fourth and fifth pictures are from school. The first is of one of our classrooms and the second is of the main entrance. The sixth picture is of the stree we live on and the seventh picture is of a smart car we saw in Cannes that was interesting looking. The last picture is of us on the TGV on the way to Cannes.
1. Sweatpants: and not just any kind of sweatpants but the old school whooshy, tight at the bottom kind worn by both and men and women of all ages. People here wear them everywhere! (And of all colors too! We have seen bright blue, traditional black, hot pink, rainbow, and yellow!)
2. Toilets: all of the toilets have two buttons to choose from when flushing. Our roommate recently realized the difference between the two. The smaller button is for number one and the bigger button is for number two, more water! Sorry, gross, we know!
3. Walls: the walls here are so thin! It is a law everywhere in France that you cannot make loud noises in your apartments after ten due to the thin walls. Ladies must take high heeled shoes off and everyone must keep their voices, music, tv, etc. down. Many American’s have found this out the hard way from their neighbors after making too much noise at night. We know what part of the house the dog above us is in at all times of the day. We also know the his owners work schedule due to the fact that the ladies shoes wake us up every morning as she is leaving for work. Everyone wears slippers. We needed help with our stove after we blew a fuse last week and all three neighbors came over wearing their slippers to help. At least Grandma next door keeps it down!
4. Bags: there are no plastic bags here. Even when going to the grocery store you must bring your own bag to carry your groceries home or buy a shopping bag at the register. This can get really annoying when you have a lot of groceries, a small bag and a long bus ride. Funny story: the other day when we were going back to our apartment on the bus from the food store our baguette fell out of Jen’s bag, rolled down the bus isle and finally stopped at the shoes of an old, dirty, overweight woman with facial hair sitting six seats back. As she picked it up she screamed “Voila!” and handed it to the lady next to her who began the process of passing the bread up the bus to us. We decided not to eat it and left it for a homeless man. We think it was a smart decision!
Love you!
Em and Jen
**Picture number one is of a dog we saw sitting out front of a store in the Old Village. We added this picture for Pop-Pop since we know he loves dogs and we miss Maggie! The second picture is from McDonalds, you can see some of the prices, everything is so much more money over here! The third picture is from the beach at night. The fourth and fifth pictures are from school. The first is of one of our classrooms and the second is of the main entrance. The sixth picture is of the stree we live on and the seventh picture is of a smart car we saw in Cannes that was interesting looking. The last picture is of us on the TGV on the way to Cannes.
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