Sunday, August 5, 2007

Mmm du pain

Salut from the beach at an internet cafe in Arcachon. All is well and much better now that im used to the family and the town and how the job goes... its hot this weekend, tanning a lot at the beach, well a lot for me is just a little brown. I am enjoying life now...not feeling so secluded or homesick and gaining the respect of the French family. i return to the city and my apartment in 3 weeks. By then i will be ready to return and start a new schedule. I cant sit and write a bunch of details right now bc im not on my own laptop and using the cafes laptop. Mine wont seem to connect to the wireless. I am sipping on a latte; not many lattes here; mostly just cafe creme which i love; and i adore the bread (du pain) i will be ready to get back to the city and start my jogging and a small diet. I love the food and wine here but summer time has a lot of meals. I met a French guy at the beach this week and he might call me to go out for a drink. Dont know; i kind of doubt ill hear from him but itd be nice to make a friend at the least. i have Janeta here; the other au pair for Virginies sister and we are friends and its so great to have a partner in crime and someone to work with she is from Poland but speaks both French and English. My French gets better every day and i am much more comfortable w the language and getting around and not so afraid to try to communicate. The family appreciates learning some more English from me and the grandfather often asks me about the USA and he told me that Sarcozy is in New Hampshire right now on vacation...the French president. Ok i have to go, I have more pics to post and a ton of details I want to share but it must wait till my laptop connects or the next time I get access...otherwise 3 weeks when the summer is over and I return to the city

au revoir luv and miss everyone dont hesitate to call

2 comments:

Carly and Jason said...

LAURA!! I was sooo excited to see you updated! :) I am also excited to read that things are getting better --- woohoo for that! I have been trying to call your work cell for over an hour, but I keep getting the busy signal. I'm going to go try one more time. Keep having FUN! :)
Loves,
Cousin Carly

Harry said...

Your mom just got off the phone with you (Saturday morning, our time) and it sounds like things continue to go well. We knew you would make a success of this. You are experiencing great things every day that will be of value to you in the years to come.
This weekend I'm going to upload a bunch of the pictures we took while we were there and, of course, I'll add your e-mail address to the recipient list. If you see some you like, let me know and we'll burn them to a CD for you or send you prints.
Take care and have fun.
Harry