Blast From the Past.

I just got home from an absolutely wonderful day with the Le Jeune family. Henri, Marie Cecile, Anne Laure, and Benoit all came to Rouen to see me today, and we spent the day walking around the city, eating pizza (and if you're Benoit, a pizza for dessert), and remembering all of the amazing times we had when they came to visit us in the United States. It was an amazing day filled with laughter and good company, and it is beyond incroyable to think that it has been three years since I've last seen them!

Henri took a ton of pictures, which he has promised to send me, so hopefully I will be able to put up a few soon :) I didn't have my camera with me though; I just don't feel like carrying it around with me these days. Plus, I don't have a way to upload them yet, so it's not much help right now.

Something that I realized today (besides the fact that I really, really need to buy this beautiful, warm, dark gray, French coat. I'm not going to tell you what it costs. I'm only going to say that is is from the United Colors of Benetton. Yeah.) is that friendship is the most amazing thing in the world. A connection with another person transcends language barriers. I remember when the Le Jeunes came to visit us in the U.S., and we were all trying to communicate with each other, but none of us could really express themselves the way we wanted to (besides my father. Of course). We all have nothing but amazing, fond memories of that time together, but thinking about it now, it's really amazing how we connected the way we did without being able to speak the same language. So what was really cool about today was that I was able to talk to all of them, and say exactly what I wanted about everything. I got to show them around my city (ahhh I love it - my city), give them updates on my family, and tell them how much I want to come back and visit them in Brest. I'm just so incredibly lucky to have this opportunity to spend a semester studying in France, allowing me to improve my French enough to have conversations with my French friends. Also, how amazing is it that I have such great friends in a foreign country? I really, really hope I will be able to visit them in Plabenec before I go back home.

So, that was pretty much my day: catching up with old friends in good old Rouen. Tomorrow, I'm gonna go get that coat.

Tonight, I don't know what the plans are yet. A bunch of my friends went to Paris today, and they should be getting back in the next few hours, and I think they wanted to see a movie (The Town) tonight at some point. Not that this information is AT ALL interesting to you. Just saying. It might be a relaxing night of watching an American movie in French, and then going home and going to bed. Sounds perfect to me. I just wish I had some hot chocolate, my Mama's popcorn, and a cozy blanket to cuddle up in. It's getting to be that time of year, and I am in LOVE with it.

Bisous!
Love, Josie