Sorry for the delay in blog posts- I
have been super busy the past few weeks! From now on I will try to update very two
weeks. School started Monday after a two week ski vacation but one of my teachers
didn't show up for class so I got to go home at 2:00! You can easily tell you
went skiing because multiple people have broken arms and ski goggle tans. There
was one guy where you can see where his goggles ended, his helmet started and
on his neck you can see the straps from his helmet. Speaking of skiing, I went to the Alps for
one week with my host family, which was so much fun! The first day we drove
from Toulouse to Orange which was a 4 hour drive. The next day we walked around
Orange for a little bit, but it was cold and windy so we only stopped to take a
few pictures of a theater. We arrived in Bourg St. Maurice that evening, walked
around the village and rented our skis. We skied for the first two days then
relaxed on the third. Having not skied for 4 years it was a little difficult at
first but after a few hours I got the hang of it. The mountains were gigantic
and so beautiful! We went skiing one more day and did other activities on the other
days. One day we all went snowshoeing and it was really fun. Our guide was
super adventurous which caused it to be more like snowshoeing combined with
sledding. We would go down huge hills where it was just easiest to slide down
and hoped you didn't hit anyone or anything on your way down! Another day we
actually did go sledding! This sledding wasn't like usual sledding though.
First, you pay for a ticket for 1-3 runs down the hill. Then you take a
chairlift up with the skiers and walk to the sledding hill. There you are given
a helmet and a sled and taught how to use the sled. The sleds have steering
levers on the side and you are strapped in around your feet and legs! The
sledding path had so many twists and turns- which causes everyone to fall! The
hill took about 10 minutes to go down, and 3 were probably spent waiting for
people who had fallen or me falling and trying to get back into my sled (the
buckles weren't that helpful). Sledding was definitely one of the highlights of
my trip! We returned to Toulouse and the following week I got to explore the
city more. One day I met up with some other AFSers and we had lunch and walked
all across centre ville. We stopped in some famous churches and walked around
those. In one church we accidently walked
in on a funeral! There wasn't a sign on the door of the church saying that
anything was happening so we all walked in- being super loud. We then saw the
casket and all the people and sprinted out as fast as we could! After that we
shopped for a bit and went to a cafe.
That’s about it for now! I will post
soon with more general stuff (school, friends, family etc.)
Also, the family computer has been
acting up so next post I will also post pictures from vacation!
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