Leaving on a Jet Plane...

I won't be online anymore until some time while I'm home... have a great weekend everyone!

American Stores in France...

In honor of going home tomorrow (!!!) I thought I'd finally post the list of all the American stores I've seen here...

-Ben & Jerry's Cafe
-Century 21
-Claire's Accessories
-Domino's Pizza
-Foot Locker
-Ford Car Dealers
-Gap
-GE Capital Bank
-Mail Boxes Etc.
-McDonald's
-Pizza Hut
-Starbucks (just one in Paris)
-Subway
-Sunglass Hut
-Toys 'R Us
-Xerox

Overheard in the Cave...

...otherwise known as the black hole of intelligence.

Girl #1: "ooh... I'll get a caramel coffee."
Girl #2: "Since when does the vending machine have caramel coffee?"
Girl #1: "See? It says Macchiato and that means caramel. I know cause it's my favorite drink at Starbucks."

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Girl #1: "No, he thinks it's for extenuating circumstances."
Girl #3: "What does extenuating mean?"
Girl #1: "You know, I don't know now that you ask me."
Girl #4: "It means things that are kind of weird, or out there."

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Girl #5: oh my god, you missed such a good time last night, it was so funny.
Girl #6: oh yeah? what happened?
Girl #5: well, I don't remember most of it... but everybody was dancing with that guy, and there were other people who were, like, drinking and dancing...*laughing* you really should've been there.

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Girl #1: "Do they make laptops with printers attached?"

Site Update

Added:

-two more photos from art class to the School page.

-Photos from the French university to the School page.

-Photos around Aix to the Around Aix page.

-Photos of the street performers to the Around Aix page.

Little Things...

-A certain person asked at dinner the other night if anyone had come by while she was gone to see if she had a TV. No, no one had. We usually let the weird questions (like the weekly "Do you have class on Thursday morning?") go, but this was just too weird. Further inquiry revealed that her TV tax for owning a TV has not been paid any time recently. :o )

-Always remember to check if your movie is in Version Originale or Version Francaise before buying the tickets... otherwise you might end up seeing Big Fish in French.

-Why is it that the "privileged" cash register that is handicap accessible at Monoprix only takes checks or credit cards - no cash?

-Why on the French chocolate candies made and sold in France by the French Nestle company does it say, in English, "More milk chocolate = more fun"?

-Driving is like time travel - no, seriously. I was given a ride home by another host mom from the movie the other night... fourth time I've been in a car since getting here and the idea of getting across town in five minutes amazes me. We were passing all these people who were walking like I usually do - leaving them in the dust it seemed... amazing, I tell you.

-The French really believe in creams to tone, slim and get rid of cellulite. I figure they either have different ingredients that aren't FDA approved, the placebo effect really works, or they're in serious denial.

-Another slang word never to use again (based on the mistake of a friend) = le pipe.

-I still think European ice cream is better, but they really have weird taste - at Haagen-Daaz you can get Lychee and Ginger Cream flavor.

-In the dark, the doorbell and the hall light switch look exactly the same. Thank goodness Joelle sleeps through anything.