Surfing and camping on the beach!!!

I went surfing and camping in Biarritz, France! It was so much fun! We left Sunday morning and came back Monday night. We camped on the beach in a small tent! I love the sound of the ocean. Getting to fall asleep to the waves hitting the beach was perfect. There were also wild peacocks that woke me up once in a while with their loud cat like screeming mating call.

Anne and I took surfing lessons! It was Anne's first time camping and surfing! I have done both before. It was fun taking the lessons because they were in French! We both got up plenty of times!

A little fun thing that happened a few times to me was when I was shopping the sales woman would ask me where I'm from and blah blah blah and then told me my french was really good! It makes me feel like I have accomplished my goal of learning the language while I'm here!

I also got to meet Angela's fiance Damien. They live near the beach town we were surfing/camping in. We all had dinner together and hung out on the beach! They are planning on getting married this summer in the states! So many weddings this summer!

My last few days in France

I was done with all my final exams and school May 5th! I have less than a week before I go back to the states. Lately I've been hanging out with friends and doing whatever I want! I went and saw Coco avant Channel and Good Morning England. Coco was in French and Good Morning was in English!
I have been doing a lot of drawing. The weather is absolutely gorgeous right now. I keep my doors open and the sun comes in from my balcony. With my music going and a nice breeze I feel very french sitting here drawing! Anne and I will sit by the river near her house and enjoy the sun as well:)
There has also been a lot of very french, very big dinners with the roommates!
I have mixed feelings about coming back to the states. I'm excited and sad at the same time. Of course I can't wait to see family and friends! It will definitely help that the day after I get back I have a wedding to go to and then the day after I'm going to Florida for a week and a half! Nice transition!
Are there any last requests of me while I'm still in Toulouse?

Trip to Perpignan!

Aunt Donna had two exchange students stay with her family years ago - Sophie and Fanny. They are twins and live in France! Sophie and her fiance live in Toulouse and Fanny and her boyfriend live in Perpignan. Aunt Donna got in contact with them as soon as she found out I was going to be in Toulouse. It made Mom more at ease too knowing I had a contact in Toulouse if anything ever went wrong.

This past weekend Sophie and Jerome picked me up and we went to visit Fanny and Marc in Perpignan! If I were to move back to France it would be one of the neighboring towns of Perpignan! It was absolutely gorgeous! Marc has a vineyard and winery that has been in the family for a while as well as an orchard. It was great getting to have a personal tour of everything! One night when we were out for dinner the table next to us was drinking his wine! How fun!!! We went to beach, mountains, other towns....it was a great weekend. Except, I was sick! I'm still getting over a sinus/cold thing. I've had my migrains for the past two weeks with this thing.

The interesting thing was that I could understand Sophie and Fanny perfectly! But, when the guys started talking really fast...it was hard to follow. The same goes for the conversation with all their friends. A little hard to follow at times.

We went to a soccer and rugby match! And, afterwards there was a concert with a bunch of famous French singers! Do you know the French guy who sings the song, "Bad Boys"? bad boys bad boys what cha gunna do? Ya, he was there!