So I moved in with my family Friday evening! They are so sweet. My host maman teaches English/French translation classes at the l’Universitie Catholique in Lyon, et my host papa just retired from some sort of financial/organizational counseling with large businesses & universities ( he told me in French so I’m not really sure what it is haha).
They have had lots of exchange students over the years, one of which is still here from last semester (leaving on Monday actually) who has given me a ton of advice about Lyon and which iphone apps I need to download.
Ma famille has 5 children, all older than me, two of which are living at the house now! Their daughter (whose 21st birthday happens to be today!) studies la coulture which is SEWING!!! She is hoping to do some sort of occupational therapy type thing using sewing, and also just to teach people in impoverished areas how to sew so they can use the skill to make a living! Isn’t that awesome?!
And then one of their older sons lives with his wife in the alps, and makes a living taking people on backpacking trips in the alps!
Could you think of two more awesome jobs? I think that’s pretty cool.
Anyways, heres a pic of my room:
And some pics from walking around:
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| a little polka dot smart car!!! :-D |
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| a store of undies. undiz! haha. |
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| passageway through some buildings in Vieux Lyon (the old part of the city), used to be an open sewer, haha, now a tourist attraction. |
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| a cool view of Vieux Lyon |
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| We randomly ran into another student and her host dad on the street, who took us throught this locked secret passageway that cut through some building in the middle of the city! |
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| he told us this is where they put bad americans. |
And right now I'm sitting im my little french room, watching the rain pour down on the streets of Lyon. Phew! It's nice to have some time to sit and rest! I feel like we've just been going going going all the time! Not that thats any different from back home but still...haha. Yesterday we ended up walking over 6 miles (yes i calculated it from the map). My feet are just a tad sore. Haha, next time i thimk we might just take the bus! :-)
I've seen an undiz too! :)
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