Saturday, July 9, 2011

june 10th - july 9th

10th.
Got up and skyped my aunty for the first time in ages, then went for a walk into town and send some postcards and letters.  Then had a party of 2 friends that night, in a different town. Got home about 1am and went to bed.
11th.
Got up at about and left about 11. Stopped for lunch at mcDonalds. Then went to a camp site and set up 5 tents and got changed for the wedding of my host dads niece. The ceremony was sort of in the street, then in a small hall they said what they needed to say, and then afterwards we drove for about 1 hour to a big hall where they talked to everyone, and then we had a 4 course dinner that started at about 8pm and had the dessert at 2am. Then we danced until about 4am, then we went back to the camping site.
12th.
Then got up at 9am and everyone went to shower, then packed up all the tents and went back to the hall for lunch and to clean up. then after, (about 6:50pm) we left to come home. Then when we got home we all snacked on lots of random stuff together and all the family stayed up chatting till about midnight, then we all went to bed.
13th.
Slept in til lunch :) felt sooo good after two late nights!! Started my rotayak and then went for a walk, but after it was too hot so i came back and had a cold bath. then went outside and played basketball with my host brother, then came in and watched a movie with my host sister. early night :)
14th.
Went to school for the last time, handed in all my books and then ate at a restaurant, then came home and did some more of my rotayak and skyped mum :)
15th.
Slept in! Then ate lunch with the Meurots'. Then swam all arvo, and skyped mum.
Came home and watched a movie with my host mum and host sister. then went to bed.
16th.
gotup early and went for a walk, then looked around town for a while. then came home and helped make lunch, then after lunch i went to meet some friends in town. got home about 6, then chatted with my host family a bit, then helped get ready for dinner, then went to bed.
17th.
slept in, got up, showered then cleaned my room. then made lunch, and went out with my french best friend from 2pm until 5pm. then went home and got my bag for the weekend, and walked to the Meurots. Then we left for a spetacular at the kindergarten. Then after that we all had dinner and swam then went to bed,
18th.
Got up and ready and left by 8:15am. Spent the day at Marineland (they have like whales, dolphins, fsh, penguins and bears and stuff.) Then had dinner at Antibes (I think) then went bowling. Then we went swimming at midnight. then went to our room (me and my 1st host brother and 2 host brother) and watched a scary movie, then went to bed.
19th.
Got up and showered, and we all went down for breakfast at 9:45am. (Happy French Fathers day!) then left for Aquasplash at 11. We watched over 500 motorbikes pass for a memorial of a guy who died in a motorbike accident, it went for ageess! Spent the day at Aquasplash (got burnt after a day of fun in the sun!) Got home about 6, then my host mum came and got me after dinner.
20th.
Got up early and went to the markets in my town, brought some socks ;), then came home for lunch with my host sister and then went for a walk and then had a drink (some strawberry syrup with lemonade) with my friends in town, then went home and had dinner and went to bed early.
21st.
went into town and got a parcel from home :)! then went for a walk, and then had lunch with a friend and stayed with her all afternoon in my town.
22nd.
slept in until 2pm, had lunch and then cleaned my room, the bathroom and around then house. Then went and brought redbulls for me and my american friend (who i picked up from the bus at 5pm) and then chilled with her all afternooooooon. Then watched a french movie :)
23rd.
Got up early and went to Manosque. Brought a shirt and shorts, then went and brought a fish tank and 2 goldfish with all the accessories. Then went to school to get my enrollement form for september. Then wet to lunch with my 2 best friends from school and my american friend at mcdonalds, then went to pick up my other american friend from the train station. then got the bus home. Then went for dinner at the Meurots with friends. got home laaaate!
24th. 
we all woke up at lunch :) then we tried cooking, we cooked pasta and beans. then we watched scary movies all afternoon. then went to the fete de musique in Cruis. then came home at 2am.
25th.
Again we all woke up at 12 !! LAZY EXCHANGE STUDENTS :) thank god for holidays! then we all went into town and met up with my friends and chilled out all afternoon, then came home, changed clothes and went to the Meurots and went swimming then had dinner there and got back early to go to bed.
26th.
had to get up early! then we went to Carry le R.... something... i cant remember. then we all got split up and my group waited for ages, then eventually we went biscuiting on the boat and it was AWESOME!! then we went kayaking in beautiful water, and we went on boats of 2, and sailed, and i had to get in the water and pull ours because there was no wind :P was an awesome day with all the exchange students but and the end i cried because i had to say goodbye to my americans/canadians/taiwans/chinese/japanese :(
27th.
got up at 10, went to the markets with friends, then made lunch and then went swimming with friends.
then came home and had a nap, then got up and had dinner and went back to bed.
28th.
Went to a small lake with friends  and stayed there tanning all day. then got home and after dinner i went out with 7 boys in town, then came home at midnight and watched a movie with 3 of the boys.
29th.
got up and wrote letters, watched a movie and skyped friends. then after lunch i went for a walk, then came home and got ready for rotary.
30th.
got up, went for a walk, came home, had lunch, went for a drive to Oraison, came home, had dinner for my host brothers bday, then went out to a friends party, then got home at 1am.
1st.
got up, got my hair cut (which i hate, i hate french hairdressers!!) then went to a restaurant with my first host dad and brother and friend. then came home and finished my letters and did my monthly report. then went to the meurots at 5:30pm and swam, then ate dinner there. then went to party in La Brillanne. got home around 2am.
2nd.
Got up at 8am to skype mum. then went to Gardanne to have a get together with my first mums side of the family. then after that finished we went to my host mums mothers house, where we had dinner and chats with the side of the family. then got home about 12.
3rd.
slept in til about 11. then got up and we all went outside and had a small breakfast together. then we tanned, swam, played, then had lunch, then tanned, swam and then my host mothers sister and kids came over (and i got along well with with girl) then we looked at photos and then they dropped me home after dinner.
4th.
woke up and went to the markets with my host mums sister and daughter, then ate lunch with them, then stayed there until 3:30pm, then came home at 4 and started doing my host brothers phone for australia.
5th.
spent the day in town with a friend, then went to the pool. then went to the meurots with all the friends. then swam there, then i went home and packed a bag and went to the Meurots to stay the night with their cousin.
6th.
cleaned the house at the meurots, then cleaned the pool and swam all afternoon. then at night we went to a town near Digne Les Bains and saw tranformers 3 in 3D :D  then they dropped me back at my house.
7th.
slept in anf then went for a walk, then went out for lunch with my host dad and friend. came home and then skyped family for over 2 hours! :D great day.
8th. slept in, then went to the meurots to swim and to have lunch for the last time with their family (because my host mums sister and kids are leaving to back to their town) then cleaned the fish tank with the cousin, then swam for ages, then went to look at hotels for mum :) then had friends over for dinner so went to bed late.
9th.
got up and went to the office de tourisme to look at hotel sites for mum. then had lunch with all the girls. then cleaned up, and had a nap. then did my blog ;) then going to pack my bag to leave from the 10th-16th in Bretagne, which is about 12 hours by car. then the 16th-24th in Arcachon for a camp for 10 students fromt eh southern hemisphere, which i was lucky to get in to!
PHOTO: this is a photo of me and a friend at a party :)

xxo Britttttt ! <3