Pyrennes

Merci Lago

Simone

I met Simon one night right as my friends were about to head to the bars. Some French guys had an apartment across from Cody, Mikey, Noel, Kelsey, Sammi, and Jon’s apartment. They were playing a round of flip cup with Kelsey and Sammi, when Sarah and I walked in. We had next round, and I was across from Simon. The first round we played was the “American” way, which just means that we played with beer. We totally won that round even though I slightly cheated by pouring half my beer into someone else’s cup. The next round was the “French” way with nasty rum and pinapple juice. They definitely won that round. Our friends decided they were heading to the bars at that point so Sarah gave the French guys her number and we left. We ended up running into them again at the pirate bar and Simon bought us drinks all night and danced with me. He was super nice, but didn’t speak any English. His vocab consisted of “come home with me.” I only spent one other night with him when my friends and I decided to go to the clubs with them. He kind of looked like the older Jonas brother. My French love, Simon. :)

Nice

Nice was very nice. It was a classy beach town. We really just spent a lot of time hanging by the beach during the day and shopping around. It was nice to have a relaxing vacation, and to swim in the Mediterranean. 

Carcassone

Can I have some cheese with that wine?

One day after class, Sarah and I were headed to Carrefour to get some groceries and we decided for dinner we really wanted to try some good French cheese, bread, and wine. We went up to the fromagerie and asked the lady what types of cheeses she preferred in French. She said she loved them all, but she picked out a few for us to sample and then cut a few slices for us. The cheese was delicious. We also picked out some nice crunch French bread and chocolate bars for dessert. Picking out the wine was a whole other story. Besides having the label of AOC, red wines should be 2009 vintage or older, and white and rose wines should be much younger. Our teachers also told us that when the wine is around 4 to 6 euro and most of the bottles are gone that usually means its also a good wine. We selected a few and headed back home to taste all of it. I’m pretty sure that was the best dinner I had, had all of my four weeks in Toulouse. 

Farewell Dinner

Every year the summer study abroad students host a farewell dinner for everyone apart of the program. Each of us prepared a dish brought it over to a building that was across from Purpan and over a small bridge. This was the last Wednesday night we were in Toulouse. The teachers and PAs were there as well and they brought wine and beer for us. The lebonese people had amazing food. Margeaux, Sarah, and I made s’more bars. They were delicious! The whole pan was gone in like 20 minutes. Sarah kept grabbing bottles of wine so by the end of the dinner, everyone was feeling it. Mikael invited us to go to the school for a party they were having there with him and his friends. We danced and sat by a bonfire. Apparently on the way home, I walked out the wrong way and got frusterated because their was a wall in my way, and Sarah had one of my wedges on and one of Matt’s sandals and tried to run after me. It was not one of our finer moments if you know what I mean…haha