So straight after Tours.. i was off with the host family (extremely early in the morning, ok so just 8am) to the village of Piriac for 2 whole weeks. this little village is about 2 hours drive from Angers. Its a nice little fishing village.. we rented as small house.. some things you should know about this part of france..
it rains
it rains
and well it rains or is just bloody cold.
First time at the beach.. my extremely white self.. just so happened to dooze off.. oh for i dunno 3 hours.. just to wake with the redest body i’ve ever seen (worse than uncle luke that one x-mas) Some how while sleeping i’d rolled over so not only one but 2 sides of me where bright and believe me when i say bright red!!
i swear i got 3rd degree burns.. who knew the you could get burnt in france! Dumb i know but we dont have an ozone so i hoped it would be different.
I had a rather dodgy sleep that night.. i had to share the room with my host brother and sisters.. which is cool and all but i had no alone time for 2 whole weeks.. do you know what this does to a person.. well me in this example its drives me nuts because its ust got annoying..
So with my painful sun burn we went to the local trash and tresure market.. actually over the 2 weeks we went to a few of these.. i managed to find some old english books to read.. annoying thing was my host dad kept chasing me everytime i tried to read them.. his not a fan of english.
whist at the beach I did some pretty amazing things.. (no i didnt just sleep) such as ride my bike 15km in one day (Yay!! excecise is uncommon for me in france) get out own oysters and mussels to eat!! Yummy!! i really really enjoyed this.. as i am a major seafood lover!! I explored the beach.. with its raging tides.. no waves really.. alot of rocks though.. i have to say the beach was not really like AUS it was small stones for sand. and sometimes there was know sun.. talk about dull..
I unfortunaly.. get sunburnt yet again.. and guess what the next day.. i was off horse riding for 2 hours.. OUCH OUCH OUCH.. talk about painful.. the sunburn was the killer i admit.. it was beautiful to go hosre ridng on the beach early morning…
I spent alot of time playing ball with my host sis and bro.. mind you i was a spaz they thought it was always funny to aim at me..(4 on to one isnt fair) but i got my revenge with some good old water guns hehe and in france there isnt a drought so i didnt full as guilty!! =)
I went to the bastille day (french australia day) Celebrations at the Piriac Port with fireworks and all.. funy thing thought almost all the songs sung by the band were english hehe Just weird of what!
I have to say I got quite homesick during this part of my time here… i have no idea as to why but i just did..Mayb it was because all i did was speak french or have no contact with others but yer..
But thats the reality of exchange sure we’re always happy.. we’ve been given this great opportunity and adventure.. but things on the other side of the world are completely different.. here we do things we never imagined we would or could.. we are pushed beyond our boundries (in a good way) we are given experiance, lessons in life and a whole new perspective on things.. I’ve always thought of it was a rollercoster.. your up and down.. twisting, turning sometimes going around and round. It unperdicatable.. is the excitment the unknown and the challenge of knowing your capable of handeling anything life throws at you!!
Oh that i need to say a very big yet late HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my MUM soory i wasnt there i prmise i will be next yr!!
7 hugs & 7 kiss
Love Clare xxo
Also a huge happy birthday to Jessie and KJ!!!
