im in toulon right now waiting for lunch, though the grandma set out about 5 different plates of appetizers, none of which i lked very much except the tomatoes. you cant mess up raw tomatoes (if my typing seems weird, its because im on a french keyboard and cant find all the keys). there was whole fishies fried, next to me, and in front of m was were they were disposing of their olive pits. gross. when i first got here, i thought the grandma reminded me of my gma, but not anymore. she is rather bothersome, which makes me miss my gma who is not annoying at all. the grandpa is cool. he re,inds me of my dad. he woke up at 430 to go fishing. how do i know this? well, i slept on the tile floor with a mere .25 inch of cushion present below me, so I didnt sleep so well. tonight ill try drinking more wine to put me to sleep.
we re done with lunch...finally. im all for nice slow lunches, but there is a line that can be crossed. i guess all this bitchiness is cover for my being homesick for america. i long to get in my SUV, drive less than 5 minutes to a CVS and buy everything all at once: fruit; wine, food, ice cream, face wash, meds.... but this is the same thing i complain about in america.....our mass consumption and availability of goods. i guess the grass is always greener. though, i can honestly say i, happy right now, even if everything isnt going my way. i think im finally getting that quote thats something like "peace isnt the absence of discomfort and conflict, rather it is being in the midst of all those things and still being calm in your heart." and i feel that when all this is over, ill be (not new), but improved because ill have learned a lot abou a lo of diferent aspects of life.
today we went to toulon, which is so beautiful and i want to come back when i,m done working and just walk aound he docks and look at all the sailboats and go o all h little shops and the big sunday market. i looked at and wrote down he names of all the boutique hotels we passed so i know where to go. it was soo beautiful. a perfect sized city with the mediterranean right by its side. (im drinking this tea that the g,a made and i think shes starting to not like me because its sooo hot...like uncalled-for hot). anyway toulon was beautiful and im so happy i went. this morning they told me e were going on the bateau (boat) which i thought meant wear a bathing suit, but the batau was a ferry to bring us to down and i didnt bring ,y wallet....so i made no purcases, but i think that was a good thing. now i must return.
sooo thats it from me for now.
family, friends, hurricane family, i miss yall!
chels
we re done with lunch...finally. im all for nice slow lunches, but there is a line that can be crossed. i guess all this bitchiness is cover for my being homesick for america. i long to get in my SUV, drive less than 5 minutes to a CVS and buy everything all at once: fruit; wine, food, ice cream, face wash, meds.... but this is the same thing i complain about in america.....our mass consumption and availability of goods. i guess the grass is always greener. though, i can honestly say i, happy right now, even if everything isnt going my way. i think im finally getting that quote thats something like "peace isnt the absence of discomfort and conflict, rather it is being in the midst of all those things and still being calm in your heart." and i feel that when all this is over, ill be (not new), but improved because ill have learned a lot abou a lo of diferent aspects of life.
today we went to toulon, which is so beautiful and i want to come back when i,m done working and just walk aound he docks and look at all the sailboats and go o all h little shops and the big sunday market. i looked at and wrote down he names of all the boutique hotels we passed so i know where to go. it was soo beautiful. a perfect sized city with the mediterranean right by its side. (im drinking this tea that the g,a made and i think shes starting to not like me because its sooo hot...like uncalled-for hot). anyway toulon was beautiful and im so happy i went. this morning they told me e were going on the bateau (boat) which i thought meant wear a bathing suit, but the batau was a ferry to bring us to down and i didnt bring ,y wallet....so i made no purcases, but i think that was a good thing. now i must return.
sooo thats it from me for now.
family, friends, hurricane family, i miss yall!
chels
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