We went home and made dinner and our friend Benjamin came over. We had some yummy tomatoes from Romain's garden and then we made some pasta with ham and tomato sauce. Then for dessert with had "riz au lait" which translates as rice with milk..which is pretty much what it is. It is kind of like tapioca but better. We cleaned up and then got ready to go out for the night in Tours.
We left the house at around 11pm. When we got to Tours we were the first ones there so we got a table at Place Plumereau (an old part of Tours with a bunch of bars and restaurants) and we each got drink. Our friends were still not there so we moved over to another bar and had more drinks until our friends got there. Finally Aurélien, Amandine and Alban showed up. We headed to a different bar (yes, a 3rd bar) and got drinks there. When it was late enough we finally headed to the club, le Pacio. Things are so different in France! Most bars do close at 2am like in the states but the clubs open at around the same time that the bars close and then they close the clubs at around 5am. I like this lifestyle much better! I could dance pretty much anytime and I don't like going to bed early so this works perfectly for me. We all danced like fools, except Ashley because she doesn't like to dance. I wish I would have taken pictures that night but I had left my purse in Benjamin's car so that I wouldn't have to check it when we got to the club. The only picture I have is one with Amandine and I that the photographers at the club took.
I had so much fun that night! The next morning we woke up a little bit earlier and headed out to play golf at "la Gloriette". We didn't actually play golf but we went to the driving range. It was my first time ever and I actually did pretty well and had a lot of fun!
* my new roomie, Ashley and I *
After golfing everyone was exhausted so we all headed home. We hung out for a little while and then Alban came over and some of Benjamin's friends came over for dinner. We made another delicious pasta and has some pâté with baguette as well. By "we" made dinner I mean the boys made dinner. Afterwards we watched a French movie called Podium that Romain loves. It is about a man who is an impersonator of a famous French artist and had to choose between his family and career. Obviously ridiculous events happen throughout the movie and it is quite funny. Everyone went to bed early that night because Romain had to head to Paris the next morning and Benjamin was taking him to the train station at around 7am.
I guess we can say that the weekend went pretty well! I had a lot of fun and I hope the weekends continue to be just as fun. The rest of the week Ashley and I hung out at Romain's and watched movies. We were also running out of food so we wanted to go to the grocery store to get some snacks and more groceries, and wine. ;) We walked around for a little bit but we didn't find anything so then we took Romain's car to the grocery store further down the road. I was so proud of myself for being able to drive a stick shift without it dying!! However, when we got home it died right in front of the house and people were trying to get by and couldn't. haha I finally got out of the way and then I couldn't park the car!! I don't know what my problem was since French cars are so little but luckily our friend Alban was driving by after work and saw that I needed help and parked it for me. he saved my life for sure! Earlier that day I had called a lady about an apartment in Laval but she didn't answer so I left a message. I called back before it got too late and she answered but said that the apartment is her brothers not hers so she gave me his number.
Tuesday I called the guy's number in the afternoon but he didn't answer so I left another message asking if he could call us back. He never did call us back so I called him and we planned to see the apartment on Saturday. Ashley and I felt way more calm about everything because the guy had told us that we were at the top of the list for this apartment so we thought we'd go into Tours for the day and go shopping. We headed to the bus station at around 3pm only to find out that the last bus comes at 1:10pm. WHAT LUCK! So we headed back to the house and watched some TV. After a while we were sick of sitting in the house so we decided to walk around Monts and go exploring. We first went into a Tabac (a small convenience store) and then walked around until we found the church which is pretty small but adorable. The neighborhoods in France are so adorable!!
**The apartment we were looking at has 3 bedrooms, is furnished which is the main part, and has a lot of other little things that we were interested in. There are only two of us but we figured 3 bedrooms are perfect because then we can have a GUEST room.. oh lala!! ;) ;)**
On Wednesday we had made plans to go into Tours in the morning and hang out with Ben, Fanny and Steven. (Ben is the guy I flew to France with, don't get him confused with Benjamin) Once we were in Tours we headed to Mangez-Moi for lunch. I had only had kebabs there but this time I got chicken with some spice that was actually pretty good. It might have been curry but I don't remember now. Afterwards we walked around all of Tours because Ashley had never been there and wanted to see the city. Fanny had a class at 230pm so we sat in the grass by the Loire river until she had to leave. Then the rest of us walked around and did a little shopping. Ashley and I headed back to Monts at around 4:15pm because it was the last bus until like 6pm or so. We made our usual pasta dinner and then did some laundry. We knew we would be gone all day on Thursday so we cleaned the house a little bit and then headed to bed.
On Thursday we woke up early again and got ready for the day. We cleaned the house a little more, finished laundry and then headed into Tours. We met up with Fanny and Ben and had lunch at Place Jean Jaurès which is a main part of the city with a bunch of cafés. After lunch Ben and Fanny went to Fanny's apartment to take a nap while Ashley and I finished touring the rest of Tours. We went to the museum to see the stuffed elephant that they have and then headed to the cathedral and then to the St. Martin Basilica. We were getting pretty tired and hot so we decided to head to Fanny's apartment. It has been in the 80s here since we arrived. It gets hot super fast and I only packed winter and spring clothes so it's kind of awkward getting dressed every day because I don't know what to wear!! :( At Fanny's we had a couple drinks before dinner and then Fanny made a delicious carbonara pasta. We got dressed and then went into Tours to Place Plumereau. We had a few drinks at one of my favorite bars, le Puits Sait Tout. Afterwards we headed to le Pacio but it was quite empty when we got there. They were playing salsa music which none of us were fond of..as the night went on they played better music but there was still no one there. We pretty much had the dance floor to ourselves but Ben and I rocked it when our favorite songs would come on. I took several pictures but I can't upload them yet because I don't have my cord with me. We got back to Fanny's apartment at around 6am and we all headed straight to bed.
On Friday morning I couldn't sleep so I woke up at 11am and then Ashley and I headed back to Monts to Romain's house. His parents had come back from Turkey on Thursday night so we were nervous to meet them when we got back. We had nothing to worry about. They are super nice and adorable!! His mom had folded our laundry that we left hanging in the basement and then she started making calls to people she knew in Laval to see if they knew of any apartments that we could look into. She gave us a few contact numbers and addresses of places we could look into. Ashley and I headed upstairs to Romain's room to watch a movie but I quickly fell asleep so Ashley watched Dumb & Dumber all by herself. :( Then Romain's mom came and got us for dinner which was delicious! We had rilletes (kind of like pâté) and omelettes for dinner. Very simple but very delicious! For dessert we had some delicious ice cream and a special cake from Alsace. It was very sweet and had pretty much everything you could possibly imagine including honey. Romain didn't get home from Paris until 11pm but he had said that he wanted to go out so we waited up for him. Ashley was too tired to go out so she went to bed but Romain and I went to the soccer "club house". It's where the boys play soccer every Sunday but they have a hang out place with a bar and everything. We went there for a little bit and met up with some of our friends. Then everyone decided to go to the club so we headed into Tours once again. Romain, Benjamin and I all rode together but once we got to le Pacio we didn't feel like going so we headed back to Romain's and watched How I Met Your Mother. We only watched one episode and then we all fell asleep so then we turned it off and went to bed and Benjamin went home.
This past weekend is another adventure so I will write about it all tomorrow since this is already SUPER long!! I hope you enjoy my stories even though most of the time they are super detailed and pointless. I just want you all to know what I'm up to! I miss you and love you all very much :D :D
Gros bisous <3 (big kisses)
Valé
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