Saturday night, we arrived in Tours! It was great to see my french family again :). They are actually hosting yet another american now, Rachel, so it was nice to meet her! We had a delicious bbq and Żaneta was surprised at how many courses they serve during lunch and dinner. First an appetizer, then main course, then cheese and baguette, and then dessert.
That evening, we headed off to the Guingette in Tours, and it was so nice to be back there! There was some concert on the river so we stayed to watch it.
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| Guingette in Tours! |
On Sunday, Brigitte, Rachel, Żaneta and I had a busy day. We started by going to this open air wine tasting event (that happens once a year in Tours) where many wine producers come to let people taste and buy their wine. After searching for a while, Żaneta found a wine she liked :).
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| Viti Loire |
Then we returned home, had lunch, and then went to Ussé for the afternoon. Ussé is sleeping beauty’s castle. There were beautiful roses outside the castle, and we went up to the tower where she supposedly slept for a 100 years… It was fun spending the afternoon exploring the castle!
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| Ussé- the tower on the far right is Sleeping Beauty's tower |
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| Beautiful roses |
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| Here we all are in front of Ussé |
After the castle visit, we went to an international chorus concert where groups sang from the US, Belgium, Ukraine, Ireland, etc! It was really cool to hear these different groups sing.
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| Chorus from Slovakia |
Monday morning, we headed off to Lyon! We had to take a TER (slowww train) that took about 5 hours... We got to Lyon in the early afternoon, so after tea at Adam’s place, I took Żaneta around and showed her the main sights: Fourviere, Roman Theatre/Ruins (something that I saw for the first time), Musée de Miniature et Cinema, St. Jean, Creperie in Vieux Lyon, Pirate Candy Store, Place Bellecoeur, ONLY LYON sign, and Place Terreaux.
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| At the Roman Ruins in Lyon |
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| Posing with statues |
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| ONLY LYON :) |
On Tuesday, we spent the day with Tyler, Zack, and Gaeton (who studied at UGA last year). It was fun to hang out and we went to the Parc de la Tête d’Or together. There, we had some sandwiches and lemon meringue pie for lunch!
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| Chilling at the Parc de la Tête d'Or |
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| Beautiful day at the parc! |
After lunch, we walked toward the Cite International, and there we saw INTERPOL headquarters.
Then we took a bus back to Part Dieu, where we said goodbye to Tyler and Zack! I hope they have a great stay in Europe and it was nice to hang with them!
On Tuesday night, Żaneta and I moved over to Gaeton’s place. We all hung out together and then Żaneta and I spent Wednesday in Roanne!
We went out to lunch with my awesome host family in Roanne :). We had a delicious meal and it was so great to spend time with them! I hope to see them again sometime soon!
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| Żaneta and I with my host family! |
Then, we went to the bank, and did some shopping. We met up with Tim and had tea/coffee. It was nice to catch up. In the evening, we went back to Lyon, and Gaeton cooked us a delicious dinner (salad and cordon bleu)! We bought him a Praluline from Roanne as thanks and he liked it! I swear everyone loves the Praluline :).
Thursday morning, Gaeton helped us get to the station with my huge suitcases. It was so nice of him to see us off!
We were really lucky to have such great hosts everywhere we stayed and I am thankful for all of my awesome friends! :)
We took the Rhone Express to the airport, then a plane to Barcelona, where we had about a five hour layover. We explored the airport, watched Pitch Perfect, and had Mexican food for lunch. The weather was so nice in Spain, I wish we could have spent a few days there :).
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| Mmmm taquitos and fajitas! |
Flying to the motherland,
Magdalena
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