The Christmas decorations in Nantes are all up and lit and it's so pretty! Earlier today I went Christmas shopping - at first with friends but then they all had to go catch trains and planes, so I went by myself for the last little bit. I love it here - it's so beautiful!! I can't believe the semester's almost over!! I think tonight or tomorrow night I'm going to take my camera and take pictures of all the pretty lights - they're truly gorgeous! And I love the Christmas markets! There are two of them really close to my house and IES. Today I went and had lunch with Laura at the markets - I had Tarteflette which was really good. It's like sliced potatoes, cheese, meat and spices. Yummy! We ate on the steps outside of the FNAC - very French-young adult like. hahahaha. I'm starting to get ideas for people for Christmas which is good. The only weird thing about the Christmas markets - they don't play Christmas music. They play American music like Katy Perry, Jason Mraz and on occassion French rap....it kind of makes it seem fake. Maybe next time I'll bring my iPod and listen to Christmas music on that, lol.
My host mom is going to be gone this weekend but she said when she gets back she'll probably decorate a little bit. She also offered to take me to her neighbor's house because they have an amazing nativity scene that she wants me to see! I know this is going to sound silly, but being in France around Christmas time sometimes feels like how you see Christmas portrayed in Love Actually or Harry Potter. Weird huh? It's obviously not exactly the same - I'm not in a massive city nor am I in England, but it has the same sort of feel, which I think is so cool!!!
Next Friday is my grammar final - I'm so nervous for that! Lately I've been making silly mistakes - conjugating things wrong, forgetting accents, etc and I really really want to do well!!! We shall see how it goes....
No comments:
Post a Comment