alouette

Ok so another update. I am having a great time here in Toulouse, if that has not been mentioned yet. I have met more people here than I have in San Francisco in just 5 days of visiting. Lesson to be learned: rely on your abroad girlfriends to create a social life for you instead of making the effort to do it yourself. I have also learned a lot about France and have lost many of my old stereotypes. Although... some still do remain. French people like to party, the are relaxed, they have a funny accent, they love women(the men), they wear tight pants, they have exquisite cuisine, and their day begins at 6pm (well, pauline and scarlett's does). Today Pauline and Claudia and I sun bathed by the Le Garonne river. It was probably 90 degrees, or at least it felt like it. The sun here does not go down until 11pm and the whether is amazing. You can walk around naked pretty much at night and still feel warm. Last night was pretty crazy so I will not go into detail, but in a nutshell, we went to Chez Tonton, a bar which is well known for its densely packed space and extreme amounts of hard liquor. I felt like I was standing in an extremely packed elevator and drinks were being poured all over me, literally. Plus my feet were practically sticking to the floor!! There we met the Frenchies again where "Magician" was showing me his magic tricks and actually proposed to me. I kindly declined his offer. After being practically wasted we made our way to some other bars, most of them to use the restroom. We then danced our booties off and I got a free sandwich on the street. All I did was say that I had no money. I guess the sandwich man felt sorry for me, or he probably thought I was really hot. I think it was the latter. Stumbling home I sang alouette in broken French and a touch of English and I found my inner secret, I can be a fish and swim late in the dark in a stranded street in France. We then(4am) met up with the Frenchies one more time back at the house and once again I did not understand a word they were saying cuz I don't speak French. But it was fun. We stayed up till 7am!!! I was proposed to once again... and as I declined one more time I went to sleep with Scarlett. But we were yet again disturbed by the noises next door (Pauline's room!) No no.. nothing like that you sick perverts. Long story short, its kinda hard to get 3 drunk French dudes out of your house at 7am but finally we did it and it was a fun night for all of us. Tonight we went to a goodbye potluck party for some of Pauline and Scarlett's American friends. Good time. Next week, Spain!