Cou cou mes chers et chères! Ça fait longtemps! (What's up darlings, it's been a while!)
Saw my little cousin get married this past weekend in KY, which was a blast. My aunt left a sweet gift basket in my parents' hotel room, and what was in it? French cookies, made in France and everything. My other cousin and I went shopping and strolled through Anthropologie (um, French word, thanks) and found a few French-y things. There was also a pretty spectacular POP-UP version of Le Petit Prince, although it was in English. Unabridged version though, which I found to be excellent. *coughChristmaspresentcough*
I am here with some notable news today - firstly, that I have apparently missed the start of the Tour de France this year! Can we excuse that lapse based on the fact that the start of the Tour also was the day my cousin got married! I was a little distracted, non? Anyway, you can check out the various stages of the Tour and everything Tour related here. Have no fear, it's the link to the English version of the page. Today is Stage 5, which seems to be ending in Marseille. Stage 6 goes from Aix-En-Provence to Montpellier, passing right through the town where my host mom was born! As a matter of fact, she and my host brother are there now - SO lucky. Stage 11 will go from Avranches (where my friend Kate used to live and teach) to le Mont-Saint-Michel (which I will be visiting again next year on our 9-day French trip!). That stage would be worth checking up on! And of course there's stage 21, the final stage that goes from Versailles to Paris and ends in loop upon loop up and down the Champs-Elysées. Watch for the French countryside, watch because it's a French tradition...and, if nothing else, just watch to see if anyone crashes.
On to the next story...while browsing facebook this morning, I found this story from Belgium (warning: the news article you may be about to read is in French!) about the king abdicating! The story didn't have too many details about what's going to happen next...but wow! If you're asking why I'm posting about Belgium, here's your fun fact for the day: French is one of the official languages of Belgium, along with Dutch and German, with almost 40% of the population being native French speakers. As I write this, I'm realizing that the big announcement about the king stepping down will happen in about 45 minutes, so maybe there will be some more news coming after that.
You can also get ready for a post or two about me prepping for an overseas trip because I will be leaving on Monday!! Can't believe it's already almost here, that one of my best friends is getting married next weekend, and that I'll be in France 2 weeks from right now! As I pack and stress and try to decide what goes and what stays, I'm going to try to get a post up that details what you should pack, what you should leave at home, and how overly prepared I might end up being for this trip. I have developed a process, you could say, that I use to prepare for whirlwind trips like this. All I can say now is...don't judge me, please. À très vite!
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