Category Archive: France

I love this French word: CHAMAILLER This French word means to fight gently. Is there an english word for this French word, CHAMAILLER? I learned this word when I was at the holocaust survivor’s house. His wife and the holocaust survivor were having a little fight, but fighting nicely about the computer problems and Anais […]

It has been ten days since I returned home from France. My bedroom is now nicely decorated with souvenirs from France including posters. Not to worry, I brought more than enough posters to put up in both my room at home and at my dorm. This week have been a little depressing for me because […]

This is the most difficult entry to post as the chapter of my France trip is over. My five fantastic weeks in France was certainly full of immense experiences. Living with four different host families made my experience even more extraordinary as I was able to break certain stereotypes such as that not all French […]

Last night was the most dramatic and emotional moment of my life. When I arrived at the beach, Anaïs was leaning against the fence and her head and her arms were resting on the top of the fence. She was looking at the sunset and was seemingly that she was missing someone. I quietly walked […]

I can’t write a long post because I’ll start crying again. Yes, I already cried today. I met Anaïs and her mom at the beach tonight so that we could say good-bye to each other once more before I depart tomorrow morning. It was the most dramatic event for us. Just think about watching a […]

As we all hear on the news about global warming frequently, many Americans continue not to understand this situation. Like Al Gore said in his documentary, “This is not a political conversial. This is a fact.” I have to prove to him that he is absolutely right. Like I said a few weeks ago, air […]

I finally learned how to be a French baker! With the family, we made two gâteau Basque, one with cream and the other with cherry jam. Like I said, gâteau Basque is a speciality from the Basque region. This cake is absolutely delicious, but very complicated to make. I also made muffins for them like […]

Did you know that sand mountains exist? They are known as dunes. I visited the BIGGEST dune in Europe, La Dune du Pyla. It’s located in Gironde, an hour and a half from Bayonne. We stopped there on the way back to Bayonne from Bordeaux. My jaws completely dropped when I saw this gigantic dune! […]

Jean-Victor, Marie, their mom, and I drove up to Bordeaux, another major city like Paris, and it’s located two hours north from Bayonne. Bordeaux is a smaller version of Paris. The architecture is the same. However, there are fewer musuems than Paris and Bordeaux is more for business like Atlanta. L’École des Beaux-Arts, the most […]

What makes the Pyrénéenes the most beautiful mountains? Jean-Victor, Marie (his sister), their mom, and I took a drive through the Pyrénéenes. The mountains are just full of lavishing green grass. Having a picnic on the Pyréenes mountains is the most perfect place. Even though I hate hiking, I certainly wouldn’t mind hiking on the […]