Highlights of the Day
The phrase "I wear many hats" actually exactly translates into French - a rare occurrence between figurative phrases in French and English.Michel returned today from Togo! He called this morning to tell Claudie he had arrived in Marseille and would be home around 11 or 11:30!
I had three classes today: Art History, History, and Poli. Sci.
Art History: we got off on a tangent discussing the utility or lack thereof of titles for paintings.
History: we discussed France's situation in 1950 compared to the late 70s/early 80s. We had previously discussed the riots that took place all over France in 1968 and the protests that had caused the Avignon Theater Festival to split into two separate festivals: "In" and "Off". Claudie actually had stories from these. She was living in Paris (there were protests in Paris as well) and she had returned to Avignon for the Festival so saw the protests here as well!
Poli. Sci.: -. Enough said.
I ended up not going to choir. Today was the last rehearsal before the concert and since I'm not going to be in the concert, I thought it better to not attend today's rehearsal so they could rehearse the songs with choreography they way they will be performing them on Saturday at the concert.
Claudie made chicken and ratatouille for dinner. She mentioned that she will give me the recipe for ratatouille- I thought she had forgotten. I'm glad she didn't!
It turned out well that I was dinner. I actually participated in the conversation. ... Like with multiple interjections and explanations! :-)
Found out that Claudie and Michel aren't actually married. Claudie said she feels like marriage is only related to religion, that it is a religious ceremony. Michel also added that in the 60s/70s, it was the "hippy age" and of women's rights, etc. He explained that marriage was created by men to make women under their power and submissive to them. He thought instead, people should have to renew their marriage every few years, like the presidential election that takes place every 5 years. It gives people options and keeps people on their toes. He's such an creative thinker.
All night at dinner I kept noticing this whole coconut sitting on the corner of the table. At the end of dinner Michel offered some to me, and of course I agreed! He had brought it home fresh from Togo. SOOOOO DELICIOUS! Unbelievable!
Watched a movie called "Le Fauteuil hanté" - "the haunted arm chair". It was a fictional story about how multiple people serving in the same role (sitting in the same chair so to speak) in The Academy, mysteriously died (each one being replaced and then the replacement dying). It was funny, but not amazing. I had set a goal today to learn furniture vocab like "table", "sofa", and "arm chair". Both the word for sofa and arm chair just came up today over the course of my day. So it's not like I even looked them up because I wanted to learn that vocab, but because I came across the word and wanted to know what it was. Oh France and its fate! : )
Bisous! Bisous!
Ciao!
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