Day 3

Hmm Sunday in France, an interesting time I must say. This morning we woke up and headed to the flea market that is down the street. It was a pretty big flea market with a ton of different things, all used and all pretty cheap. I guess the market is every Sunday unless it is snowing or raining. We met up with a few of our fellow American friends which was nice, especially for some of the other people who have not seen another American since they've been here. We ended up leaving the flea market to try and get the others their cell phones only to find out that pretty much everything is closed on Sundays in Clermont. So we walked around downtown again and showed the people that hadn't been there yet the things that downtown has to offer. After that we decided to start heading back to begin the rest of our day. We came back and had dinner. Today it was sardines and chicken along with peas and corn. At about 1 o'clock one of Pierre's friends came over to help Pierre move into his apartment. His name was Hdaj, he is algerienne but since Algeria is a French colony he is a French citizen. He is an international referee for Rugby, and is also one of the top 10 refs in all of France. It was pretty cool he was a cool guy and Pierre seemed to open up and be a little more friendly when Hdaj arrived. Right now Pierre, Hdaj, and Bernard are in town moving Pierre into his apartment so we have a few hours to do what we would like. I think I might take the tram into town and check out the school that we will be attending tomorrow morning at 8h30.

Hdaj asked me if I was going to play any rugby while I was here and I kind of told him I might try haha. He seems to think that I would fit in quite well with Rugby especially after they had me show them clips of me playing football. I doubt it'll happen but you never know.

My French seems to be getting much better, and my ears are beginning to adjust to how fast they speak. I was decently involved in today's dinner conversation. Come to find out, Bernard is dating one of the other host mom's. Carmen's mom to be exact, so I have a feeling carmen and I will be spending lots of time together.

I know these updates are coming in spurts but I do not have internet at my house so it is going to be hard to be able to communicate often.

I think that is all, tomorrow is my first day of school so we shall see how that goes.

Love to all,

Jon