King's Day

today was great.

We all slept in a bit and then about 12.30 drove to Fabrice's father(Daddy)'s place, on the north west side of Paris. We are on the south east side :P
Brigitte and Fabrice told me about the cars and traffic...
Did you know...?
*you can't get your license til you're 18
*it's against the law to drive faster than the people in the left hand lane
*there are automatic machines to check your speed and take a picture of your license plate if you're speeding

We got to the apartment and I met Fabrice's two brothers and their wives and their children. Brigitte pokes fun at Fabrice saying that the men in his family all have big eyebrows haha. All of the children are Juliette and Sam's ages except Auralia (oh-ray-uh) who is 20 and the daughter of the oldest brother from his first marriage with an African princess. Not joking.
Auralia offered to come take me out on the town Friday night because she has finished her exams. She speaks very good english. !!
The other
brother has a five year old and a four month old. I LOVE BABIES! They're cute and smiley and can't judge how well I can speak french. :D
After the meal we started dessert, and then the (what is referred to in the states as) King's Cake was brought out, and the five year old boy got the baby in his piece :) it was delicious.

It was also a Christmas celebration, so after dessert and cheese the kids all opened presents. I even had a couple! I recieved a beautiful picture book showing all the historic and beautiful places in Paris, and it has english and french subtitles. Also, Brigitte boguht me a really pretty watch (the picture at the top) since I forgot to bring one. Before we left, Fabrice's father gave me a box of gingerbread cookies <3

it's really late and my first day of school is tomorrow, so I'll write more later.



xoxo
ciao