11/20

So I called the turkey farm today to reserve my turkey. My friend Sarah and I prepared for about a half hour on all our French turkey questions. It was real education; I can pretty much ask a turkey farmer anything in French. But anyway I finally got up the nerve to call and guess what?  Nobody picks up, so naturally I hang-up during the voice mail. I wasn’t prepared for this so I then wrote out a formal French voice mail and called again and left the message. Hopefully I’ll hear back soon. The French aren’t big on returning calls so I might have to call them again on Monday.

Later that night, after the turkey call, my friends and I went to our very first French house party. It was very interesting… really similar to American house parties with a little twist.

·         The guys who live there, kept the place like that of a typical house of American boys…it was a dump. check

·         There was plenty of alcohol for all. Check

·         Music. it was ok... Check

·         Fog machine. No-check… I have never been to a party with a fog machine that wasn’t for 8 year olds on Halloween, but that’s just me.

·          Beer pong… half-check… yes people were playing beer pong but it wasn’t the correct way. First of all they didn’t have the proper red SOLO cups or even the proper size cup. It was way too small. Then they filled the beer to high in the little cup, this was their second mistake. They also only used 3 cups; usually it’s a 6 cup game or 10 cup. There was no water cups to clean the ball off after it hits the floor (Don’t want to get any germs or dirt in the beer…lol!)  They only used one ball during the game and it is typically played with 2 and it gets worse, they don’t even know really how to play, yes they were trying to get the ball in the cup but you are supposed to take turns with your partner and they don’t. Now my friend Liz (she is an American from Milwaukee) and I felt it extremely necessary to educate the fine French folk on the proper rules and regulations of the game. Well it went completely lost in translation and the French still don’t know how to play appropriately. But oh well.

Other than that it was a good time and we all left with tons of stories

Oh... Grandmere, Anne, Yvonne, and Sara it was great to skype with all of you! Missed you all tons and wished I could have been there.