Bon soir!
Bonjour mes amies!
My French is very bad, which I am finding out. :)
Well, the last couple of days in London were awesome but sad. My friend Julie and I had afternoon tea! :) That was so fun. We need to incorporate afternoon tea into the American lifestyle.
The last night we were all in London, we decided to go to a bookstore with a cafe to have desserts together. It was crowded, so a couple of the girls suggested we go upstairs to the women's studies section to talk. We agreed, so we headed towards the elevator. Being the crazy people that we are, we all (all being 13) piled onto the elevator together. We were packed in like sardines! Well, of course, we got the elevator stuck! It took them 20 or 30 minutes to get us out because they had to call a technician. I thought the whole situation was hilarious, but some of the girls were not doing so well--a couple were close to fainting. They had to lower the elevator to the ground floor. When we finally got out, there was a whole crowd outside watching us pile out. One of the store clerks said, "Wow, there were a lot of you in there." The person limit for the elevator was 13--that was all we had in there. :) Hehe. That could only have happened to us.
So, then I spent a week in Taize. Taize is a monastery in the south of France. It's out in the middle of beautiful french countryside with rolling hills and streams and small villages. And it's really a unique atmosphere. Young people come from all over the world to be there. In my small group, there was a person from Australia, one from Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, Argentina, and Korea. How's that for covering all seven continents (including myself)? Prayer happens three times a day, but it is very different from normal services. They sing short chants in various different languages, usually singing each one from ten to twenty times. There is no sermon, and there is always a long stretch of silence (usually 10 minutes or so). The days are packed with prayer, bible study, work, and fellowship. It was a very nice, relaxing week, though I did get sick (boo). Taize is a good place to be. I hope I can go back again.
Now I am in Paris. We went to the Louvre yesterday. It was very impressive--so huge!! I couldn't believe the size. Four floors that went around and around and around. We only did one floor and didn't really have time to look at everything on that floor even. But it was cool. And we saw the Mona Lisa, of course.
Today, we went to see the Eiffel tower. It is cool, but it is just a tower. :) I had to spend 5 hours at it once, so now I am not that impressed with it. :)
anyway, au revoir pour maintenant. (goodbye for now!)
Jennifer
My French is very bad, which I am finding out. :)
Well, the last couple of days in London were awesome but sad. My friend Julie and I had afternoon tea! :) That was so fun. We need to incorporate afternoon tea into the American lifestyle.
The last night we were all in London, we decided to go to a bookstore with a cafe to have desserts together. It was crowded, so a couple of the girls suggested we go upstairs to the women's studies section to talk. We agreed, so we headed towards the elevator. Being the crazy people that we are, we all (all being 13) piled onto the elevator together. We were packed in like sardines! Well, of course, we got the elevator stuck! It took them 20 or 30 minutes to get us out because they had to call a technician. I thought the whole situation was hilarious, but some of the girls were not doing so well--a couple were close to fainting. They had to lower the elevator to the ground floor. When we finally got out, there was a whole crowd outside watching us pile out. One of the store clerks said, "Wow, there were a lot of you in there." The person limit for the elevator was 13--that was all we had in there. :) Hehe. That could only have happened to us.
So, then I spent a week in Taize. Taize is a monastery in the south of France. It's out in the middle of beautiful french countryside with rolling hills and streams and small villages. And it's really a unique atmosphere. Young people come from all over the world to be there. In my small group, there was a person from Australia, one from Germany, Switzerland, South Africa, Argentina, and Korea. How's that for covering all seven continents (including myself)? Prayer happens three times a day, but it is very different from normal services. They sing short chants in various different languages, usually singing each one from ten to twenty times. There is no sermon, and there is always a long stretch of silence (usually 10 minutes or so). The days are packed with prayer, bible study, work, and fellowship. It was a very nice, relaxing week, though I did get sick (boo). Taize is a good place to be. I hope I can go back again.
Now I am in Paris. We went to the Louvre yesterday. It was very impressive--so huge!! I couldn't believe the size. Four floors that went around and around and around. We only did one floor and didn't really have time to look at everything on that floor even. But it was cool. And we saw the Mona Lisa, of course.
Today, we went to see the Eiffel tower. It is cool, but it is just a tower. :) I had to spend 5 hours at it once, so now I am not that impressed with it. :)
anyway, au revoir pour maintenant. (goodbye for now!)
Jennifer
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