I am so excited to share stories from my Homestay in Toulon, France!!
Toulon is a military harbor town on the coast in Southern France, about an hour and a half Southwest of Nice and Cannes.
We all met at a local meeting point to meet up with our families who then took us in for two nights. Most of us were super nervous to live with a French family when none of us spoke much French, but it was easily my favorite part of the trip!
Kara and I were placed with Miti. She is an elderly woman who hosts students all the time. Her and her son came to pick us up and take us to her house. Her son spoke pretty good English and her's wasn't too bad either which settled my nerves a bit.
When we got there I was absolutely amazed by the view from her house! Also, the first thing she insisted is that we go for a swim while she made dinner - we did not object! Dinner was some sort of Quiche and for dessert we had some amazing ice cream! That night we shared our pictures from home with Miti and called it a night pretty early.
The next morning we had an amazing breakfast - maybe it was only amazing because we had been eating croissants for two weeks straight, but even so. We had rolls with butter and a cereal called Chocapic which is pretty similar to Cocoa Puffs.
Today we did a little shopping then went back to hang out at the house with Miti and her friend. For dinner we went to the harbor and walked around for a bit before settling at a seafood restaurant called Le Mayol where Miti got us Mussels (tomorrow I will talk about how I almost vomited). After dinner Miti took us to a beautiful little beach where we got to walk around and watch the sunset.
In the interest of not making this post too long, I will talk about our last day with Miti in two weeks :) I will be in Chicago next Tuesday!
When we got there I was absolutely amazed by the view from her house! Also, the first thing she insisted is that we go for a swim while she made dinner - we did not object! Dinner was some sort of Quiche and for dessert we had some amazing ice cream! That night we shared our pictures from home with Miti and called it a night pretty early.
The next morning we had an amazing breakfast - maybe it was only amazing because we had been eating croissants for two weeks straight, but even so. We had rolls with butter and a cereal called Chocapic which is pretty similar to Cocoa Puffs.
Today we did a little shopping then went back to hang out at the house with Miti and her friend. For dinner we went to the harbor and walked around for a bit before settling at a seafood restaurant called Le Mayol where Miti got us Mussels (tomorrow I will talk about how I almost vomited). After dinner Miti took us to a beautiful little beach where we got to walk around and watch the sunset.
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