Monday, May 11

Today, it's raining (drizzle) again in Rennes, but that's ok, cause I need to stay in and "rest" a bit. I've now completely lost my voice (like 10% of a noise comes out, the rest is whisper - super attractive). I tried to explain yesterday to Elodie the expression "1-900 number voice." Today I just plain don't have a voice at all.

Last night, we watched "Identity" (an American film) in French. Most of the movies here are actually American movies. This one was pretty creepy but I'd recommend it -- I actually understood a pretty good part of what was going on!

I finally got some pics of the apt while Elodie was working and Erwan, her boyfriend, was out... it is a tad awkward to take pictures of someone's house while they're, ya know, in it. It's an adorable flat: great layout, good color scheme, cool furniture/fixtures :) They have a fridge full of cheese and a washer/dryer which Elodie insisted I could use, so now I have clean socks (clean clean, not washed-in-the-sink-with-bar-soap clean). They are the perfect host/hostess, always saying fais comme chez toi (Make yourself at home, or do as you would please at home).

I wish I could get pics of the countryside - we are actually a la campagne here - but I think they'll turn out better in the sunshine and they assure me it's only been rainy/gray the two days I've been here. May isn't a rainy month, but I think Rennes wanted me to remember the rain... like picking up where I left off. We're still talking about going to the pictoresque St Malo on Saturday if it's nice. Elodie's family has a house there and we could spend the day at the beach if it's sunny and warm enough.

Check out the pics of last night's dinner - Raclettes - and the apt on my Flickr account. I'll get people pictures later in the week (perhaps when I am feeling a bit more like going out!) so you can "meet" Elodie et son petit ami (boyfriend).