Nouvelle Ans

In January and a bit of December I got to visit my Lily Mirsepassi in Nimes, France. It was awesome. Nimes is really close to Montpiller, France. Its located in the south of France. Which equals no snow!. When I left there was a a foot of snow on the ground and when I arrived in Nimes it was sunny and 10 degrees celcius vs. -4 celcius. I was happy to see the sun cause at that point it felt like I hadn't seen the sun in weeks possibly months. Lily picked me up at the train station in Nimes (which was about a 5hr train ride from Brussels) and for some reason I couldn't find the stairs really I know it sounds stupid. But they are located in an obscure location. So I wait behind like a billion old people. And finally I made it. I screamed when I saw Lily. Probably scared her host dad. We got in her family's BMW and arrived to the spainish styled maison that she happened to be living at. Nimes looks like Sac but older same climate and trees etc. Her family has an amazing backyard with a huge pool and a bar. She also has a bath room in her room so not fair. Her host mom is goregous and nice. She fed me so well. She is a stay at home mom and her host dad is a doctor and they have 3 children 2 in college and the other in exchange in Sacramento. The first day her mom made something close to mexican food delicous and we walked around her town I took a billion photos. We went on a ferriswheel I thought I was going to die not a fan of the heights. She a has collseum in the center of her town which is still used for concerts and bull fighting. Its like a mini version of the collseum in Rome. It changes colors with the lights at night. So a couple days later my brother and my aunt came to visit me. They stayed hotel in the center of town. We visited Lyon on New Year's Eve. It was great I have lots of photos but the weather was lame. We got lost for a second but, found our way back but we got see lots if back streets. haha The train system is sooo expensive! its so different from Belgium. I think that the french rely less on the belge. But anyways its was 80 euros (there and back) to go somewhere that was 1 and a half hours away and in Belgium its 30 but with a student pass (ages 5-27) its 5 euros. Thank god I live in Belgium. But France is goregous and the mind set is so much different. The teenagers are more outgoing with there feelings which I like but the parties are so much lamer! I can definatly vouch for Belgium on that. They do lots of house parties with 20 or so people in France usually but in Belgium you go to a club, bar, or a dance hall thing with a DJ. Almost every week. (its the culture) If you don't go out in Belgium on the weekend its almost social suicide because kids are so busy with school work and work that its the only time they really hang out besides Wednesdays afterschool. New Years I went out with Lily and her French friends . The party was really fun. It was a house party like the ones previously mentioned. Her brother Kevin was visiting her from Sacramento he came with us and Jamenson from Canada. But it wasn't lame. I gave everyone a bisous (kiss on the cheek)when it was offically new years. It the best way to ring in the New Years. After it was hard to say bye to Lily and my Brother and my aunt I wanted to stay. Btw ate sooo many crepes. I also bought a french book which i am still reading.