Bastille Day, the French version of the 4th of July, was yesterday, meaning we had class off. I had planned to rise at a reasonable hour but managed to not wake up until 11:30. Oh well - I actually was one of the first up - everyone else from Georgetown seemed to sleep in until 1pm. Wow - the Pamplona fatigue was definitely starting to hit.
Unfortunately, it rained for most of Bastille Day, but I for some reason agreed to go on a "rain walk" with Jacque, Allie, Justin, and Mara. We headed down to the Cher, the other river that goes through Tours and which I had never seen, and got only a bit drenched in the process. Eventually the rain cleared up (just as we picked up umbrellas haha) and we found a nice park on the other side of the Cher with a lake and the coolest playground you will ever see - complete with a zip line, a crazy see-saw, and the most dangerous children's structures known to man. A fun time of course. :)
Heading back, we tried to find some more Speculoos, but to no avail, so I returned home and proceeded to take yet another nap, as I was exhausted. Afterwards, I worked on important things: studying for a test for today and finishing another application for a fall internship. And of course I added some more photos from the mega-trip (still haven't been able to add the Pamplona ones yet!).
So my host family was gone all day, so I had the house to myself and had to make my own meals, which worked out fine as they left some ham, salad, cheese, and cantaloupe.
I left that night for the big fireworks show - set off from an island in the Loire just across from the guingette - which was great! Lots of good photos, I think! We then danced for quite a while and had some interesting encounters with a couple guys who were dressed as girls and were vraiment creepy. And then there was David with his scooter - wow...
So after finishing take-girls-home duty, I made it back around 1:30, when I did some more photo stuff and headed to sleep - test tomorrow!
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