this ain't from jail y'all
I write to tell you that I have been eating a lot of cheese in France. In fact, cheese, butter and chocolate are about all I eat here. It is incredible. The weather is cold, and here in the north it gets dark at about four-thirty. Not good! Meredith, Megan, Kendra (Megan's sister) and I have done some, sometimes too much, holiday shopping in Valenciennes and Lille. Visiting crowded chain stores has not been my holiday jam, and it's very different from what people (can) do au Maroc. Other things about France....I'm not used to speaking only French, not mixed with another language; some French people have beautiful style; some French people tuck their pants into their shoes and wear fanny packs; France is expensive!!; I like the northern expression "Behhhhhh Ouihhhh"; seeing my friends is off the chain fantastic with glitter sparkles.

Tomorrow Meredith and I will take the train to Strasbourg to spend a day and night there, then head to Switzerland where we will spend my berfdang (the 23rd) and Christmas with Megan and Kendra's aunt and uncle in Zurich. Yee haw.