Easter Weekend

This weekend, I went to see my second cousin, Justine. It was lovely to meet her and her family. I found it interesting to discover that there are many similarities between our families even though we have never spent any time together. Their household is incredibly bilingual. They switch between French and English all the time. I really loved their house. It is an old french house, but the inside is very modern. They rent it in the summer if anyone is interested.

Justine and her oldest son Thomas took me to L'Isle sur la Sorgue. It is a little town with lots of canals and water wheels. There was an antique festival/fair thing going on, which was fun to walk through. There were also these random vintage cars. Herby!
They had a big dinner party on Saturday night. There was a lot of French spoken. It is amazing how tired you are after a night of trying to follow all the conversations in French. It was particularly hard when more than one conversation was going on across me at once.
The next day the three boys, their dad, and the cat left for England. I spent the morning talking to Justine about her life, the many places she has lived, and what I should do with my family in Provence when they visit me.
I got back to Aix at about 4pm on Easter Sunday. That evening we had people over for dinner. We had breakfast for dinner. It was lots of fun and very delicious. I think it should be an Easter tradition.
Today I mopped and cleaned the apartment. I also spent some time outside in the lovely nearly 70 degree weather.
I am very excited for my family (minus :( Aled ) arriving on Thursday. I am also very excited because the housing results for next year at Wellesley were announced. I am going to be living in the same dorm as my friends Stacy and Kate. It was our first choice and it is right on the lake. It is also right next to our lovely friend Maria who is going to be the Resident assistant in the Spanish House.
I am a happy camper (except for figuring out classes for next year, but that is for another post)