Happy New Year Everyone!!
So on Sunday we left again for the 2 hour drive down to the small village where Laurents parents live - it is just on this side of the Pyrenees and so really close to Spain (and also to the sea) so it was very cute and had a very Spanish feel! We had lunch there on Sunday with all the family (Christmas number 3) which was fun. For dessert was this cake called... something like cabbage... anyway it was litte balls filled with custard around the edge and the inside was filled with custard and cram. Yummy!!
Whilst the family had their siesta, my host family took me to a little seaside village - very cute and very spanish, even with those cute little coloured boats! Then we returned to the Cousin's house (they live nearby), Mireille's cousin Lucille who is our age and got ready for the little 'reveillon' - which is what they call New Years Eve Celebrations. I wore a skirt and my hair down - acheivement!! (and sadly no one commented on skirt or hair - very depressing!!)
So the little party consisted of us 3 girls and then 6 guys (friends of Lucilles). Some of the guys brought their electric guitars and so supplied the music, and there was a fair bit of alcohol involved (not me of course!). It was ok, but i got a bit bored - occasionally one of the guys would attempt to strike up a conversation in English but apart from that i sat and munched. At 2am i went off to bed, all the others stayed awake as I found out when I woke at 9 the next morning! But i was glad I slept, i didnt't want to be a wreck the next day!
Next day we got up and cleaned up before the parents arrived home, then Mireille and I returned to the grandaprents house for another lunch. Dessert this time was a 'Galette des Rois' - traditional for new years - with a little figurine hidden in it, and whoever finds it is King for the day! (Mireille's grandma found it) While Mireille slept, we went for a walk through a forest and then did a tour of a little church that was quite interesting (at least I understood because the guide spoke English - he was a monk - how cool!!)
The we returned home and that is the end of this post!! I hope everyone had a great new years indicative of the fantastic year ahead!!
Missing you all, see you soon!!
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