I have seemed to have done everything and nothing all at the same time this week... I will tell you a little about my week. Monday I hung out with Rachel all day just chilling watching movies nothing special. Then Tuesday Rachel and I headed out to Chambery. Even though everything was pretty much closed do to vacation and the fact that it was Tuesday and apparently museums aren't open on Tuesday's in France. We had a good time.
We ate lunch at a creperie place.
And got to see the fountain of elephants... Those two things made me pretty happy.
We made it back to Albertville a little afternoon so we headed to the local pool and went swimming. Spending the majority of my past three years at a pool. I was very excited to finally to get to go here. It was just as I thought it was going to be...
France has only a couple of rules but they are pretty funny rules about their pool but when you really think about it they do make sense but they are rather odd.
1. Guys are only allowed to wear speedo's. (Due to the fact that guys like to wear the swimming trunks out and about making them dirty so when they wear them to the pool they are making the pool dirty also.So naturally you have to wear speedo's to the pool cause nobody wants to wear that out in public.)
2. You have to wear a swim cap. (So your dirty hair stays to yourself and you don't use any hair in the pool.)
No where did I see in the pool area any signs saying no diving in the shallow end or don't run on deck... None of these things seem to worry the french, me being a lifeguard at heart saw tons of kiddos diving in the shallow end and running on deck. I found it rather weird that the french are more worried about the cleanliness of their pool then the safety of the patrons. But who am I to judge...
Wednesday I had this grand I idea I was going to lay in bed and do absolutely nothing except read a book but so Lydia got sick and was unable to go out with the Stoner's to a friend's house from church. So I stayed with her I still got a lot of nothing and reading done, the poor girl slept all day.
Then Thursday, yesterday, Rachael and I went out for our morning run and made it to the market on our way back. The people at the market really seem to like Rachael and I. They also make an effort to say bonjour or hello to us. There are certain vendors we just can't avoid on market day. Thursday afternoon we decided that since it was so beautiful we were going to go check out a lake in the mountains. None of us were really thinking that the farther you went up the mountain the more snow there would be.. But oh the more beautiful it was up there.
We finished out excited day eating fondu and playing settlers with fellow Togo teammates till late into the night. Leaving me completely exhausted this morning and giving me a great reason to blog. ..
