Wednesday my host mom’s parents and aunt and uncle came to visit because there was this huge classical musical festival in Nantes this weekend. They were very nice and the uncle was actually a chef. So I was pretty excited to see what kind of food he would make. Wednesday night was a little bit of a disappointment because it was just salmon—but for the first time since I’ve been in France they served lemons to put lemon juice on the fish. It was amazing to be able to add a little more flavor to the salmon. They also had this really good potato dish with basil and onions in it. It was so good! So after a good meal Wednesday I was looking forward to another good one Thursday. Well, when they called us all to the dinner table I realized that the kids were eating before the adults. So I sat down at the table with my host brother who is 12 and the other French medical student they are hosting. I saw something that looked like mini chickens but wasn’t sure what it was. Then my host mom started bringing our dinner to the table. I was pretty sure she said it was rabbit and pigeon, but they speak so fast that I was sure she couldn’t have said pigeon and that I had heard her wrong. After she served us I looked up at the other student and she looked more afraid than I did. The 12 year old is usually pretty tired at dinner and just eats and leaves the table. So I knew if I could just wait a few minutes I could ask the other student what we were eating. Sure enough, when the boy left the table the other student looked up at me and we both just burst out laughing. I asked her and she told me that I had heard right and that it was rabbit and pigeon. Neither of us could eat the pigeon but politely ate some of the rabbit. The rabbit was interesting because it had an orange-citrusy dressing on it. I don’t really think of citrus dressings going on meat, but maybe that’s normal. I asked the French student if it was normal to eat pigeon in France and she assured me that it wasn’t and she had never eaten it before. Thankfully we were not eating with the whole family because we were both able to bypass the pigeon and then filled up on dessert. It was definitely an interesting meal!
It has been so great getting to know the French student that my host family is hosting too. She seems really nice. She doesn’t speak any English and I don’t always understand her French, but it’s still been fun getting to know her. We kind of “bonded” the other night over how shocked we are about the bad attitude the little boy seems to always have. He’s kind of just a pill, but the parents let him get away with it. She even explained to me a few times that he’s made like really rude comments to her and the host parents have never said anything to him. So it made me feel better that she thought his attitude and how the parents treat him was weird too. But then again, he is 12 years old, probably going through those awkward years and having to share his house with 2 strange girls haha
I’m going to Paris this weekend with some friends from school and CANNOT wait to see them! I know it’s going to be an amazing weekend!
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