Adrienne in Lyon: arrival

I arrived in Lyon on Thursday, after spending 2 days in Paris. Gina and I got a little lost at the train station but we eventually found our families. My mom is Chantal and she is older. She has 5 children and 19 grand kids! Pauline, one of her grandchildren is living with her. She's 21. Also, Oscar,the son of a family friend lives with them. He's 15. In the appartment, there is her office, CIVEL. So there are two other ladies there that are really nice.

I have my own room. It's small but nice. There's a bed, desk, chair, stool, lamp, side table, and lots of shelves. I share a bathroom with Pauline and Oscar.

Yesterday we travelled down to the south (somewhere near Valence) to spend the weekend with her son, Betron. He has a little boy named Mathieu who is adorable! He's 5 years old. They have a pool so we've just been relaxing and swimming all day.

The food has been good. Nothing too foreign except last night. We ate raw fish (i think salmon)! It was interesting but I ate some.

Speaking and understanding is difficult. But I'm slowly starting to understand more. Sometimes Chantal translates for me when I look lost. haha. Hopefully once classes start up I'll learn faster.