Last days with my mec :(

I know I know..... my blogging regularity is all out of whack! I still have to blog about our third and fourth day in Italy (very important days hehe), but I know it will take me a bit to sit and think about all that we did those days.... so I need a longer chunk of time than I have right now! I've got to get ready for school tomorrow and get to bed here soon, so I'll have to just update you on yesterday and today!

We accomplished a lot yesterday.... we did more laundry (Victor wanted to go home with clean clothes and I wanted to start my week off not having to think about when I could get to the laundromat next) and had lunch at the kebab restaurant down the street. Kebab restaurants are all over France..... and sadly I had only ever tried the fries at this particular place. It was pretty good, although I think the meat tastes a little bit like taco meat, oddly enough. Guess I could go there to get my Mexican fix if I was really in a bind! We folded clothes and packed most of Victor's stuff before heading to the grocery store. I got a few things to stock up for the week and we got a bunch of goodies for family and friends. We bought 4 bags of chocolate croissants to send back, among many other treats:)

After getting the apartment back in some shape, we got ready to go out to dinner for Victor's last meal in France. We went to Brasserie Georges for some authentic French/Lyon cuisine. For a starter, I had les escargots and Victor had French onion soup (the menu said that it was famous onion soup). Both were delicious and I even got Victor to try a snail! The soup was the best I've ever had. For our main course, I had my usual scallops in leek soup with parmesan crumble. Victor ordered the famous pistachio sausage and mashed potatoes. We greatly enjoyed our meal, but the restaurant became extremely noisy. It's a wide open layout, kind of like a train station, and tables are packed in close together. Waiters in tuxedos whip in and out bringing food out very quickly to your table. There was even a jazz band playing at the front of the house. But after a few quiet and low-key days in my apartment, so much noise and interaction got a little overwhelming.... so we left without dessert (probably for the best hehe) and headed home on the tram.

This morning we got up to check that France hadn't changed the clocks forward and went back to bed after finding out that, nope, it's just the US that does it today. France will spring forward in a few weeks, but until then, I'm only 5 hours ahead. We got ready and did the final pack up before our taxi came to pick us up at 10:50am. We paid 50 euros for the 25 minute cab ride (15 euros more expensive on a Sunday!) and got Victor all squared away checking bags and getting boarding passes. We had time for a last little chat before he went through security and I started my tram/bus journey home (free, but long.... left the airport at 12:30, got home about 2).

I spent the rest of my day catching up with my family (nice long video chat) and some friends.... wrote a few emails.... and now time to make sure I have everything for my lessons tomorrow.

Enjoy the pictures of our dinner!

Reste cool.... and good luck to Victor getting home today! I'll be right behind you in about... oh 50ish days!