Last few days in Tours

So i've got some time to kill before lunch, so I figured I'd give a bit of an update. i'm actually using a french keyboard right now, which is proving to be incredibly difficult and time consuming; all the punctuation and some key letters are in different places, argh! but anyways, life in tours is good, although we're running out of things to do and are definitely ready for Paris. Yesterday the 21 year old girl in my host family had a friend over for dinner which was entertaining, although he talked so quickly and used so much slang it was impossible to understand most of what he said. he did, however, say he studied for a bit at UPenn. kristin and i also finished watching "Babe" in french, which was pretty amusing with all the french voiceovers and such. Tomorrow the two of us are giving a presentation comparing french and american holidays/celebrations for our language class; its pretty interesting, we talked about different traditions with a couple who are friends of our host family during dinner. Apparently for Easter chocolate eggs are hidden throughout actual cities and towns, which the kids obviously love; pretty cool. They dont do anything for halloween here; apparently theyve tried it in france but it didnt catch on-the family friends insisted it was against the french spirit and too commercial for them, which i found kind of amusing. they also talked about how amazing it is in paris around christmas time-apparently the stores and the city goes all out on decorations and such, which will be really fun to see..so yeah, not a whole lot going on here-its raining today and has been unusually cold here for this time of year, but that just means i'll have to get some delicious hot chocolate from one of the many cafes :). Everyones just trying to get there work done before the end of these orientation classes, since we actually get grades and credit for them...alrighty then, kind of boring post, but mom wanted details! :)
love,
brit