Yesterday morning we skyped with Sophie for the first time in about a week or so. We have both been so busy with school, but finally had a chance to catch up on how everything was going for each of us. After we swapped stories about our classes, Sophie asked us what "projets" we had planned for the weekend. We told her that we had hoped to go to Lorient to shop. (Every French person in the area apparently feels compelled to explain the "ugliness" of Lorient to us... Yes, we know Lorient is not pretty. Yes, we know it was completely destroyed during "la guerre" and hastily rebuilt and frankly, maybe we could give them a little credit...?!)
Sophie told us that she has a good friend in Lorient who would love to meet us. So, we sent a text to Rachel, played phone tag a little, shopped a bit in H&M, then met up for a drink at a cafe, as it was quite nice and sunny this weekend. We had a great time talking with her for over an hour. She speaks English, and in fact, I thought maybe she was Irish! We chatted a little about our classes - she is also teaching English in the same grades that I am. I also discovered I am a few days behind in the lessons!! We traded some activities for our classes, joked about the colored-pen obsession, and traded emails. It was so nice to spend the afternoon with such a nice person. Sophie sure has some kind and welcoming friends!! We parted ways promising to meet up again soon.
Oh yeah, and we bought a few sweaters, too.
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