Things I'm going to miss about Lyon: my host brother, Ferréol! Sure, he can be pretty vicious to his sisters, but I'm also told that's just how siblings act? Anyway, he is probably the coolest member of this family, if I'm going to play favorites. Not to mention that he's super nice, while at the same time being one of those popular kids at school (you can just tell that kind of thing, you know?). This morning when we crossed paths in the kitchen, he said that he really liked me without my glasses, and that I looked pretty without them! And it's not that I have a crush on him or anything, or that he does on me -- he's just not shy about saying things like that and it doesn't make anything awkward. He says what he thinks, and gives great compliments!
Things I'm excited to get back to in America: reliable plumbing! And, as an extension of that, a higher level of general hygiene. Here in the house, it's not unlikely that the faucet tap will stop running hot water, or that the toilet wont flush down your paper. I've already written about the ghastly state of public toilets here in France (and I don't mean ones in parks that are gross pretty much everywhere in the world, but places like school and movie theaters!). So one of the first things I'm going to do when I get home is take a long, hot bath in my very own tub -- and be sure that I won't clog up the drain!
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