Today I woke up at 11am due texting my girlfriend until 2 last night. This must be why long distance relationships are hard. But Valentin was up until pretty late too, so I wasn’t the only one awake at that time.
Anyways, I did all my morning routines, and at 12 we had lunch. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures, but we had broiled chicken and broiled small potatoes. To be honest, the potatoes were a bit undercooked in my opinion, but the chicken was wonderful. By now Valentin’s mom realized that despite my seemingly skinny built, I actually ate a lot, so she gave me 2 pieces of chicken while everyone else just wanted 1. For dessert, I had this amazing strawberry cake.
Despite being a French family, Valentin’s family finishes their meals surprisingly quick, usually we get done in 40 minutes. Since we needed to leave for kayaking at 1:30, that left us about 45 minutes of free time. Valentin’s family is setting up their pool for the summer, so valentin decided to change the filters after lunch. I don’t know exactly how to help him because I don’t own a pool, so I just watched him and played with his dogs.
At 1:30, we left for kayaking. The kayaking place was in Vouvray, a quick 15 minutes drive from Valentin’s house. The kayaking place used a bus to transport us and the kayaks to Amboise, and we would kayak from there to Vouvray. Valentin and I were in the same kayak, and his mom had her own separate one. Valentin is way stronger than me though, and despite both of us being good kayakers on our own, both of us combined caused our kayak to keep turning side ways. His mom kept laughing at us, and we were stuck at the end of the group. Despite the difficulties, it was fun as Valentin and I kept chatting about our lives. Eventually, Valentin decided that he would take matter into his own hands, literally, as he told me to stop rowing and he’ll do it himself. And it worked, just at the cost of him being tired. However, due to our slow start, the 2 hour trip turned to a 3.5 hour trip, and we made it home around 5pm.
Valentin quickly hopped in the shower, and after he finished, I did too. After showering, I immediately collapsed on my bed and fell asleep. At 8pm, I was woken up and they told me we were getting ready for dinner, and I quickly got up and went downstairs for dinner. We had nearly the same thing as lunch, except for the addition of mashed celery, a dish that tastes a lot better than it sounds. For dessert, we all had different things, and I chose a raspberry cake that was delicious.
Honestly yesterday was a more eventful day than today, but today was still fun regardless
