I started off today by waking up at 9 am and having a fresh pain au chocolat from the local bakery. My exchange family brought me to their beach house in Soulac the night prior, so my exchange student, her mother, and I walked over to the local market and bought fresh seafood, vegetables, and cheese.
It just so happened that Soulac was having their annual 20th century festival where people would dress up in 1900s clothing, so we headed over to the town square where many vendors had set up tents. I was able to try straw-weaving with the help of a lady running a tent and created a small bookmark.
After stopping by the house for a short moment, my partner and I biked back to the festival area with her little brother, since we realized that a steam train was going to stop by (and we wanted photos). We got back home and ate a delicious lunch consisting of a grilled fish bought from the market and some green beans; then, my exchange family brought me to the beach where we hung out for about an hour before getting some ice cream from a shop that was established in the 1920s.
My exchange partner and I parted ways with her family, as we went to see a miniature Statue of Liberty which represented both NYC being straight across the Atlantic and the coast of Soulac being the last view of France that Lafayette had before going to America.
Finally, we went back home and had Jambalaya, fried cod, and soupe de poisson for dinner before finishing the day by going to see the sunset at the beach. Overall, I had a jam packed but very fun experience today.