Les francais sont ici depuis une semaine, et quelle semaine! Estelle et moi, nous nous sommes amusees bien! Pour le Thanksgiving, on est alle chez ma tante, a Tulsa, avec toute ma famille. On a mange BEAUCOUP...de la dinde, des pommes de terre...et en fait, mon grand-pere a apporte une dinde en chocolat! (C'est pas normale...mais c'etait tres amusant!)
The Friday after Thanksgiving each year is called "Black Friday." If a store is in debt, it is said to be "in the red," and if it has more than enough money, it is said to be "in the black." People shop a lot the day after Thanksgiving, so stores go from red to black. Thus, it's called Black Friday.
On a fait du shopping un peu a Black Friday--on est allee au centre commercial, au libraire, et a Campus Corner (les magasins a cote de l'Universite d'Oklahoma). J'ai achete un livre et des t-shirts, et Estelle a achete un t-shirt et des cadeaux pour sa famille et ses copains. On a dine au restaurant chinois, et on a regarde un film--Crazy, Stupid Love, avec Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, et Emma Stone.
The next day, Saturday, we went to an OU football game. I live in Norman, a town very close to Oklahoma City, and the University of Oklahoma (OU) is also in Norman. OU football is very important to the entire state, but especially my town. American football is a bit different than what we call "soccer," and much more complicated! Each year, every team in the nation plays a number of games, and after these matches, two teams play for the National Championship, which determines the best team in the nation. OU has not been the National Champion since 2000, but they have been second place a number of times. Sadly, we will not even play in the Championship this year, but we will possibly be the regional champions! (That game will be played Saturday, December 3.)
Alors, le match. Il faisait tres froid, et il y avait BEAUCOUP du vent! Mais c'etait amusante, et on s'est amusee bien. On y est allee avec une copine, Liz, qui avait deux billets supplementaires. (Quelle chance!) Estelle a vu des pompomgirls...je pense qu'elle les trouvait assez bizarre, mais interressantes. Et, heureusement, OU a gange! :)
Overall, it was a wonderful weekend. I'm so happy to have the chance to see my French friends again. I wish that everyone could stay longer--two weeks seems too short! But this just means that everyone will have to return someday. The Classen-Luzarche exchange is a wonderful program, and I'm very glad to have the chance to be a part of it.
--Rachel Rodgers
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