Coralie's Birthday Party

I didn’t have too much time to be sad because on Friday we left for Coralie’s birthday party! Her friend Jeanne and Coralie were having a big birthday party in Dominois (about 2hr. drive from Lille) at Jeanne’s parent’s country house. Friday night there were about 15 people and we cooked a huge dinner and had fun all night. Something different here is that we always cook for parties whereas at home we would get pizza or go out to a restaurant. Most of their friends spoke good English so it was easy to talk to them and both sides got some language practice. The house was so cute with a kitchen, living room, and then 2 rooms of nothing but beds so everyone could stay there! Saturday night the girls rented a little event house down the road to have the big party. We spent all day cooking the food and cakes and decorating the room. It was so nice and everyone pitched in to help. Its funny b/c when you walk down the country roads here you have to wear a fluorescent vest so people were all dressed up with fluorescent vests!! There were about 40 people at the party and everyone had a great time! Coralie’s girlfriends all went in together and bought her a grill and a plant for the house! Parties go late here and we didn’t go back till 6am!