Day Twelve: Traveling

05:00 came pretty early and we made the train to the airport and then two planes back to Nantes plus a bus and tram back home. The afternoon was spent in McDonald’s on the internet getting caught back up. For dinner we were just going to get some crepes and decided to ask Maria and Lauren down the street if they wanted to go along. Texting didn’t get a response, so our host mom suggested we just go down and knock on their door. It felt so elementary, but we did and their host mom answered. You could tell she was a very proper French woman and we were invited in after she found out we were looking for the ‘American girls’ – ha! We ended up getting them out of an awkward situation as their mom’s son was in town for dinner and neither spoke much English. Well it was already after 20:00 and all of the creperies were closed (especially since it was a bank holiday). What began as crepes turned into a large meal at an outdoor restaurant near a city fountain square. We ordered an appetizer of escargot which is one of my new favorite things! I will most definitely be searching for it when back in the states, but it’s just snails. You have to use this special little holding tool and with your other hand use a pick to pull them out. They were served in some kind of olive oil and herb sauce. We got to bed early after watching French news with Sophie.

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