joyeux saint valentin
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
today is valentine’s day here in france. it seems that it’s as commercialized here as it is in the states. flowers are being purchased and there’s love in the air. in fact, it’s such a BIG holiday here that there’s EVEN a city named after St. Valentin.
this past monday, one of my brazilian classmates told me that she had a boyfriend - she was to go out with a french policeman this past friday evening. well, i guess she ended up kissing him because she said she had a boyfriend the next monday! i told her not to take it too seriously because there is no such thing as ‘dating’ in france. they don’t do what we americans do…. they don’t ‘go out’ with different boys at different times and then decide later… they actually date one person at a time and “break up” with them either that night or the next week or the next day even. in my classmate’s situation, she broke up with him 4 days later. this left her sans valentine on valentine’s day!
other posts from this trip:
attempting french mail
l’alliance francaise-test
wine
ahhh pah-reeeeeeeee
galette de roi
le premier jour
friends in the parisian suburbs
riding the paris metro = le métro
brazil, french and crepes in paris
hello can anyone understand me
joyeux saint valentin
my last day
home sweet home
