Back in England
So, I was all alone in Tours for Sunday and Monday. Saturday was spent saying goodbye to Diana, my last friend to leave, who I accompanied to the train station. I had to wait until this morning to leave, so I had two days to kill. I originally bought tickets for todaybecause I presumed I would be working on Friday and didn’t want to rush my packing. As it is, it wouldn’t have made a difference if I had bought tickets for Saturday - the light smattering of snow meant that Tours airport was closed for Friday and Saturday.
Sunday was good. I went to the board game club where the friendly woman I’d met the first time, Deborah, greeted me (as well as teaching me “vulgarities” because they were “part of the culture”). We played several reasonably simple games - Pony Express (great fun), Shadow Hunters (less so), Wanted! (not bad) and a random game with lots of coloured dice. For me it was mainly a way of passing a lonely Sunday, but it was good fun. I got to meet a few more people of my age too, which was kind of relieving considering the average age of players last time I went. I’m not sure how much of an impression I left on the teenagers though - I’m not very good in group conversations and tend to be very quiet anyway; add to this my language disadvantage and I was, as you can imagine, not very talkative. (Also, one of them was quite hot: this never helps.) Still, I got their names (Jude, Charly, Beranger) and will hopefully see them next time. And now, after leaving at 7am British time, I am finally home (got here at 4:15). Hooray!
Sunday was good. I went to the board game club where the friendly woman I’d met the first time, Deborah, greeted me (as well as teaching me “vulgarities” because they were “part of the culture”). We played several reasonably simple games - Pony Express (great fun), Shadow Hunters (less so), Wanted! (not bad) and a random game with lots of coloured dice. For me it was mainly a way of passing a lonely Sunday, but it was good fun. I got to meet a few more people of my age too, which was kind of relieving considering the average age of players last time I went. I’m not sure how much of an impression I left on the teenagers though - I’m not very good in group conversations and tend to be very quiet anyway; add to this my language disadvantage and I was, as you can imagine, not very talkative. (Also, one of them was quite hot: this never helps.) Still, I got their names (Jude, Charly, Beranger) and will hopefully see them next time. And now, after leaving at 7am British time, I am finally home (got here at 4:15). Hooray!