The places we've been, The things we've seen, The Bathrooms we've stopped at

So a couple of days ago (I forget since it’s been so long since my last blog post) we went to a little place called Orange. It actually isn’t that little because it gets its own arch de triomphe and it has a really old and really big stadium/opera house. We parked and went into their little market (there is one in a different city each day) It was a really big market. We looked around not buying anything when we came across a really old church. We went inside and the sign said 1208-2008. It was 800(and 2) years old and the first thing we thought when we got in there was Grammie would be so proud of us. We continued and decided to find some lunch. My dad got (another) sandwich, my mom got (another) sandwich, my sister got a chocolate croissant and I found a nice little place in the market that had chicken wings (or what I hoped were chicken...yikes) and some (French) fries which most of you probably haven’t had in France.(haha) Then as usual we had to find a bathroom for my mom. This would seem easy in a place like Canada where there are either heavily wooded areas or fast food places around. Here the stores and restaurants just pretend like they don’t have any. So my mom ended up having to pay 0.5 euros to take a tinkle. We then got are cheese and left.
In the past week there have been some days were we haven’t done anything (interesting) but I will try to remember the days that we did do some stuff. So one day it was suppose to be a nothing day but my mother and I changed that and decided to go for a little car drive. We started by going to Cairanne. We never stopped but I will count it in the places I’ve been category. Then we continued on to saint Cecil de Vignes. Again we did not stop but we did later on (which I will get to). We kept going and went to a place called Bollène. We drove around till we found this huge grocery store called E.LECLERC. We bought our delicious strawberries and left. We went back home and did nothing. After another nothing day we had another but there was some drama at the end of that day. My dad went out for run. This is usually only takes 45 minutes but an hour and a half later my mom was getting worried as it was getting dark. She got in the car and started looking for him. She came back a half hour later to see if he still wasn’t home. So she went down to Armondo’s house to ask for help. 10 minutes later my dad walks in the door. He goes down to Armondo’s house and brings my mom back. Turns out she was crying on there front porch. When we found out he was fine we started joking around saying he’s got good Health Insurance and what would we have eaten for supper.
The next day we got up early (8:00 a.m. is early for us now) and headed out to Marseille. We stopped in the earlier mention Saint Cecile de Vignes because the market was there that day. We got some stuff for our lunch the next day with Armondo and his family. We continued on to Marseille. We got there and drove around for awhile and everything was fine until...my mom had to pee. We were secretly in panic mode inside. No one was saying anything to provoke or to anger IT. After almost hitting another car and some funny one liners (like ‘’this isn’t even funny I am going to pee my pants’’ and ‘’Just so you guys know, I am peeing my pants right now’’) we then found a toilet and a parking spot. After that ordeal We found another nice restaurant to eat at. It was right next to a place called buffalo grill with really Canadian bison burgers...because that’s what really Canadians eat. Again I will list what we ate...because I can. My dad had some pasta, my mom and my sister had cheese pizzas and I had a chicken leg platter but without the chicken leg because they were out. It was another fries and baguette lunch for me. We then walked down the port. It was really cool. Then we saw another really old church. I think Grammie raised her son pretty well because again my dad wanted to go inside. So we looked around a bit in the Cathedral de Major then walked back to the car. On the way back there was a guy selling candy and we decided to get some. It was pretty expensive (2,00 euro per 100 grams) but we were on vacation after getting a little bag each(just me and Chelsea) The man weighed them on an old scale. He did a very poor job. He also seemed stupid and I don’t think knew how to do math (or use a simple scale). My mom then gave him a twenty (euro) and he gave back (after a couple seconds of thinking) 4,00 (euro) which was way to much. My mom questioned him but there wasn’t much we could do. We paid 24 dollars Canadian for very little candy. I felt bad for a couple minutes but we were able to laugh it off. We went home and me and my mother tried to watch Juno unsuccessfully but then decided to watch an episode of Modern Family instead. If you haven’t seen this show you probably should, it is hilarious. Anybody related to me or has a sense of humour will love it. If that doesn’t convince you, my dad said it is his new favorite show.
The next day could be called a nothing day because we didn’t go anywhere but we were having Armondo and the family over for lunch. My dad made some pasta to start, then we had chicken cordon bleu with potatos and some salads. We also had dessert which was a (French) apple pie and some little tarts we got at a bakery. We sat around and chatted for a bit. After they left we didn’t do much of anything. I watched some family guy on my ipod then I got to see the Houlahans. We skyped them and I (and the family) got to talk to my cousins, ants, uncles, and Grammie and Jack. We had fun and did a lot of laughing. I miss you guys:(. Well now I am about to start to watch the Canada vs USA game online. Cross your fingers.