{"id":1044,"date":"2017-07-16T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.klemlyn.co.nz\/SophiaInFrance\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2017-07-16T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T10:24:53","slug":"la-vingt-sixieme-semaine-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.klemlyn.co.nz\/SophiaInFrance\/uncategorized\/la-vingt-sixieme-semaine-26\/","title":{"rendered":"La vingt-sixi\u00e8me semaine (26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 innocent teens, all alone in a luxurious camping ground for a week\u2026. What could possibly go wrong?!<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(event) { \r\n\tjQuery( '#slider-pro-3-1048' ).sliderPro({\r\n\t\t\/\/width\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 1000,\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/height\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 500,\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/auto play\r\n\t\t\t\tautoplay:  true,\r\n\t\tautoplayOnHover: 'none',\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tautoplayDelay: 5000,\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tarrows: true,\r\n\t\tbuttons: true,\r\n\t\tsmallSize: 500,\r\n\t\tmediumSize: 1000,\r\n\t\tlargeSize: 3000,\r\n\t\tfade: true,\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/thumbnail\r\n\t\tthumbnailArrows: true,\r\n\t\tthumbnailWidth: 120,\r\n\t\tthumbnailHeight: 120,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthumbnailsPosition: 'bottom',\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcenterImage: true,\r\n\t\timageScaleMode: 'cover',\r\n\t\tallowScaleUp: true,\r\n\t\t\t\tstartSlide: 0,\r\n\t\tloop: true,\r\n\t\tslideDistance: 5,\r\n\t\tautoplayDirection: 'normal',\r\n\t\ttouchSwipe: true,\r\n\t\tfullScreen: true,\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"uris-slider-title\">\r\n\t<h3 class=\"uris-slider-post-title\">Week 26<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"slides-not-found\"><i class=\"fa fa-times-circle\"><\/i> No Slide Found In Slider.<\/div> \n<p>I had the best week ever \u201ccamping\u201d with Caroline and Floriane in a 3 bedroom mobile home equipped with a TV, kitchen and coffee machine (jealous mum and dad?). On Saturday afternoon we were dropped off at a camping ground in the teeny tiny town of Gastes. The \u201ccamping ground\u201d however was not at all what I\u2019ve grown up thinking camping was; bunking with 10 smelly people or in a tinsy tent, this, was paradise. When we saw the mobile home we would be staying in we all freaked out, I mean. I had a double bed! We set up everything (Caro and Floriane had gone grocery shopping when I was in Paris) and then left to go check out a lake a short 15-minute walk away. I expected a puddle in comparison to the ones I\u2019d previously seen in France \u2013 but it was actually a real decently sized lake, it looked so similar to Lake Rotorua with the hills around it that my brain kept tricking me telling me I was home.<\/p>\n<p>We met up with one of Floriane\u2019s friends called Alex, and we ended up spending the majority of the week with him and his friend\u00a0Loic. That night we didn\u2019t do much, we just chilled by the lake until it got dark, went back to the camp, ate and talked for hours into the night. We spent the following few days swimming at the lake, playing soccer (I discovered I\u2019m terrible) and eating ice cream. The weather wasn\u2019t great but it didn\u2019t matter because the lake was as shallow as Lake Rotorua so it was always warm. We pigged out loads on crepes and baguettes, I tried a new cheese called&#8221; Gouda de Cumin&#8221; which I\u2019ve fallen in love with.<\/p>\n<p>I had taken my computer with me, so one night I decided to give them a taste of NZ humour, I couldn\u2019t find the movie \u201chunt of the wilder people\u201d in French, but I did find \u201cWhat we do in the shadows\u201d. Their facial expressions were priceless during the film, they absolutely loved it and totally understood the humour \u2013 however, at times it did get a little too weird for them and they just looked horrified. The next night they showed me a French comedy\/romance called \u201cAmour sur place ou a emporter\u201d and I laughed so hard I cried. Until then I\u2019d had the impression that all French films were depressing but this was solid gold. I stayed up the latest I have ever before and we went for a midnight swim and had half a dozen picnics on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>The final night was Bastille Day and a fireworks display lit up over the lake. The originally very quiet beach was swamped and a huge tent with a DJ and flash lighting was set up. I wasn\u2019t too keen at all to dance (I love it with my friends, but it public noooo way hozay) as I tend to look like a dying fish but my friends forced me onto the dance floor and we danced for hours. It turned out to be a really good time and we didn\u2019t get back until 2 am! 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