I have to be honest. I was so stubborn to think that homesickness won't be a thing for me but now in week 8 of school here I definitely can say that it has hit me hard. I'm pretty sure I face timed my family more that 5 times this week. But I don't want to be sad in my blog so we will just jump right into this week's activities.
Monday night was a flat dinner night with Samantha being such a good cook and all, it's hard not to be excited for it. We had some wings and some tacos. Monday wing and taco night? Can that be a thing? 
I have to say that this week doesn't involve so much tennis. Most of that is due to the absolute rubbish hits I've been having this week. It feels as though I am right back at the beginning not knowing how to hold a raquet. But in all honesty I think I just hit a rough patch this week and my mind wasn't there. Nevertheless I have my weekly introduction of a member and this week it is my doubles partner in crime Eleni Pastellidou: I know what a boss name to begin with, but nothing compared to how this girl hits a ball. This Greek girl has a forehand that will put hairs on any guy's chest. Probably the speed of my serve. She is one of the sweetest but just like me she can get very competitive. Playing against eachother is fun because she keeps me on my toes and if I don't get a rediculous return shot I am usually fetching a forehand smash down the line. I also know how to greet someone in Greek now thanks to her.
Now being homesick didn't get me down all the way because it sparked my enthusiasm to go out filming again and luckily enough this week the rain stayed away and the sun came out to play.
As I am sure you've noticed my title for this week was in french. That's because this week is dedicated to my two amazing French friends Lise and Claire. I bumped into Claire the other day and being so generous she invited me to dinner at their place. If they aren't making fun of me they are usually trying to teach me french. They cooked me dinner and I don't really know where to begin to say that these two are the sweetest girls I have ever met. Everything about them just pours out generosity. From inviting me, to giving me food, to asking about my week, and just being so precise with their words not to come off as mean really just is a small bit of how awesome they are. Having broken English and studying in it while being in a different country by themselves is something I value because just thinking about that makes it seem difficult. This was Claire's creation for the night. The saying I learnt this week was: I like muffins with cheese and jam. Now anybody who knows me will know that this isn't weird because jam and cheese is my delicacy.
Now that the sun is out I took advantage of it and hammocked. Yes it was cold but I layered up. The funny thing about this was that the man who was cutting the grass stopped and asked me what I was doing. The conversation went something like this: "I'm hammocking", "why? What is it? Do you just lay down?" I guess he had never seen one before.
Remember, remember the 5th of November? Ever heard of Guy Fawkes day? Yea a lot of people studying abroad here didn't. Luckily for me we had it in South Africa. A group of us went to go see the fireworks on the Glasgow Green.
There was a carnival happening and we all (except Calvin because he's a scardy cat) went on this really upside down, sideways spinning ride before watching the fireworks show.
Here are the goons I went went with. 
Bible study was pushed a day earlier here because most of the people were going to Amsterdam this weekend. We made a group dinner and cooked before having our bible study where Sydney shared her story.
Friday came along and after tennis I went to the climbing gym with these weirdos and my forearms kill!! It was so much fun and definitely going to try and go weekly!
