Halloween and Paris

On Wednesday it was Halloween, and we actually celebrated it! It's not sper well known here and not everyone participates, but I did get dressed up as a vampire and went out with my host brothers to knock on some doors! People here say "des bonbons ou un sort!" instead of "trick or treat!" it was really fun though.

The day after, we went to Paris! The very first day, I dished out forty euros for... A portrait! I have honestly wanted to get my portrait done for such a long time and I got mine done in Paris! I was absolutely terrified because I heard people say "that's horrible" and "that looks awful" and though I couldn't tell which portrait they were talking about I was sure it was mine! Then a little boy came up and pointed at mine and said "that ones really well done!" which made me feel better. But at the end I was still so afraid to look at it and it's beautiful! I can recognize myself in it but it looks so good! It's something I'll keep for a lifetime and I'm so glad I did it.

We obviously did a bit of shopping in Paris also, and I was good and only bought a pair of shorts. However, on Friday night, we went all out for dinner. We went to this awesome pirate restaurant! The food was super good, but the real reason to go there is for the show! There was this main pirate (who I got a picture with!) and he went around at the start and made flames shoot up out of his hand to scare people at the tables. Then he did this magic trick where he took suggestions from the audience about where we were, what year it was, where our ship was sailing, etc, and then made the exact same thing appear in a treasure chest that was tied up really high. He had a sword fight with another pirate, but the most memorable thing was his magic. He did this whole magic show and it was just amazing! He made four birds appear out of freaking nowhere, did some tricks with flames, lit a book on fire, and made a chest float. It was so cool! I'm so glad my host
parents took me. We're home now and it's the lat day of their vacation, but the boys and I still have another week before school starts back up. Well that's my news for now! A bientôt!