I've been back in Lyon for a couple days now, no news yet on the stage... I think i'm going to give it a couple more days before sending out some more CVs.
Sunday I went to my first ever European soccer game!! Kevin invited me to the game with Pierre, Antoine, Manu, Margo and Lambert. His dad gets free tickets through the amateur soccer team he manages, so of course I couldn't refuse.
It was l'Olympique de Lyon vs l'Olympique de Marseille, or like they say here (l'OL contre l'OM). Two teams that are considered to be big rivals here in France, like Montreal / Toronto back at home. The ambiance was amazing! All the fans sing.... and trust me there's a lot of fans in the stadium... it's huge. There's about a dozen songs or chants that are rotated throughout the game, and I managed to learn about half... some of them are quite complicated... One of the chants that really grabbed my attention was :"Qui ne saute pas n'est pas Lyonais" where you must jump up and down at the same time which results in quite an effect in the stadium. I happened to take a video of it when it they started chanting... sorry for the poor quality but my camera is a digital antique...
Compared to American sports where fans from both teams are seated together... Here, the opposing team's fans have a specific section, to prevent any escalations... We were seated right next to them, so you can imagine the trash talk that was going on between our side and the Marseillais' side..
Lyon opened the score early in the first half only to have a goal scored on them in the dying minutes of the game... The final score was 1-1... An exciting match, but the ambiance was what impressed me the most.
Furthermore, I totally forgot to mention that last week I visited the Musee d'art contemporain in one of my classes. The museum is about a 15 minute walk from the campus and is one of the biggest contemporary art museums in the world. I don't know if any of you have ever seen contemporary art, well... it's special to say the least. Basically when they don't know where to classify the art, they just say it's contemporary art. The most known piece of contemporary art is the toilet by Marcel Duchamp... Very controversial as to weather it should be considered art at all...
Anyways one of the expositions impressed me... basically you walk into someone life room by room represents something in the artists life... What was so awesome about it was that it was quite disturbing. Blood red walls, Pitch black walls, Devils, Gods, Iconic figures... here are some pictures:
Martin
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I heard about that toilet thingy in one of my history classes, i agree, not sure weather it really is art! So have you heard?! Krsitel and Martin are "dating" or whatever they wanna call it and she made him get a total makeover! A haircut (kinda like a mohawk), preppy clothes... the works! Lemme tell you, i'm not done making fun of him! hahaha... i'll try to take pictures of our newly reborn preppy metal head!!
Hi Partner,
Always fun to read your blogs. Gives us a glimpse of what your days are like sometimes. I bet you never thought you would be into soccer so much. You don't have any choice I guess! Daniel is trying out for the Danone Cup here in April and if he makes the team, they are going to Lyon early in the summer. Great if you would still be there! Have you heard anything back regarding a stage? Does the university supply you with companies to apply to? Everything OK here - not much to report. Jazz has stopped walking on the pool. She just stared at the water melting there this morning and I guess she figured it's not a good idea to walk there anymore! Melissa told me she was happy to talk to you when you called and that she misses brother, but she is doing great at Dawson and has found new friends. She had an interview to do for school about alzheimers at the Douglas Hospital last week, so Oma met her and showed her where it was, since the grounds are so big.
Call soon and love you ...
Mom
P.S. Love the Jack Johnson CD. Play it all the time in the car.
Mom
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