France is amazing! The people are
great, the city is beautiful, and of course… ALLEZ L’OM!
The past two days have been
crazy. We went to the American consulate
yesterday and met Diane Kelly, the American Consulate General. We also met with Doug Brice, the NCIS agent
in Marseille. It was here that we learned
about Varian Fry, the American that helped a ton during the Nazi occupation of
France. But there were two events that
I wanted to talk about the most.
Shortly after our visit to the
consulate, our group went to a local high school to talk to two French
classes. Both of the classes that we met
were English classes, so most of the students spoke English pretty well. But there were still a lot of awkward moments
when we didn’t understand each other. We
did realize, though, that the only major difference between them and us was the
language. If it wasn’t for the distance, I really believe we could become the
best of friends. They listen to almost the same music, play the same games, and
for the most part do the same things when hanging out with friends.
Shortly after that we went to our
second basketball club in Marseille. We taught them the games we play with our Project
Coach kids and they really seemed to love them. We played dribble knock out, 3
vs 3 no dribble, and hot spot. They enjoyed our high energy games and the
especially love that there were no lines.
We kept asking them if they were tired (“Vous etes fatigue?”), and they
would playfully yell “No!!!!!” But they kept asking for water, so I’m pretty
sure they were lying. After an hour and
a half of 12 year olds, we had 9 and 10 year olds. And then we had a whole other basketball club
to visit. It was a crazy day of
basketball but the kids and their high energy kept us going the whole
time. We were all wiped out after that
but we had a great day.
Efrain
Lopez (19) - Project Coach
Marseille, France
February
22, 2012
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