Journey Began On Alarming Note
By HELEN HOWARD
Laura Shearin, 18-yearold
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Willis Shearin
of Warrenton, recently
returned from a trip to
Noisy Le Roi, France,
through the Lions Exchange
Program.
Miss Shearin was the
houseguest of Mr. and Mrs.
John Victor Bernard and
daughters, Catheryn and
Helen.
Her experience began on
July 13 when she was caught
in a plane on the runway in
New York City during the
blackout. Laura said she
was on the plane for 21 hours
before departure from New
York. Later the passengers
were thankful for the
dilemna. The aircraft had
mechanical trouble in an
engine and could have
crashed in the Atlantic if it
had taken off on time, Miss
Shearin noted.
Once in Paris, she toured
the city for four days before
meeting her host family and
going to Noisy Le Roi, about
six miles from Paris.
Laura said the Englishspeaking
hosts lived in a big
rock house with beautiful
marble and had a huge yard
with flowers everywhere.
They also had a cat who
accepted Laura right away.
Noisy Le Roi is a small
town, much like Warrenton,
with few stores and the
people all know each other
and are very freindly, Laura
observed.
It took her about a week to
adjust to the climate and
food, she said. The food was
served in courses and more
was served at a meal
causing her to gain weight.
She had beef tongue, beef
head, snails and other
delicacies to taste. Laura
said she attempted all the
food offered and liked most.
She was taken to a Vietnamese
Restaurant and did
not like the food there, she
said.
The family carried her on
excursions to Paris museums,
theatres and to the
Riviera.
Laura, like Marie-O, the
Lions exchange from
France to Warrenton, could
not compare New York to
Paris. Laura observed that
Paris is old and clean and
the people are very nice. She
said the buildings are old
and historical, and gardens
and fountains were everywhere
along narrow cobblestone
streets. But there is a
modern Paris, still nothing
like New York. The modern
skyscrapers are of different
colors and no cars are
allowed near the buildings.
All the buildings have grass
lawns leading to the doors.
In Paris she visited the
Louvre, seeing the Mona
Lisa, rode the Metro and
visited museums, saw the
famous landmarks and went
to theatres. Her French
family liked American
movies and carried her
several times. The movie
admission was about the
same price as in the United
States but they do not serve
hot popcorn or drinks.
While shopping she noted
that food is bought at an
open-air market where
everything is fresh. The
meat is cheaper than here
but a Coke sells for $1. She
noted that the open-air
markets sell everything
from fish, meat and cheese
to bread and vegetables and
beverage. The French drink
wine and beer, she said, and
probably because the beer is
two or three times cheaper
than the soft drinks.
Clothes were also expensive
but jeans and T-shirts
are the fad in France, also.
She found T-shirts for $12
each and jeans were much
higher than in the United
States
But French people dress
up more in formal attire.
Laura was awed at the
beautiful gowns and jewelry
worn by French ladies at
night in Paris. Men also
dress in formal attire, but
the ties are still narrow in
Paris, Laura said.
The formality held over to
the Lions meeting she
attended. The meeting was
very formal with the meal,
served in several courses,
lasting for three hours or
more. Most of the people she
met in France spoke
English and the Lions were
no exception. She presented
pins to them and they gave
Laura a banner signed by all
the members of the club.
The Bernards visited
cousins at St. Raphael on the
Riviera. Laura said the
temperature was about 75
degrees and women did not
wear bathing suits along the
beaches but the Riviera was
as beautiful as she had
heard.
While there she was
tutored by a six-and
four-year-old who could not
understand why she didn't
speak French. Laura returned
to Noisy Le Roi
speaking better French than
when she arrived.
Mr. Bernard grows beautiful
azaleas and other
plants in a hot house and
Mrs. Bernard is a housewife
and teaches yoga. Helen is
15; Catheryn, 18.
In the spare time they
liked to talk about France
and the United States.
Knowing Laura to be from
the South, they were
constantly asking her about
President Carter and other
Southern notables they read
about. Laura noted that all
French people liked President
Nixon and thought him
to be very intellectual.
She returned to the United
States on August 18 just in
time to repack for her freshman
year at East Carolina
University. Incidentally,
she is planning to major in
French.
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