Puuuutain, so much has happened. First of all, I live in the above red building now, right on the university campus. Goodbye 70 minute commute and hello rolling out of bed at 10 to 9 for a 9am lecture :) Still not the greatest area to be in, but, n'importe quoi, point is I wont be walking round it 11 o clock every night after lectures. Also theres a microwave, a luxury I did not have in my previous residence, so I will be getting on down to M&S Champs Elysee at the earliest available opportunity to get me a microwave balti.
Since my last post all this has happened:
-A weekend in Angers with Beth and J-dog. It was a catholic town, and as such, they don't like it when boys come to stay in either of the girls' dorms, which I found out to my dislike when at midnight a young ethnic man who called himself the receptionist chased me down the hallway waving his arms and shouting 'les garcons sont interdits'. As if to make some kind of point, he showed us that in the visit book my visit was recorded as an 'amie de bethany'. Oh that little e causing so much trouble. I mean in all seriousness, piss off France.
Anyway, he was nice enough to let me stay so thus begun the weekend. They have made a nice group of assistantship friends and we all had some general fun eating crepes, drinking wine, going to the fair and to a couple of bars. Then went to this guys house for a roast(hes some ambassador for the twinning of Angers to Wigan.. even though hes never been.. obviously)... it was amazing!! So good to have a good roast beef with all the trimmings, and the frenchies there loved it too!
The thing that really stuck with me from this weekend though, was the sheer number of times I was offered a cup of tea. Must have been at least every 43 seconds, good work girls <3
-My Birthday
Went to see the Paris christmas lights get turned on by Amelie(Audrey Tatou). I saw her, id give her a 6/10. She would get it, but don't get the fuss I'm not gona lie.
Ruth Walker said my blog was shit, I'm still recovering.
Went on a wee bar crawl on Wednesday and Friday for my birthday, late back both times because last metro was missed!! haha, only one thing to do when that happens!! carry on drinking!!
-Work
French University seems to follow the following pattern; drop in and out of lectures for 6 weeks whilst deciding what to do, have normal lessons for 2 weeks and then go MAD. All of a sudden over the last two weeks I have had an absolutely crazy amount to do, working so much! Tant pis, c'est la vie!
-Angouleme
Went to see Macarena in Angouleme, quelle belle ville!!(et fille evidement!) It was so so pretty, it was a proper year abroad place, a boulangerie on every corner and a fountain on every square. It rained all weekend unfortunately, but it was still superb fun. Met some interesting characters too... I say no more.
Walked into the Jamrag's house and she explains that the atmosphere would have to be romantic and candlelit... due to having no lights. Upon inquiry, the bulbs had blown and she didnt know how to replace them. Drunkenly got a knife out when we got back from the bar and undid the light fittings, on reflection, a bad idea, but it got the job done. This in a weekend I also fixed a hairdryer, hashtag manly win.
Asked for a guided tour come Saturday, Hayley leads me out the door, round the corner, and my FIRST landmark was where her friend Miss Heston had pissed a few weeks earlier. I'm planning a similar tour of Paris, but of everywhere a tramp has pissed. It may take a while....
Ate another roast (nom nom nom) and came home to my new room :)
Its been a mad time, must get back to work, and I will be off to Amsterdam on Friday morning for an end of term celebration with lots of Erasmus friends.
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