Friday, Lauren arrived from Bordeaux and so we all spent the day with her (except Monique who was sick). We went shopping, bought yummy food, had lunch and then (as the weather was really icky and raining) we went to Mia's apartment (which is huge) and made cookies!! I went to Chemistry in the afternoon, they were doing an experiment exactly like the one we did on orientation day, except they noly had to do it once AND they had a magnetic agitator, which stirs the substance for you. Will have to tell Doc Ross to get those for us!
On Saturday I slept in and so missed Geography; instead went for a wander and bought a 'tart Normand'! Again, it was pouring, something we miss in Aus I think, i cant remember it raining like that for any decent length of time in Melbourne. After lunch, Mireille, Lise and I went to the Cinemas and saw 'Arthur et les Minimoys' in French. Thankfully, it was easy to follow. On Saturday evening I went to mass at the Cathedral. It was surprisingly empty and I didn,t understand a thing but it was still interesting and kind of reminiscent of home (except with bad singing). I felt kind of guilty when the lady came around witht he collection basket and i was the only one with nothing to put in it. Oh well.
Sunday i slept in and then in the morning Mirielle and I went on the new tramline 2!! It is a big thing in Montpellier and as my host Dad is an engineer for the trams, he was very excited. It is much smoother and nicer than Melbourne trams, and all Line 2 trams are covered with flowers!! (I'll post a picture later - its funny!) After lunch we all went to the beach, had a long walk and had a look at the Cathedral de Maguelone. It didnt really feel like the beach, it was freezing, the sand was grey and covered in heaps of shells and stones and it didnt even smell like the beach. But it was still cool.
Today, in the morning I did some wandering and eating. I then went to Physics, English and Biology before meeting again with other Australians walking and shopping; went to the postcard shop again. Has anyone received postcards yet?? We explored the 'Marche de Noel' - Christmas Markets again, and i bought some funky xmas decorations. We shared a cup of 'vin chaud' which was really nice (and the lady sold it to me which was exciting!), hot and sweet and spicy. Mmmm. (Don't worry Mum and Dad, I'm sure the alcohol content was very low - I also tried some Muscat (like Port i think) at home last night which was nice) We also had some 'Pain d'Espice', which is like a loaf of Gingerbread and was also yummy. And that is life up until now.
Hope everyone is well, keep posting comments and sending emails. Have fun getting ready for Christmas - one week!
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2 comments:
Christmas crept up on me...
Anyways, sounds like fun, especially that IBM presentation in the last post! Jk.
You alcoholic simone - i knew it, you are going to let loose overseas and come home with 40 frenh men (one of which i can hopefully steal!) lol.
Emma sent us a nine page email or something rediculous like that, so for once we heard stuff from her first.
Do you know what your family is doing for christmas?? Are you destined to meet lots of happy french relatives who say the occasional word like 'cheese' and 'fruit' in english when they see it just to prove they know a tiny little bit of english??
Lol, should be fun!
For Christmas, we are going to the snow, to the Grandparents Chalet! Should be fun and I think there is going to be lots of family there;
Do you seriously not have anything better to do with your time than be the first to post a comment to every blog that Monique, Emma or I write?? It makes my blog feel valued so please continue...
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