Update...

So now I am home, but more about that later, first an update on the last days of our time in France. Again, please excuse my typing, i now have to get used to the Australian keyboard again! I think that I had already done Thursday...

Friday, in the morning I went to French with Mireille for an hour, then they had sport, so I met some of the others and we did a bit more shopping (now starting to rush around for the forgotten presents) and I returned to meet Mireille and Coline at school, and we went to the canteen for lunch. As we were early, it wasnt too hell-ish, but the only hot food was some cous-cous and cooked carrots - a bit plain, but edible so it was ok. After lunch, i met the other Aussies on the grass outside the school - it was really hot in the sun, and they had been chatting to all the English students whose class we had gone to on Thursday. The students were all really nice, and stayed around for a bit. Then we booked a restaurant for dinner that night (finally organised, had been a bit confusing) and spent the rest of the day wandering i think, it was so long ago!) Then everyone returned home to get ready for dinner, me included. I thought i would get a second wear out of my skirt!! We went to Piazza Papa in the Comedie for dinner, and it was the 6 of us, and our students (except Alix and Manuel couldn't come). Dinner was nice - I had a very cheesy pizza, which surprisingly i managed to finish. After dinner, the plan was to head over to Haagen Dazs, but it was closed, so instead we went to the supermarket and bought tubs of Haagen Dazs and spoons for eating it - Yum! With our icecream we wandered around the Place de la Comedie for a bit, before people started to head home, and I headed home with Emma because she was staying the night. At home, we watched the end of Monty Python with my family before heading off to bed.

Saturday (Saturday, Saturday) (That is probably only funny if you are Emma or Mia), my class was doing a test in Geography first thing, so, like the nice person I am, i headed out into Montpellier to pick up a few munchie for the class to share - lets just say that when I returned, I was very popular!! Then we had 2 hours of Maths, which wasn't too bad as everyone was attempting to chat to me whilst the teacher gave me evil looks. At the end of the class, we persuaded everyone to stay for an extra minute and I got a photo with the class. Then after saying goodbye to everyone, Mireille and I headed home for lunch.

After lunch, Laurent drove Mireille and I down to the Camargue, where we went on a trail ride. (Remember how I was talking about all the trail riding places - I'm not sure whether they read my mind (or my blog) or just decided it was a good idea?) I was assigned a horse called... I think it was 'tempete' - which means 'storm' in English. (I think that was it??) Anyway, i was kind of disappointed that he wasn't a true Camargue horse (he was chestnut), but he turned out to be a great little horse!! Anway, so we headed out, it was just the guy from the place, Mireille and I which was cool. Helmets weren't compulsary but I wore one anyway (it would have been cool to gallop along the beach with hair out, no hat etc. but anyway). The guy (forget his name) was riding this gorgeious horse - the stallion that the place was named after. He was 15, but he so didn't look it - unfortunately i didn't get a good picture, so you will have to take my word for it!! As well as stunning, he was also a bit playful, and so the ride was interesting, with him bucking his way along the beach in front of us! We rode for about 1 and 1/2 hours, down to the beach, then cantered along the beach, then back up and cantered along a dune before headed back. It was very fun and very relaxing and my horse was cool with an awesome canter, but he got a bit excited which made it all the more fun and kept me on my toes! After that we hung around at the stable place until Laurent came back to pick us up and we headed home.It was quite late, but I headed out for a quick walk around Montpellier, and took some pictures of Montpellier at night. Then home again, and it wasn't too long before dinner. After dinner... uh... can't remember? Maybe we played scrabble or Uno? Then i attempted to do a little packing, and headed off to bed...