Firstly, it's nearly Christmas!!!! I'm so excited to go home and spend Christmas with Adam, my family and friends. But, there's some nice Christmassy things going on here too. The other weekend we took a trip to Bayonne and saw our first Christmas market. It wasn't amazing, but I just loved looking round the stalls, seeing all the Christmas trees. (they tend to chop xmas trees in half here and pin them up outsite shops and things) We even saw Santa! Bayonne is a pretty little place, there's not a great deal to do, some good shops and pretty views though, it was nice to spend a day somewhere different to Pau.
Last friday, it was the much awaited Pau Christmas light switch on. The lights are unbelievably pretty, and there's loads of animals in one of the main squares, which I love, as anyone who knows me knows I love animals! There were even some little bunnys inside a windmill like structure.
The light switching on ceremony isself was kind of random. There was a choir singing, and they were ok, actually really sweet and happy looking, it was just weird hearing them sing English songs with their strong French accents! Also, there was no countdown to the lights, they just randomly came on in the middle of a song!
After the lights, we had a party at Serena's for her birthday. Everyone had to dress as something beggining with S. I was a snowman, but there was a big variety of costumes: spies, soldiers, stars... the list goes on! It was lots of fun!
The next day me and Beth had to wake up ridiculously early (well 9AM but when you didn't get in until 3 that's early!) but it was worth it as we had an amazing day at our responsable Christelle's house, helping her prepare a soup for the wine tasting event the following day. Her house is amazing, she lives right next to the vinyards, in the countryside, with amazing views of the mountains. We peeled and chopped veg, and she cooked us lunch, which was delicious, and gave us wine to say thankyou!
On sunday we had a movie day at Anna's, which was really nice, and we ordered pizza, which again took over an hour to come!! What's wrong with the pizza delivery service here!!!
This week has been nice, I've had some really positive classes, probably because we're doing Christmas and the kids actually enjoy learning about it. I made Christmas cards with the girl I babysit for yesterday, and she made one for me which was really sweet. This morning I played a Christmas CD (Thank you Anna!) for my class of 6/7 year olds and they were all dancing along, I think they really enjoyed it. Next week I'm going to teach them the chorus for jingle bells, which should be fun :D.
Tomorrow we're going to Bordeaux, I'm so excited. Apparently the Xmas market there is pretty good, and there's an outdoor ice skating rink, which I've insisted we have to do!
I'll leave you with some photos from the past couple of weeks,
Bises xx
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| Christmas market in Bayonne |
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| It was very foggy when we first arrived in Bayonne |
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| Xmas tree cut in half! |
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| Thankfully the fog cleared up |
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| Pretty Christmas lights |
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| Donkeys in Pau! |
