I'm very jealous that whilst England and northern France have been covered by a layer of snow in the past few days, here in south west France we've had nothing but rain, rain and more rain, and it looks like its going to carry on like that for the rest of the week.
Other than the rain, things are good here, the weekend went by so fast as usual, we had a night out Saturday as Harriet's last night before she moves to Spain. It was good fun, except getting drenched when walking to the bar, and as it was very windy too my umbrella is now broken :(.
Me and Jess also went to an aquarium with a sealion show, which was great! And then we met the others at the cinema to see django unchained, which was really good.
Monday at work went quite well, and today I'm going to try and sort CAF out once and for all by taking in all the new documents they've asked for. I'm not holding out for much though, I'll have left by the time they actually decide to give me any money.
We're going skiing again this weekend, woo! And next weekend I'm going to meet Adam n Bordeaux, can't wait to see him!
It's weird to think this is only my third week back, it seems to have been forever. What's even more weird is that individual days go so fast, yet the weeks seem to last forever!
I'm not wishing my time away or anything, but I've got so much to look forward to in February and march that January is seeming to take forever. Everyone knows that January is a rubbish month anyway! In February I've got a weekend with Adam, my sister and her boyfriend visiting for 5 days and hopefully a trip to Toulouse with the girls. March is school holidays, which will be another visit from Adam and Milan with the girls. So much to look forward to, woooo!
Missing everyone back home, see you all soon
Kirsty :) xxx
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Monday, 14 January 2013
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Faire le ski
Just thought I'd update to let you know I went skiing yesterday and had an amazing time!!!
It was the first time I'd been proper skiing, as I've had a couple of lessons at an indoor snow slope in England but never been on the real slopes before! So needless to say I wasn't amazing at it and fell over many times, resulting in many bruises and aches muscles this morning, but I can't wait to do it all over again! I think (or hope) that in time I will improve, I don't think I did too bad to say it was my first time!
There was one particularly scary fall where my friends had gone a little ahead and I fell down a small banking. It took me ages to get back up and sort my skis out, and I was panicking because I couldn't see them. They were waiting for me of course, but just round the corner out of my vision! I'm thankful they were so patient with me as most of them are pretty good at skiing already!
We plan to go skiing as often as we can while we're here, it's only just over am hour away to the Gourette resort by coach, so we might as well make the most of it!
Last night I was feeling ill, as a cold mixed with a day spent in the snow is not so good! So I had an early night while the others went to a party. Today I felt a lot better but I'm still suffering with a bad cough! We went round to Anna's and watched she's the man, a great film! It always reminds me of when I used to play football and its so true that the boys always used to think girls could never be food at it. Definitely a subject I can relate with! Also makes me wish I still played, maybe ill join a team when I get back to England, I definitely think I could get back in to it with a bit of practice!
Xx
It was the first time I'd been proper skiing, as I've had a couple of lessons at an indoor snow slope in England but never been on the real slopes before! So needless to say I wasn't amazing at it and fell over many times, resulting in many bruises and aches muscles this morning, but I can't wait to do it all over again! I think (or hope) that in time I will improve, I don't think I did too bad to say it was my first time!
There was one particularly scary fall where my friends had gone a little ahead and I fell down a small banking. It took me ages to get back up and sort my skis out, and I was panicking because I couldn't see them. They were waiting for me of course, but just round the corner out of my vision! I'm thankful they were so patient with me as most of them are pretty good at skiing already!
We plan to go skiing as often as we can while we're here, it's only just over am hour away to the Gourette resort by coach, so we might as well make the most of it!
Last night I was feeling ill, as a cold mixed with a day spent in the snow is not so good! So I had an early night while the others went to a party. Today I felt a lot better but I'm still suffering with a bad cough! We went round to Anna's and watched she's the man, a great film! It always reminds me of when I used to play football and its so true that the boys always used to think girls could never be food at it. Definitely a subject I can relate with! Also makes me wish I still played, maybe ill join a team when I get back to England, I definitely think I could get back in to it with a bit of practice!
Xx
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Back to Pau and back to work...
I realise it's been a while since I posted here, but I've been really busy over the Christmas holidays!
I travelled home with Anna on the 21st December, and I have to say, there were some points when I wasn't sure if we'd make it home, and no, not because of the world ending, but because of a few mishaps with public transport! Firstly, Anna tried to get on the wrong train, then we thought our train was delayed by 40 minutes and we would miss our flight (luckily we had misheard and it was the later Toulouse train that was delayed - phew!) and finally we had an hour delay when we eventually arrived at the airport. To make matters worse, when we finally arrived in Gatwick, we had to wait at least half an hour for the bags!! But, by then, I think we were so happy to be back in England that we weren't too bothered about this (didn't stop me moaning about it though!).
Adam was there to meet me at the airport, it was so good to see him :), and after saying bye to Anna we went to find his car. Half an hour later, we found it, after looking on just about every floor as Adam had forgotten the colour, floor and letter of the car park where he'd parked, silly him! We then stayed in a hotel near the airport and travelled back up north the following day, calling to do some stressful last minute xmas shopping on the way!
I spent the next few days catching up with family and friends, spent the majority of Christmas eve baking with Lizzie which was great fun, and the chocolate fudge cake was delicious!! I then spent Christmas day with family and part of it with Adam's family too. I got lots of lovely gifts ( thanks everyone!), alot of which I tried to fit in my suitcase back to France, which resulted in me returning with a bigger case than I came home with (oops!).
I spent a couple of days in Manchester with Adam between Christmas and new year, which was good, I went ice skating again (3 times in 3 weeks I think I have an obsession!), and tried to do some sale shopping, but it was way too busy! I also went to Leeds and had a good catch up with my friend Justine, which was lovely. New years eve we went for a lovely Indian meal, and then to a gathering at one of Adam's friend's. I taught everyone the flip cup drinking game that the American assistants taught us, and it went down rather well :D.
After new year, it was getting closer and closer to the day I had to return to France. By the time saturday came and I had to travel back down to London for my flight the next morning, I had really mixed emotions about coming back. I was really sad to leave, but I guess this was to be expected, but I was looking forward to seeing my friends in France too. Leaving Adam at the airport wasn't too bad as I had Beth and Anna waiting for me at the airport. If I'd have been flying back alone I think it would have been much worse.
After a long day travelling we finally arrived back in Pau.
Yesterday was my first day back at work, and I have to say, it went better than I thought it would. Except for nearly being left stranded in Artiguelouton, the tiny village where I teach, as the bus drove straight past me. Now, the buses are only every hour, and I'd been waiting 40 minutes for this one, so I went into panic mode when I saw it drive past, and started running, waving my arms and shouting "Attendez!!" at the top of my voice! Luckily, it stopped just down the road and it turns out the driver needed the loo and so stopped outside a building where she could use the toilet. So I was left feeling very silly but glad I wouldn;t be stuck in the cold for another hour! That's another thing - it's freezing here now! Colder than England! Typical that I went home when the weather was warm (20 degrees Xmas day according to my teacher!) and return to the freezing temperatures!
There's 8 weeks of teaching until the next holidays, which seems like ages, but I'm sure it'll fly by, and I'm going to try and make the most of my time here, as before I know it it'll be time to go home.
I'll try and update my blog more often so that I don't have to do long rambling ones like this!
xxx
I travelled home with Anna on the 21st December, and I have to say, there were some points when I wasn't sure if we'd make it home, and no, not because of the world ending, but because of a few mishaps with public transport! Firstly, Anna tried to get on the wrong train, then we thought our train was delayed by 40 minutes and we would miss our flight (luckily we had misheard and it was the later Toulouse train that was delayed - phew!) and finally we had an hour delay when we eventually arrived at the airport. To make matters worse, when we finally arrived in Gatwick, we had to wait at least half an hour for the bags!! But, by then, I think we were so happy to be back in England that we weren't too bothered about this (didn't stop me moaning about it though!).
Adam was there to meet me at the airport, it was so good to see him :), and after saying bye to Anna we went to find his car. Half an hour later, we found it, after looking on just about every floor as Adam had forgotten the colour, floor and letter of the car park where he'd parked, silly him! We then stayed in a hotel near the airport and travelled back up north the following day, calling to do some stressful last minute xmas shopping on the way!
I spent the next few days catching up with family and friends, spent the majority of Christmas eve baking with Lizzie which was great fun, and the chocolate fudge cake was delicious!! I then spent Christmas day with family and part of it with Adam's family too. I got lots of lovely gifts ( thanks everyone!), alot of which I tried to fit in my suitcase back to France, which resulted in me returning with a bigger case than I came home with (oops!).
I spent a couple of days in Manchester with Adam between Christmas and new year, which was good, I went ice skating again (3 times in 3 weeks I think I have an obsession!), and tried to do some sale shopping, but it was way too busy! I also went to Leeds and had a good catch up with my friend Justine, which was lovely. New years eve we went for a lovely Indian meal, and then to a gathering at one of Adam's friend's. I taught everyone the flip cup drinking game that the American assistants taught us, and it went down rather well :D.
After new year, it was getting closer and closer to the day I had to return to France. By the time saturday came and I had to travel back down to London for my flight the next morning, I had really mixed emotions about coming back. I was really sad to leave, but I guess this was to be expected, but I was looking forward to seeing my friends in France too. Leaving Adam at the airport wasn't too bad as I had Beth and Anna waiting for me at the airport. If I'd have been flying back alone I think it would have been much worse.
After a long day travelling we finally arrived back in Pau.
Yesterday was my first day back at work, and I have to say, it went better than I thought it would. Except for nearly being left stranded in Artiguelouton, the tiny village where I teach, as the bus drove straight past me. Now, the buses are only every hour, and I'd been waiting 40 minutes for this one, so I went into panic mode when I saw it drive past, and started running, waving my arms and shouting "Attendez!!" at the top of my voice! Luckily, it stopped just down the road and it turns out the driver needed the loo and so stopped outside a building where she could use the toilet. So I was left feeling very silly but glad I wouldn;t be stuck in the cold for another hour! That's another thing - it's freezing here now! Colder than England! Typical that I went home when the weather was warm (20 degrees Xmas day according to my teacher!) and return to the freezing temperatures!
There's 8 weeks of teaching until the next holidays, which seems like ages, but I'm sure it'll fly by, and I'm going to try and make the most of my time here, as before I know it it'll be time to go home.
I'll try and update my blog more often so that I don't have to do long rambling ones like this!
xxx
Thursday, 13 December 2012
Noël arrive!!
It's been a while since I updated my blog, and I can't fully remember what I've talked about and what I haven't, so I guess I'll just talk about the most recent things...
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
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! |
Friday, 23 November 2012
The first 2 weeks back at work have actually flown by, and there's now only 4 weeks left until the Christmas holidays. It's crazy how I've just gone back but will be finishing again soon!
Most of my lessons have been going well, there's just one teacher who really annoys me!! Most of the time, she has nothing planned so I have started preparing the whole lesson. However, half way through the lesson she likes to take over, and make the kids recite everything I've just taught them. I feel so sorry for them, they're 6/7 years old and being made to remember words they've just learnt, they really struggle. It's definitely not the best way for them to learn! Also, she never makes it clear what she wants me to prepare for next time, so I'm always left wondering what to do for the best...
Other than working, this week I've been babysitting. On wednesday, the baby was poorly and literally cried most of the day. It was so tiring and there was just nothing we could do to comfort him, see as though we're practically strangers to him and he hasn't fully warmed to us yet. God knows how we would have coped looking after him all weekend. Thankfully, the parents realised that it was too big a responsibility to place on us and are going to take the baby away with them, and get friends to look after the other kids. Lucky escape I think!!
Also, on tuesday we had fajita night at Harriet's. It was deeeelicious, and nice to be able to sit around and eat a meal somewhere comfy, clean, and without being laughed at when you open the kitchen door! (That's another story - basically, one night someone had their friends over and they were eating and chatting in the kitchen, fair enough. What isn't so fair is laughing at me and Abbi when we walk in to our own kitchen to cook our tea!! They were just really rude, made no effort to speak in French or English to us, and basically made me feel unwelcome in my own kitchen, ugh!)
Last night we went out to a restaurant for tea. We've been there once before, for Beth's birthday. The service was awful but the food so yummy we decided to give it another try. This time, not only was the service awful, but so was the food!!! They got our order wront (a burger, how hard can it be?!), and I ended up with a basically raw in the middle burger. Anyone who knows me will know that this is definitely NOT how I eat my meat. Luckily, Jess had been given my well done one, so we managed to swap half. Even that half didn't taste too good - not impressed! I find it really weird how the waiters here aren't bothered if you're unhappy with your meal. In England, we would have been apologised to, and probably something knocked off the bill. Here, the waitor tried to blame it on us and insisted that we ordered the wrong dish! I know my French is far from perfect but I definitely didn't ask for a double burger and I did ask for it 'bien cuit'!
I know I seem to be moaning a lot, but it was still a good night, after all it's the company that makes a good evening, not the place, right? I'm lucky to have made some really good friends here and we have a lot of fun. We're looking in to going canoeing before Christmas, which I'm sure will be lots of fun, and skiing after, since we're so close to the Pyrenees. I'm really looking forward to skiing, just hope I don't come home with a broken leg!!
Bisous
Kirsty xx
PS. I can't believe how nice the weather has been for November. It's not boiling or anything, but much warmer than I thought it would be, and most days it's so sunny. Not like England which I imagine is grey and dull round about now?!
Most of my lessons have been going well, there's just one teacher who really annoys me!! Most of the time, she has nothing planned so I have started preparing the whole lesson. However, half way through the lesson she likes to take over, and make the kids recite everything I've just taught them. I feel so sorry for them, they're 6/7 years old and being made to remember words they've just learnt, they really struggle. It's definitely not the best way for them to learn! Also, she never makes it clear what she wants me to prepare for next time, so I'm always left wondering what to do for the best...
Other than working, this week I've been babysitting. On wednesday, the baby was poorly and literally cried most of the day. It was so tiring and there was just nothing we could do to comfort him, see as though we're practically strangers to him and he hasn't fully warmed to us yet. God knows how we would have coped looking after him all weekend. Thankfully, the parents realised that it was too big a responsibility to place on us and are going to take the baby away with them, and get friends to look after the other kids. Lucky escape I think!!
Also, on tuesday we had fajita night at Harriet's. It was deeeelicious, and nice to be able to sit around and eat a meal somewhere comfy, clean, and without being laughed at when you open the kitchen door! (That's another story - basically, one night someone had their friends over and they were eating and chatting in the kitchen, fair enough. What isn't so fair is laughing at me and Abbi when we walk in to our own kitchen to cook our tea!! They were just really rude, made no effort to speak in French or English to us, and basically made me feel unwelcome in my own kitchen, ugh!)
Last night we went out to a restaurant for tea. We've been there once before, for Beth's birthday. The service was awful but the food so yummy we decided to give it another try. This time, not only was the service awful, but so was the food!!! They got our order wront (a burger, how hard can it be?!), and I ended up with a basically raw in the middle burger. Anyone who knows me will know that this is definitely NOT how I eat my meat. Luckily, Jess had been given my well done one, so we managed to swap half. Even that half didn't taste too good - not impressed! I find it really weird how the waiters here aren't bothered if you're unhappy with your meal. In England, we would have been apologised to, and probably something knocked off the bill. Here, the waitor tried to blame it on us and insisted that we ordered the wrong dish! I know my French is far from perfect but I definitely didn't ask for a double burger and I did ask for it 'bien cuit'!
I know I seem to be moaning a lot, but it was still a good night, after all it's the company that makes a good evening, not the place, right? I'm lucky to have made some really good friends here and we have a lot of fun. We're looking in to going canoeing before Christmas, which I'm sure will be lots of fun, and skiing after, since we're so close to the Pyrenees. I'm really looking forward to skiing, just hope I don't come home with a broken leg!!
Bisous
Kirsty xx
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| Pau looking beautiful in November |
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| More Mexican food - it's my favourite restaurant! |
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| Pretty view while waiting for my bus home from school |
Monday, 12 November 2012
Toussaint
Today was my first day back at work after the Toussaint holidays, it went surprisingly well, but anyway, I'll tell you about the holidays first.
The first week, as I mentioned in the last post, I spent at home. It was so lovely to see my friends, family and boyfriend, but also just lovely to be back on English soil again, with homecooked food (thanks mum), a comfy double bed, and to just be back to normal life for a while! I spent alot of time with my sister, as she was on half term too, which was lovely, I went to the pub quiz, which I have missed a lot since being in France!! We even managed to win the bonus round choccys and the music quiz (thanks to Hannah the music expert!). We also had the annual family firework night, which was good as I saw a lot of family at once. All in all, I'm glad I made the last minute decision to fly home, as I had a great week catching up with everyone.
I flew back on the Sunday afternoon, and arrived 2 hours early for my train from Biarritz to Pau. I saw that there was an earlier train, and so paid something like 6Euros to switch to this one. The customer service guy failed to tell me that actually even though the train left an hour or so earlier than my original train, it did stop for 40 minutes somewhere, and so in fact got me home at THE EXACT SAME TIME!!! Waste of 6Euros much?!
Anyway, I was happy to be back in the flat, and excited for Adam arriving the next day.
I spent the second week of the holidays showing Adam around Pau, and we also spent 2 days in Toulouse. It's so pretty there, the river at sunset was beautiful. We ate out every night except one when I made us fajitas, I'm not sure Adam enjoyed the experience of cooking in the hellish kitchen which after a week of not being cleaned was pretty filthy. I think we tried most of the restaurants in Pau: Mexican, Indian, Chinese, etc.! They were all very yummy!
I did make one faux pas in an Italian in Toulouse however. Somehow, I had a really dumb moment and forgot that 'thon' means tuna in French. I don't know what possesed me to think it was pork, as 'porc' is pork, so it's not that hard! But anyway, I assured Adam the pizza would be good, and it arrived with a mountain of tuna on - he was not impressed!! I blame the waitress for rushing me, and the fact that I had to read out all the ingrediants to Adam because they were in French, it's not my fault I got confused!!
Thankfully, I didn't make too many other errors, and we managed to eat well the rest of the week. It's a shock to have to start cooking again this week, but I can't keep eating out so much, I'll end up A) the size of a whale and B) skint!!
We spent a lot of time chilling this week, and stuff such as bowling with my friends. Managed to get through the whole 7th season of How I met your mother, which I've been waiting forever to watch - it was worth the wait!!
It was a brilliant week, I can't wait to have more visitors and show them round my adopted home :). It was sad saying by to Adam this morning, but it's not too long until Christmas, and I'm sure the time will fly, it has done so far!!
I'll leave you with a couple of pictures from the week, and I will try and update more regularly, I've just been pretty busy lately! And I'm too tired to write much more now, it's been a long day.
Ciao xx
The first week, as I mentioned in the last post, I spent at home. It was so lovely to see my friends, family and boyfriend, but also just lovely to be back on English soil again, with homecooked food (thanks mum), a comfy double bed, and to just be back to normal life for a while! I spent alot of time with my sister, as she was on half term too, which was lovely, I went to the pub quiz, which I have missed a lot since being in France!! We even managed to win the bonus round choccys and the music quiz (thanks to Hannah the music expert!). We also had the annual family firework night, which was good as I saw a lot of family at once. All in all, I'm glad I made the last minute decision to fly home, as I had a great week catching up with everyone.
I flew back on the Sunday afternoon, and arrived 2 hours early for my train from Biarritz to Pau. I saw that there was an earlier train, and so paid something like 6Euros to switch to this one. The customer service guy failed to tell me that actually even though the train left an hour or so earlier than my original train, it did stop for 40 minutes somewhere, and so in fact got me home at THE EXACT SAME TIME!!! Waste of 6Euros much?!
Anyway, I was happy to be back in the flat, and excited for Adam arriving the next day.
I spent the second week of the holidays showing Adam around Pau, and we also spent 2 days in Toulouse. It's so pretty there, the river at sunset was beautiful. We ate out every night except one when I made us fajitas, I'm not sure Adam enjoyed the experience of cooking in the hellish kitchen which after a week of not being cleaned was pretty filthy. I think we tried most of the restaurants in Pau: Mexican, Indian, Chinese, etc.! They were all very yummy!
I did make one faux pas in an Italian in Toulouse however. Somehow, I had a really dumb moment and forgot that 'thon' means tuna in French. I don't know what possesed me to think it was pork, as 'porc' is pork, so it's not that hard! But anyway, I assured Adam the pizza would be good, and it arrived with a mountain of tuna on - he was not impressed!! I blame the waitress for rushing me, and the fact that I had to read out all the ingrediants to Adam because they were in French, it's not my fault I got confused!!
Thankfully, I didn't make too many other errors, and we managed to eat well the rest of the week. It's a shock to have to start cooking again this week, but I can't keep eating out so much, I'll end up A) the size of a whale and B) skint!!
We spent a lot of time chilling this week, and stuff such as bowling with my friends. Managed to get through the whole 7th season of How I met your mother, which I've been waiting forever to watch - it was worth the wait!!
It was a brilliant week, I can't wait to have more visitors and show them round my adopted home :). It was sad saying by to Adam this morning, but it's not too long until Christmas, and I'm sure the time will fly, it has done so far!!
I'll leave you with a couple of pictures from the week, and I will try and update more regularly, I've just been pretty busy lately! And I'm too tired to write much more now, it's been a long day.
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| Amusing ourselved with warped pictures! |
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| Toulouse |
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| Merry go round at Toulouse |
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| Evidence of the tuna pizza |
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| Toulouse by the river |
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| Ready for our night in Toulouse |
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| River Garonne - so pretty |
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| The bridge lights change colour |
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| River Garrone |
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| On our forest walk |
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