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C’est bien d’etre chez moi enfin mais Toulouse me manque! Je vais ecrire de Noel et mes derniers jours en France bientot, mais bref, c’etait un annee genial! Merci beaucoup tout le monde!!!

Le weekend dernier (29/11/2008) J’était en Espagne à Figueres. Une petit ville pas bien connu juste sud de la frontier entre la france et l’espagne. L’artiste Salvidor Dali vient d’ici et c’est ici où on peut trouve sa gallerie d’art.

Dedans c’est completement malade mais genial à la meme fois. Il était une artiste très forte. On a passé quelque heures là avant partir pour Perpignan (pour shopping!) et en fin pour rentre ici à Toulouse. J’aime bien l’espagne, mais quand nous sommes aussi près à la frontier tout le monde parlé en français (c’est dommage que je ne peut pas pratique mon espagnol)

Hola (oui, español)

Il n’y a meme pas 50 jours en France avant que je partir, (j’essaie d’arrêter à compter les jours qui reste) Donc à partir d’aujourd’hui je vais ecrire en français est seulement français. Est aussi parceque maintenant il y a plus les français qui lire cette page qu’avant. 

(pour les gens qui connaissent la Français mieux que moi, n’hésiter pas à me corriger – merci)

A bientôt!

PS – Papa et Maman, bonne chance avec mon grammaire maintenant!

You know Summer is gone for good when the weather forecast is predicting chances of snow!

(I like snow)

My parents came to France 10 days ago and I met them in Paris. We spent two days there before heading to Toulouse on the third morning where we lived in the centre of town for eight days. I got to show them a slightly more realistic side to France and we visited families, friends, Carcassone and Albi. It was great to see them here and also marked less than three months until I go home – so I’ll be seeing them again soon!

If asked what they did I think they’ll say “we ate a lot” – almost every day involved a meal with some family that would be several courses that would leave us saying “I’m never going to eat again”. It’s a tough life here

Now that I’ve moved to my last host family I can give an update on the host families in general – due to multiple factors I’ve now lived on just about every side of Toulouse! (more…)

Stade Toulousain contre Perpignan (Toulouse in Black)

After 8 months I finally got my act together and went to the Rugby – something Southern France takes seriously. I went with five school friends and two other exchange students. Stade Toulousain took on Perpignan and won, 30-20

Today marks eight months in France, and it also signals the first day of Autumn. With it comes a change of mind to my exchange, as I’m now in ‘decent’ mode – with 3 months and 20 days to go before I leave. For some that may seem like a long time but when I look over my shoulder the last eight months have seemed like a heartbeat. (more…)

In the middle of the holidays I ventured to Cordes sur Ciel with Abbey and Josh. It decided to rain just as we arrived but still we explored the small town. It’s one of the many Bastides (medieval towns) scattered throughout the Midi-Pyrenees region.

The town used to be known as simply Cordes but, due to its prominent position high on a hill, its now named Cordes sur Ciel. “Cordes on sky”. On some days when clouds sit low to the ground the only thing standing above the clouds is the town.

Just testing the insert/edit image function on Wordpress 2.5 (It doesn’t.) You can upload the file, but then you have to open the media library, click on the thumbnail, copy the URL from the address bar in your browser and paste it into the insert/edit image pop up. The bulletin boards are unhappy about this upgrade, so we’ll have to see if they patch it soon. In the mean time, please enjoy this bucolic Parisian scene. Posted by simon.g