Thursday was the day KA arrived in Montpellier to sample the delights of the best city in France. Friday we went up the Lez to watch FISE, a variety of sports competitions that were being put on up the river. We saw some amazing and pitiful wakeboarding, BMXing and skateboading after climbing over a gate, which everyone managed to do effortlessly apart from us. That evening LA and I showed her what a typical night out here is like, and I think we showed her th...

Thursday was GL's birthday (glad I can once again say I'm joint youngest of the group) so we decided to go to what she described as a 'stagnant lake' in the north of the city for a picnic as she had exams late in the afternoon. Typically the organisation was a shambles, with the birthday girl turning her phone off early the night before so nobody knew what time to arrive until the morning. Then FU bought some wine but no corkscrew so LA had to make a dash to M...

It seems unbelievable that my university life here has practically come to end with my final exams this week (barring the retake that I'm going to do for one missed exam). It was the usual bordel in each and every one of them; talking, copying, texting. If I was actually a student here doing a degree I'd have a hard time motivating myself. As it is though I'm content to moan and mess around like everyone else. One of the best exams though was a poetry one, whe...

Saturday was the big 2 4 for LA, so a few of us went into town for lunch in the Comédie (moules frites, very nice) and then a wander round Odysseum before heading home to get ready for the evening. AL, GL and I had decided to sneak a cake round to hers so when she opened the door to us she'd be greeted by a jolly gang of well-wishers and food. Sadly, as we came upstairs she was standing by the door re-enacting a scene from the previous night with NU, so that ...

Sunday we all went to FU's for dinner and to see his photos of our holiday to Bordeaux. We gorged on FU's home made pizza, IP's home made vegetable tart and, of course, mine and LA's rocky road. Never say we don't share the wonders of our culture with others. We then all gathered round the projection screen (he lives in the sort of student arty house where this is normal) and marvelled at FU and his camera. Another moan about the teachers here (I'm not act...