After trawling through several websites looking for a Christmas market to visit, I came upon Avignon. Most people are busy revising at the moment though, so it was LA, GL and CA who accompanied me. As we walked along the central road towards the main square CA bought some roast chestnuts to get in the Christmas mood and had the obligatory picture with the man who was running the stand. To be honest though, I was a bit disappointed with the market, it's not as big...

After the previous nights festivities, I woke up at 13h, and there wasn't much time to do anything (well, maybe a bit of revision for my Monday exam) before heading out to the Fête des Vignes in town. Similar to Les Estivals in the summer, for 2€ you get a glass and 3 degustations; the main difference being it starts mid-afternoon and finishes around 8pm. When we arrived we went to find AL and his friends, who had come over from Italy for a few days to visit. ...

As is the focus of quite a lot of my spare time here, the past few days have been a flurry of food and drink. On Friday a few of us decided to go to Aux Deux Fondues in town, which several of my friends had been telling me about and CA had already been to. It was quite a meal for 17€90. We started with a 'cocktail maison' with little bowls of pasta and sausage and then ordered 2 cheese and 2 meat fondues between us. Not being a fondue fan, i wasn't really sure ...

This entry is going to focus on tackling the problem of male attention with a focus on the French. With all the big clubs being out of town, up until now I have resisted the urge to visit them, but Thursday night ME and MA said they were going to O Bar, so I thought I'd tag along. I went over to LA's at 10 to share a glass or two of wine, before heading out to the train station, where the bus stops. After squeezing onto the bus we took a 10 minute drive to the fi...

After a Friday night dinner of verrines of risotto with foie gras, puréed beetroot and other delicacies, we headed to the 41st best bar in the world (according to a worldwide survey), Papa Doble. A really cool bar but not pretentious judging by the cheer when 5 men dressed as cows walked in. Delicious cocktails too; although my Raspberry Mule doesn't sound quite as sophisticated as their Margaritas. Saturday GL, CA and I decided to go to Narbonne for the day. ...