It's that time of the year again when every self respecting bargain hunter (such as myself) goes into overdrive: la braderie. It's kind of like a huge sale in almost all shops in town, but also local food producers display their wares on stalls in the Comédie and the streets are lined with stalls selling bric a brac, handmade jewellery etc. CA and I decided to have a look around and met up with LA and AN for a chocolat chaud, with quite possibly one of the wor...

As my title suggests, the mosquitos have finally found me. I thought my body had outgrown them, maybe started giving off a horrible odour to try to prevent the battering my body takes almost every summer abroad, but it wasn't to be. It's only one as well; he comes out as soon as I turn off my light at night and I've only seen him once. However, as a result, I now have about 10 bites on my arms, thankfully none as ginormous as the infamous Italy holiday of 2007, b...

I haven't updated my blog for a few days, but I've mainly been busy at uni or filling in the ever present forms for some organisation or another. I started the fle course on wednesday. Having been pretty pleased to be in group 8 out of 10, I soon regretted it as the teacher began talking about agreements, CODs and subjects in rapid french; then giving us on the spot questions. To make matters worse, a Polish girl who the teacher picked at random and I have to d...

BEACHHHHHHH Finally, after almost 4 weeks of waiting I went to the beach yesterday. The weather was perfect, the sand was warm, the view into the Mediterranean beautiful. However, it was somewhat marred by the fact that I ended up walking for 30 minutes to try and find a toilet. And when I did find said toilet, let's just say I didn't want to stay there long. But still, for only 3 euros return, a worthwhile daytrip. I just hope the weather stays this good for a ...

Today I mourn the loss of a faithful friend of about 3 years. I am of course talking about my sunglasses. One minute they were there, as I strolled around town running errands; the next, they were gone. I realise that 20 minutes of crying may seem excessive when you lose your sunglasses, but along with another long time pal (my uggs) I greatly appreciate their value and necessity. As if that wasn't enough, due to frenzied searching on the internet for the exact n...