After literally a month and a half of asking, waiting, nagging and hoping, I've finally moved into my new studio! I originally asked the directrice at Vert Bois in April if I could move and she said she'd ask Boutonnet and Colombiere and get back to me. This didn't happpen. So after about 3 weeks I went to see her, but I was told I had to leave a note. Nothing. I went back a week later and she told me that she'd sent them an email but they'd never replied, so ...

Last Sunday was the Nimes Feria, which was one of the first trips I had when I arrived last year. We kept well away from the bull fighting again, thank goodness because apparently it took quite a bit of work for them to actually kill it this year. We explored a bit more this year, and watched some tango, African dancing and people that for some reason were dressed as tents. We decided to have dinner (paella and sangria of course) in a square of restaurants, an...

Tuesday was a new day and we decided to go to Cannes for the Film Festival. KA was really making me work in the café (café au lait, mini torsade, croissant et pain au chocolat) while I was helping some Italians in their quest for a glass. When we arrived we went down to the sea and immediately turned the wrong way along the sea front, but we still had an enjoyable few hours of people watching, celeb hunting and window shopping (Prada or Louis V?). We then he...

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...