As usual for a Sunday, the weather was terrible (I was actually cold!) so MA, ME, LA, CA and GL decided to have an international lunch at GA's colocation. LA and I made finger sandwiches. We got slightly carried away though and made several hundred consisting of multiple variations of brown/white bread and cheese/ ham/ salad. We therefore now have a full plate of leftover sandwiches each in our fridges. We met at GL's at 13h30 and ate on and off for 6 straight ho...

We set out on our second adventure to pastures new with hopes that there would be no suicide on the railway today. There wasn't. There was however a 15 mintue delay, but eventually we were off. Nîmes is a very beautiful city with an amphitheatre; unlike Montpellier, which is neither Greek nor Roman. This weekend there's a festival there, so stalls (mainly Spanish themed) lined the streets and the city was crowded with people eating and drinking. There was a bu...

A day of two halves today. After changing my modules for what I hope will be the FINAL time I went to have lunch at the campus restaurant for the first time. While I was waiting for the others I thought I'd get my lunch. It truly is my Dad's subsidised university canteen dream. For the miniscule price of 3.05 Euros you have a choice of a starter or vegetable side dish, a hot main meal from a selection of about 6, and a dessert. It's amazing. So I got in the queu...

OK, so i'm going to slightly alter my initial impression of the kitchen. Yes it still has no bin, no microwave, no oven, no grill and no cupboards, but for the past two days I have found PEOPLE. Yesterday it was an American boy called Julien and today a Greek boy called Anthony? Antoine? A... Anyway, for the first time since I've been here I've had a proper conversation in the kitchen and I'm very grateful. It was pretty depressing the first time I cooked when th...

OK, so this is my first blog, so i'm pretty sure it's not going to be that great for a while, being the technophobe that I am. Last year when au pairing I wrote everything on Word documents but apparently this seems to be an easier way of sharing my experience. I've been in Montpellier for 2 weeks (tomorrow) and it's a very easy city to get to know. The lessons will no doubt turn out to be hideous, but at least up until now it's been pretty good fun (bureaucrac...