In about an hour my train leaves for Poitiers! I'm going to see some friends and I'll be back Sunday night. This is my first weekend trip and I'M SO EXCITED!!!
Also, I just tried to set up my Twitter account for text messaging with my cellphone. Apparently Twitter France doesn't allow setup like that. SO SAD. Oh well.
I hope I remember to take pictures! (I'm bad about that now that I have to use my crappy camera again...)
A la prochaine !
Friday, November 11, 2011
Monday, October 31, 2011
Quick, boring update
Lately I’ve been bogged down mentally with
concerns about the future, but I’ll spare you the details. It doesn't make much of a difference in anyone else's life but mine, really.
Just suffice it to say that things are going well enough, except for the fact there's a raging storm inside my head...again. Only this time, it's of veritable importance and legitimate concern - probably more so than ever before.
Still doesn't matter much to you, though.
Anywho - 'til next time, I suppose...
Just suffice it to say that things are going well enough, except for the fact there's a raging storm inside my head...again. Only this time, it's of veritable importance and legitimate concern - probably more so than ever before.
Still doesn't matter much to you, though.
Anywho - 'til next time, I suppose...
Sunday, October 23, 2011
This is how I spent my Sunday afternoon...
At Domaine de Pignerolle!
It's okay to be jealous.
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| Musée de la Communication at Domaine de Pignerolle |
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| Ta da! |
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| The 'Château' de Pignerolle was constructed in the style of Petit Trianon at Versailles, which is also known as the Domaine de Marie-Antoinette. |
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| All the captions I considered for this picture simply don't do it justice. |
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| We're taking the train. To where, I have no idea. |
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| How I did NOT get to spend my childhood... |
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| So I'm making up for lost time. |
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| This is a very awkward picture of me. Oh well. You get the point. :) |
I wouldn't have pictures at all if it weren't for Lilian, so YAY LILIAN! :D
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
*coughsniffsniffcough*
La vie est toujours belle...
Except the fact that I've now got a cold.
There's your update.
(Yes. That's all you're getting after two and a half weeks of being MIA.)
Except the fact that I've now got a cold.
There's your update.
(Yes. That's all you're getting after two and a half weeks of being MIA.)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
A la campagne d'Anjou
Today I went on an adventure that I had no idea was going to happen!
It started with lunch at the Caféteria at Espace Anjou (the big shopping mall in Angers). Nora, her husband Michel,and their son Sébastien picked up Lilian and me at the Cité at 12h30 and took us to lunch there. After eating, we went for a drive à la campagne (in the country) near Angers, where all of the MANY vineyards are. We drove through several small villages and I don't remember pretty much any of their names, except what I captured in photos on road signs. :) Between the small villages is where the Domaines usually are. One of my favorite white wines is from the Val de la Loire (which is the region where Angers is located) and it's called Coteaux du Layon. Well - that's one of the many vineyards we saw today, but there was actually a place to pull over and park there, so I got to take a look around and take a bunch of pictures!!!
I'm using a friend's SFR Wifi hotspot account, but the connection isn't very good right now, so I'll have to upload the pictures tomorrow or something. (For those of you friends with me on Facebook, I have already uploaded them there when I was connected earlier to the internet via the ethernet cable in Lilian's room.)
Here's one picture just to show you how beautiful it is. More to come!
It started with lunch at the Caféteria at Espace Anjou (the big shopping mall in Angers). Nora, her husband Michel,and their son Sébastien picked up Lilian and me at the Cité at 12h30 and took us to lunch there. After eating, we went for a drive à la campagne (in the country) near Angers, where all of the MANY vineyards are. We drove through several small villages and I don't remember pretty much any of their names, except what I captured in photos on road signs. :) Between the small villages is where the Domaines usually are. One of my favorite white wines is from the Val de la Loire (which is the region where Angers is located) and it's called Coteaux du Layon. Well - that's one of the many vineyards we saw today, but there was actually a place to pull over and park there, so I got to take a look around and take a bunch of pictures!!!
I'm using a friend's SFR Wifi hotspot account, but the connection isn't very good right now, so I'll have to upload the pictures tomorrow or something. (For those of you friends with me on Facebook, I have already uploaded them there when I was connected earlier to the internet via the ethernet cable in Lilian's room.)
Here's one picture just to show you how beautiful it is. More to come!
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| Mootivational Cow aime beaucoup la campagne, bien sûr. (Mootivational Cow likes the country a lot, of course.) |
Saturday, October 1, 2011
A few pictures
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| Mootivational Cow in front of the Catho |
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| rue Lainé Laroche, where the Cité Universitaire Bourgonnier is (that´s where I live) |
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| Walking on rue de la Madeleine, on the way to the samedi marché |
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| Part of the rail for the Tramway |
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| A building that I should probably know the name of that is in Place du Ralliement, in centre ville |
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| the Tramway! Pretty rainbow - me likey! |
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| fountain in Place du Ralliement |
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| random rue in centre ville |
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| another random rue in centre ville |
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| finding this condom machine right out on the street was...very unexpected. |
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| Carousel in centre ville. I don´t think it normally goes there, just sayin´... |
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| street in centre ville |
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| Jardin du Mail, near the samedi marché |
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| fountain in the Jardin du Mail |
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| Jardin du Mail |
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| Jardin du Mail |
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| rue Bressigny, where there are LOTS of restaurants and hangouts for the jeunes. :) |
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