This week has been full of goodbyes for me. They weren’t all sad. Some were just casual see-ya’s, some were good-riddance-s (I’m speaking to you cell-phone company), whereas others were simply heartbreaking. For some reason, the fact that my contract expires at the end of April wasn’t a well known fact and I’ve had to […]
Category: France life
j’accusing
On Wednesday night I met up with an English teacher from the lycée (previously mentioned in my Valentine’s day post) to attend an assembly of the Nantes/Jacksonville/Seattle association, which consists of a bunch of French people who are interested in the United States getting together to plan American activities and discuss exchanges and trips. It […]
Coloring
I’ve been filling out a job application. It asks me what other languages I speak and to rate my level of fluency: beginner, intermediate, professional, or fluent. What an interesting question. It’s been 6 months now. So, how has my French progressed? Let me start by reminding you that progress isn’t always linear. In this […]
Away (again!), Prequel: DUN DUN DUN!
A shiny yellow sticker in my passport, a two pound can of pumpkin in my bag, a pair of boots in dreadful condition, and a ticket out of Nantes in my hands. The plot thickens…. Last Saturday morning, our bellies filled with delectable Christmas sweets from the night before, Krista and I woke to a […]
Touring! (the town of Nantes)
No class today. Trash bins crammed tightly in the doorway of my high school again. So instead of grumbling about the strike, I’ve decided that a good use of my morning would be to tell you about all of the enjoyable things I did last weekend. Just in case you didn’t think I was enjoying […]
Manifest-ing.
Days like these I really wish I had a working camera. Demonstrators must get up pretty early. When I got to the lycée around 9 this morning, the entrance had been barricaded with trash cans and makeshift plastic rope. Signs were taped up with the words “en grève” (on strike) scribbled over them. A crowd […]
Jogging: mixed tape edition
If you caught my previous post, you know I did a bit of unintended running the other day for work. Dieu, I’m such a snob for someone who doesn’t run consistently enough to really call themself that. SO, yes, yes I did go for another jog (run) 4 miles, by choice, the other day. First […]
Jogging?
This morning started out, quite literally, at a run. At 9ish a.m., minding my own business, just taking the tram to work as usual, the conductor announces over the intercom, “Sorry everyone, but the tram is stopping at St. Felix because of the protest.” St. Felix is at least 2-3 miles from my school’s stop. […]
Enfranced! (entranced by France)
As I sit here munching on my pain au chocolate and dropping crumbs into my keyboard (souvenirs for a later date), the first thing I contemplate is what my parents will be thinking as they read this sentence. “Don’t ruin your laptop!” Pfff, if my keyboard can recover from a latte then I think it […]
