Karma is a salope.

So in my last post I doubted Normandies weather....and today I am paying the price.

Grey skies. Rain. Wind. Wind. Wind.

I am sorry Normandie, I will never doubt your weather abilities again. I promise.

I just realized that I forgot to put up my pictures from Deauville (which was rather awesome). It was a large Rotary conference, and all the kids in our district came, but we spent the day walking around the town. It is soooo beautiful! Une tres belle ville.  It was my very first time seeing the English Channel, I was pretty excited.

isnt normandie supposed to be cold and wet?

So once again, I have proven that I cannot keep a regular blog. Sorry about that!

It will be 3 months this week. That means I am more than ¼ of the way through…..I don’t know how I feel about that. Is there anyway I could just, you know, stay here? Forever?

I was able to chose between spending Christmas here in France, or Christmas in Italy, what a rough life eh? So I will be going to Italy for just over 2 weeks during the Christmas holidays 

Not much is new here, I have settled into my daily routine quite nicely. I have cut down on the lemon tarts (and my jeans are thanking me). I sometimes have trouble with remembering the English word for something, and my spelling has become terrible (in English and French). I no longer have the need to buy a croissant every time I see one, which is really good.

The weather here has been amazing so far, every one is saying how it is exceptional, it is never like this. Blue skies all around. I am starting to miss the rain though, it seems odd to be near the end of November, and not have had a rainy day yet (the rain here doesn’t count as real rain, and it only lasts a few hours).

I am happier than a bird with a french fry. I am more than content. I am living and loving. I am growing (both metaphorically and realistically). I love my life.

je mange, je marche, et je dors

So I think that I have successfully proven my inability to keep a regular blog…. I don’t know how other people do it. Sorry about that.

Not much new has happened since the last entry…. Same old, same old. Today was another metro strike… Yippee. Tomorrow I am headed off to Deauville for an exchange meeting. I cant wait to see everyone again 

The weather here is getting a bit colder, raining more, but for the most part it is not bad. People in france don’t seem to be fans of warm houses….i often find myself huddled under a blanket on the couch wearing leggings with jeans over top, and maybe sweatpants on top of that, and 2 sweaters. A few nights ago I was wearing 4 pairs of socks on one foot (the other wasn’t as cold). I am not a ‘vrai canadian.’

School is going well, I am compreding mieux (hows that for some franglais?). Today my class went to the cinema to see a film. It was rather weird, but at least I understood it.

I have found another ‘place of refuge’ and that is a little café right near my school. When you buy a hot chocolate they give you a little chocolate to go with it, it’s a pretty sweet deal. Its really cozy inside, all wood with a little upstairs with comfy chairs. Its quite nice when its raining. Me, Bridget, Nathalie, and Maija al hang out there sometimes during our overly long lunches when it is trop froid to walk.

So all in all, 11 weeks gone, and I have become better at rugby, better at french, and better at ordering pain au chocolates. I have learned how to make a Cake a la noix de coco et au chocolat, and I think I am a better person for it, albiet a slightly heavier person, but a better one. All is well in my little corner of the world.

Ten, Dix, 10, X, 2 hands, no matter how you slice it its a fair bit o time.

10 weeks. That takes up all my fingers, I will have to start using my toes next week, and after that I will need to get creative.

So once again, I am sorry that I have neglected the writing…. I have been very busy with it being school vacations and all.

This vacation was really awesome. It started at noon on Saturday the 24th , and I go back tomorrow, Thursday the 5th. I went to the big fair here, it comes once a year and is the second biggest in France, its called Foire St. Romain, and it is epic. Some other friends from Rotary that live in nearby towns’ came into Rouen and we all went together. It was amazing.

Then on Friday all the kids in our district went to Parc Asterix for the day. We rode the 8 looper roller coaster, over water. It was the most scary and exhilarating thing I have ever done. We went on it twice, but I could have gone on it forever. We also went into a haunted house, but we went into the kiddy one by accident, and spent about an hour having ‘zombies’ walk around us. The real haunted house was so scary that you had to be 16 to go in, so we were a little disappointed about that. But all in all the rides were fantastic, and it was great to see everyone again.

The next day was my host mom’s dad’s 98th birthday party, needless to say, it was a grand fete. There were about 15 relatives that came from all over France. We all went out for dinner at a nice restaurant, and after everyone slept over at chez nous (our house). We had a lunch party the next day that lasted until 5. Then people started to pack up and leave. I slept very well that night.

For the rest of the days I have just been with my family and with friends. It has been a perfect holiday. I am ready to go back to school tomorrow, can’t wait to see everyone again.

Here are some pics from Parc Asterix!