Hotel de la Banniere de France Laon

For those of you do enjoy reading my blog sorry that it has been so long. I haven't been able to bring myself to my computer to write. I can’t explain if it was because of me not having anything to say, being more preoccupied with personal issues that have been going on back home or if its because I have been enjoying my life in the real world and choosing it over the computer. For whatever reason I was unable to find ...

... financier quand même pas très beau avec des bâtiments des années 70-80 pas très jolie), des énormes centres commerciaux avec plein plein de boutiques, plus de pub...

On ensuite s'est rendu à l'appartement...7ieme étage...jpense j'ai jamais été aussi haute que ca en Europe! Les hôtels sont généralement des genres de 15-35 chambres c'est tout...mais la...c'était quand même assez gros!
Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France marianm

... the UK. When I arrived Lis had cooked me an amazing 3 course french-themed dinner! I was so spolit by her the whole time I stayed, actually. It was so nice to see an old friend and completely relax in her company.

The next day I got up with Lis, who had to go in to university fairly early for classes. I headed to the Musee de Beaux Arts, via some great shops and a stop for a hot chocolate which came in a little jug and was so rich and dark I couldn't finish it! The museum was ...

... up (JUST KIDDING).

So where am I going with this whole conversation, around in circles, or maybe zig-zags? The point I am trying to make is that you cant deny human nature. The older I get the more I daydream about baby names and wander in the maternity section at stores imagining. I PROMISE its not in a psychotic way. All I am trying to explain is that when someone asks me if I want kids, even though right now I made be totally unsure ...

... am going tomorrow to see 2012 and then next week to see NEW MOON, that’s right!!! And for some MAGICAL reason its released here before the U.S so I get to see EDWARD topless sparkling in the sun before you JELA *****es!!!!! JEALOUS!!! I know you are!! Jenn I know you’re not though, lol J Then I want to see this new movie called Tresor which is about a French couple and the husband buys a dog for his wife for their anniversary and she ...

... this stuff. And I doubt you have to be an architecture nerd to appreciate it, either. I still can’t wrap my head around how the master builders were able to construct these buildings without TI-89 Titaniums or at least computers! After sketching a few views of this building, it was back on the bus to head to our last destination of the day, the landmark building of…our hostel.

The German Christmas Fete Thursday December 18th So we all wanted to get together and celebrate Christmas since most of us are going different directions for the holidays. Since we had an American dinner already, Susanne volunteered to make a traditional German Christmas dinner with me. We were going to make goose in a pepper sauce, red cabbage, and bread dumplings for dinner, with apples cooked in the oven and stuffed with cereal for dessert. We ...

Thursday November 27th Thanksgiving! So the three American girls hosted Thanksgiving for all the assistants. Anne, Merima, and I planned out our dishes and went shopping on Wednesday. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to find Turkey or not. Jocelyne lent me some pots, and she and another teacher told me that turkey is only really found around Christmas, otherwise it has to be special ordered from a butcher. We had resigned ourselves to chicken ...

... so I have to wear my winter jacket. There also was a Christmas market going on in Reims. The town was decorated and there were tons of these little chalets selling Christmas goodies. We stopped at one stand selling "tetes au chocolat," which means chocolate heads. They looked too good to resist, so we each got one. They were interesting. They were chocolate covered cylinders and had this flavored marshmallow-type foam inside ...

... the apartment with his whole family. He told me someone in the building is supposed to take care of any problems. I told him she was not home, so we went into the school and he began calling people. He got a hold of the woman on her cell, and they both tried calling the electricity company, but for some reason they wouldn't come out to fix it. He ended up calling a friend who works for the school, and he explained how to go to the transformer ...