Ibis Lille Gares

After an early start and on to the ferry we arrived in France to start our journey to Yrpes.


First stop was for coffee in Beuges but when we arrived the markets wer eon. They were awesome, fresh fruit and veg, clothes, me3at , jewelry you name it they had it. We wandered around town listening to the bell tower ringing out ( often o...

Last night I was out for a meal in Lille with several other language assistants as kind of a "cheerio for the holidays" kind of thing. Whenever we get together with other assistants the conversation turns to, at least for a little while, work and the stupid things that French students do. So I thought I'd share some of them with you to hope that...

I've visited Jordan 3 times last year and it was a wonderful experience. We only booked a flight and traveled around by taxi. We found a very nice taxi driver in Aqaba. His name is Mohammad Alnawasra and you can contact him on his mobile phone 00962795761196. I can realy recommend him, because he's very helpful and friendly.

First time...

We set off from Paris after picking up our C5 Tourer comfort car from Citroen delivery centre at Porte St Cloud in the 16th arrondissement after a small taxi fare of 27 Euros for the privilege.The people at the centre were extremely friendly after a few challenging days whilst staying in Paris. The manager showed me the vehicle so I could load t...

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L'Amérique latine, nous voici nous voilà très très bientôt !!!
Plus que quelques heures avant le décollage...
L'excitation et l'appréhension sont 2 émotions qui se battent en duel en ce moment.

Le départ est prévu à 20h ce lundi 7 décembre de Paris CDG et l'atterrisage le mardi 8 décembre à Buenos Aires.
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I just arrived in Lille just over an hour ago by TGV (in right around an hour from Paris, super fast). I got a bit lost arriving to my new host's house, but here I am, safe and warm. I'll stay here till Friday, when we carpool (two groups in two cars) to a big CS weekend meeting in Rotterdam. There I should be able to meet up with my host in Hag...

After a bit of a hard night, we were all up at about 9am to check out of our hotel and go for a quick wander around Brugge, another UNESCO World Heritage Site. Often described as the 'Venice of the North', there are quite a few canals in Brugge, but as we discovered, there's even more chocolate shops - they're everywhere!
We walked down a st...

As busy as a beaver

The last two weeks seem to be a bit of a blur to be honest, it feels like I've accomplished very little in a rather large space of time but as I look back, a lot has been crammed in!

First of all, work! Last week I was still observing classes. Fortunately I was able to meet more of the English classes and o...

The last month was dedicated to a lot of visits in France and around - Nice, with its nice weather, catching up with Nico, Angélique, as well as David, Sika. Two babies here, Louise and Matis respectively - Barcelona and its not so nice weather but over-filling paella, visiting Clav and Anthonella and discovering the quintu-lingual Anaïs Paola (...

So, je suis à Lille, un assez grand ville tout pres de le frontiér Belgique. J'ai fais 200km en velo dans 3 jours, et j'ai appris la langue tres vites. Until today, almost all my conversations have consisted of "ou est le..?", because it turns out that my french, however flawed, is still better than my map reading. Today, however, has revealed t...