Inter Hotel De Bordeaux Rouen

... to go to the Marche Noel. This is like the Christmas market of France. It’s a normal market but it has specialties of Christmas, like roasted chestnuts, which are totally awesome J We tried samples of frois gras, tapenade and chocolate and left with some of each for lunch. Before leaving we looked at the petit crèche, or nativity scenes, which are majorly huge here. Then we finished the marche with the guignon or traditional Lyonaise puppet ...

On est partie vendredi après-midi pour Lyon en TGV, un voyage d'environ 4h15. On dirait qu'on devient plus impatient avec les distances en France. Tout le monde se plaint que c'est loin les autres villes.
En arrivant, j'ai remarqué toute suite que Lyon est beaucoup plus gros que toutes les autres villes qu'on a vu a date (sans inclure paris évidemment). On voit des bâtiments beaucoup plus récents ...

... 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 ...

... women. Basically this says that we are all different and that no women are the same and that they all don't fall into the stereotype I am about to talk about.

So I have always been the impatient one in the family. It was Alysha who had more patience with Jenna and it was Alysha who could keep her mouth shut to my mother and people in general. I am not ashamed that I speak my mind, I am proud but I admit that it wouldn’t hurt to have more ...

... his methods can be adapted a bit but I can now see that I was misreading his behavior. I although made it clear that I felt at times that he treated me as a $ sign and it hurt my feelings so he should take that into consideration.

We went on to talk about the things I had always hated to discuss, like asking for money, and how I felt uncomfortable just hanging out and doing nothing. We tackled every issue and all agreed that communication ...

... I am well aware that’s TMI-too much info, but well while I am sharing my innermost personal thoughts with my friends and family why not talk about my innermost medical problems too?!

So I have a month long medication I have been given to help clean me out. It takes that long I guess. I am just looking forward to not looking pregnant on a regular basis, when I am SO NOT. I am looking ...

... but also a nice view of the Seine and free wifi so I decided to write a blog.  This will probably be my only one, but you never know.  Our plan is to get up early tomorrow and head down through Bordeaux (with a possible stop off if we feel like it) to San Sebastian.  If we end up staying in Bordeaux, we'll probably stay for the night so we can try some of this wine stuff I keep hearing about.  But who knows.  I'll let you know the outcome if I write again.  Bonsoir!

... with household dilemmas and solutions, we've been establishing a sort of routine. Kyle takes the metro to the university everyday and sometimes I join him when I need an internet fix. Unsecured WIFI doesn't exist here. In the evenings and on the weekends, we walk through our neighborhood and buy groceries. We cross the Seine and check out the happenings in old town. We watch fireworks, play cards, and dash through the rain. Three times since ...

... French to them... we were told (in French) that we were in France and were to speak their language...although they understood everything we said...we were issued with a 90 euro on the spot fine or they threatened to take Wattie and took our passports! We tried to explain the situation of orange lights... but he was having none of it! Left with no other alternative we paid the money and left France with a bad taste in our mouths.... Look out Spain.... Here come the crazy kiwis....

... to the joan of arc tower where she was imprisionned before she got burnt. and then we went to the lock and key museum which linda thought was gonna be really boring but its turns out it wasnt! we sat in the park eating baguettes and being very french. we are leaving tommorow which makes us very sad :( hehe but we are going to paris tomorrow which we havent really been looking forward to (haha) c'est tout! au revoir.....moya and linda!