Le Chateau d'Allot
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Un autre grand cru
La journee a commence tres tot ce matin! Vers 3h15, une alarme se fait entendre. Au debut on croyait a une alarme d'auto, mais apres verification, c'etait l'alarme incendie qui retentissait dans tout le batiment. Le sapeur en moi est tout de suite parti trouver la source du probleme! En quelques secondes, je suis rendu au restaurant de l'hotel, de l'autre cote du stationnement, pour finalement y trouver ...
Halloween?
So Halloween this year I was a vet assistant. ha ha. But in all seriousness, I wanted to be Skrillex since we really have a lot in common as far as height, hair, and taste of music (somewhat). I did not however dress up, I figured I would just confuse the staff and scare away clients and their horses.
I did notice however how slightly ridiculous the American culture towards this "spooky" season is. I mean, here in France ...
International Affairs
... that ran through my mind, starting with "yay! 2 whole weeks!" to "wait... maybe they don't like me here" to "what am I going to do??" and finally "how am I going to visit ALL of Europe in just 2 weeks?!"
I've already started planning my trips (you know, to get the cheap flights and best deals), but of course I had to tell ALL of my friends currently in this continent and promised them a visit from me.
Unintentionally, I ...
Dinner at the Chateau
... mouth.
We tuck into both the cheese and wine with gusto, rounding off the meal with some spectacular desserts; an apple souffle with calvados and a matcha tea mousse with tangerine sauce and vanilla ice cream. It's all over by 11pm and with the bar closing too we head to our room where French Masterchef is playing on the TV screen. We may be full but a little more gourmet greed rounds the night off, sending us into vivid, cheese-induced dreams. ...
Another unforgettable day
"Today, October 17th, 2012, a new surgeon is born" -Dr. Relav, our surgeon.
...To which I replied "And her name was NOT Diane Streiff"
Yes everyone, I did my first solo surgery.
We had 7 surgeries total, our last one was a fracture from a racehorse that rolled in this morning (it wasn't too bad, the surgery was super cool because we performed x-rays in the OR and inserted screws into a horse's leg).
On one of the arthroscopy surgeries, the ...