Les Grands Crus Dijon

This week i went to school only on lundi (Monday) because Marie had exams all week. So that was really good for me because it gave me a week to do whatever i wanted and i actually felt like i was on holidays. =)
I'm sorry i have left it so long to write this blog entry and now i have forgotten what days i did things but now i finally have a good computer working. Unfortunately it is not my laptop but one that belongs to my host family ...

... a lot but it tasted sooo good =). Then after we had to walk back to the appartment because Marie had forgotten something and then back to school which quickly burned off the lunch. I am doing a lot of exercise in France with all the walking and the flights of stairs at school.
The next class was english which, as you can imgaine, i was very happy about. However the english teacher is not very nice and i soon found out that the english ...

... me awhile to right because my english has decreased already. When i am spoken to in english obviously it does not sound perfect and so now i have found myself copying that, which is not very good at all!)
The train ride from Paris to Dijon took 2 hours and it felt long. For most of it i looked out the window at the countryside. Which is very beautiful in France, it is so green and there are houses scattered everywhere. On the way i also passed Disneyland ^_^
When i ...

... really got what, but it all tasted good.

Our trip to Burgundy would not be complete without a stop in Nuit-St. George, where we again employed the "look for the sign of whoever is open" tactic and were not dissapointed. We got to try some excellent Pinot, C******nay, and even some Aligote (a white that they mix with Creme de Cassis for an aperitif) from some of the local producers.
Now its up to Champagne!

... 15 different wines we drank somewhat conservatively. About half way through we needed a water break! We finished the rest of our tasting before referring to our score card we had been keeping to decide which bottles to buy. I picked my favorite and hope to bring it home and drink it with everyone on Christmas.

For the remainder of the afternoon we walked in and out of a few shops before it started to get dark. Once the sun started going down we headed back ...

... course, I had to buy something to take the taste away and decided on a vanilla macaron the size of a sandwich. By the time I finished it I felt ill, but at least I couldn't taste the cheese tart anymore. Did a round of the town exploring all of the sights including the Owl, but that took a grand total of 3 hours, so we had plenty of time later to sit and have an aperitif. Went to a burgundinian restaurant for dinner. For the entree we ...

... les gens de la Ungdomshouset ont entre autre réussi à dégôter un nouveau contrat avec la Mairie après que les flics aient écris un rapport pour dire qu'il leur était impossible d'assurer la sécurité du public dans les condtions actuelles (il y a des actions et de la casse chaque semaine depuis mars dernier...), et les méthodes utilisées par la police pendant la répression des émeutes ont été déclarées illégales (les poursuites tombent donc pour la ...

... or the Netherlands. A train or bus ride from Paris to Brussels is like 3-4 hours; the train can be expensive but I guess if you have the Eurail pass, but I don't like the idea of the Eurail pass because it's very expensive, and you still have to pay for your tickets after paying all that money for the pass, and also depending on where you want to go, you might have a lot of complicated connections...to me it's a waste of money. But if that's what you prefer, go for it ...

Hi all... I dont have web access on campus yet, so Im in a cyber cafe. I should have the web on wedneday, so i will post pics plus enteries from the past few days then. For now, dijon is beautiful, classes are going well, and in having a good time. This keyboard is different and hard to use so ill write more later. Hopefully, I can post a more informative entry on wednesday! Miss you all! Kate

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