Portalet Hotel Hyères

... cutest children ever, and yes even i thought they were cute. As you all well know i despise babies so i hope you understand just how cute these 2 baby people were.

our story starts with a small black child shouting " blah blah blah blah black is blue- tiful". yes "blue" tifal. apparently his one phrase of english impressed small blonde child person enough to go over and befriend the bean. they even shared blocks. but alas when the train ...

... than i could paint.

so we get to school and i try to figure out where to go. eve (contact lady) said i had a terminale class at 8:30. well according to the proviseur ( vice principal guy) there are no terminales at 8:30 on wednesdays....okay....?

so i call eve ( our contact lady who is supposed to make our schedule but actually does nothing except annoy us), and im like wtf? please explain and it she tells me that she is going to be late for ...

... love the sunshine. sorry kids at home, but the weather here is gorgeous!!!!

anyhoo so we're finally moved in and making the place a little home-y. until our landlords get us a futon downstairs im living in the mezzanine above beccas bedroom. its such a cute little nook i feel all hidden away. :) hella mignon. oh and we have really cool door thingys downstairs. theyre the typical ...

Just paid a fleeting visit to St Tropez on the way to Avignon (so we thought)... had to be done really.. a quick wander around and a very quick coffee. It was much smaller than I thought. Lots of nice boats but loads of tourists too.... that was about it!

So we left St Tropez to head towards Avignon. I wanted to drive along the coast and we found a little road to take us there.. Little alright! It was about 11 or 17km of narrow winding steep roads. The worst part was the cars we occasionally ran into coming the other way and the big drop on the other side!
But it was all worth it. We found all these beautiful little beaches. We stopped at one and ...

We also took the short drive to Port Grimaud, to visit this small but new harbour town built in what was once marshland, but is now row after row of condos and homes built in a web of jetties to allow the homes to anchor their boats at their doorsteps. Of course, we would have rather spend our time on the beach, but with bad weather, Grimaud was a nice alternative.

... there. We would be staying in Hyeres, pronounced "yare", with Line's family during the christening but Sophie and I decided to head down a few days early to catch some sun on the beaches. We stayed in a hotel called Formule 1. Since we wanted to save money the Formule 1 was a fine choice. I unfortunately neglected to take photos but there are some here. The place works like this: You get a room with one of those bunk beds with the double bed on the bottom and a single bed on ...

... from our three French compatriots (who, now that we've grilled them endlessly, no longer want to separate from Canada. Actually, we've decided that Alberta will separate with Quebec. But the transfer payments will stop. Move over Ralph Klein). We've actually gotten pretty good at it. Well, except Matt. Mitchell and I will bolster our spirits, puff out our chests, and say in our best butchered French: "Salut Madamoiselle, deux hamburger, une petit frites, et ...

... because it was very expensive for our budget. I dont know if you guys can tell but im writting ALLLLOOT less than i have before. Plus i know people have been bored by some of my long entries AKA WOOOOON hahahhaha. So im writting as fast as i can because of the shortage of time. Now that you have my personal email address please write to me and let you know how all of you are doing. HOW IS CANADA????????? bfaldowski@gmail.com

... and later, if you want, I'll explain it to you. I've begun taking apricots for a school snack now. Since I had no plans after school I accompanied Marcel to the beach. When we arrived, I immediatly realized this was not the day to take advantage of my newly purchased goggles. The waves pounded the beach with enormous force, churning up considerable amounts of seaweed and pebbles. The wind ROARED in our ears but the day was beautiful outside with no clouds and lots ...