Ok, so my birthday's not until Saturday, but Aida organised for us all (meaning the English 'crew') and Lydie, my lovely French teacher to go for a meal last night at a Chinese restaurant - the same one we went to many months ago to celebrate Firyal's birthday. An all-you-can-eat buffet and great company: what more could I have asked for my early 19th birthday party? Lydie picked me up at 7:45 and after picking up Anna and her boyfriend (he's come to taste the delights of Alsace before Anna leaves), we headed over to Firyal's in Issenheim. We finally arrived at the restaurant at 8:30, by which time most of us were starving, me included. It was a bit of a disappointment when the waiter (a smug and pretentious little Chinese man) told us that
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