Blogs from France, Europe - page 1255

I am now at Will’s in the south of France! I took the train here on Tuesday and then Will and I headed to a holiday party for international students at his University. We were both expecting a quiet get together for dinner and instead walked in on a raging party with free alcohol and techno music. Surprise! We didn’t partake in any of the extreme activities but did find ourselves munching on some goodies from around the world (I believe everyone was asked to bring a dish from their home country to share). There was sushi and German potato salad with hot dogs and of course lots and lots of delicious tarts and chocolates…needless to say, I was quiet pleased. We only stayed long enough to meet his classmates and fill our tummies and then ... read more

it's Dec 2007, and i'm about to leave in a couple weeks from Italy. I was living in italy for like a year and half; i did the study abroad thing, tried the job search thing but it didn't pan out so well. trying to travel as much as possible during my stay in europe; usually i tried to go somewhere at least once a month. made some impressive trips so far; been to like 4 different countries in europe and all different kinds of places in italy. been dying to go to paris for AGES, and i couldn't find anyone to go with me. so i would take my first trip COMPLETELY by myself. it was actually a tiring week for me cus i had just gone to vienna a couple days before. went to ... read more

Bonsoir ! Can you believe I've been here a month already and this week we had another 40cms of snow. Chamonix is looking quite Christmassy. The Christmas lights were turned on in town last weekend and there was vin chaud for everyone. Have my saisonnaire lift pass and think I will be out on the slopes for the first time this weekend. Have Fri/Sat off but have to work Sun as we have first arrivals this weekend so the real work begins. So far its been more like a holiday ! Office is very relaxed, last Friday we had finished all our pre season set up work so took out a minibus for some resort orientation via a brasserie for lunch - traditional savoyarde tartiflette - and via Carrefour to stock up on groceries. We've had ... read more

Motivationen til denne blog er blevet skabt af en række sammenfaldne forudsætninger. Den første var Anders’ udtalelse om at jeg kunne få en lang tankerække ud af ingenting, som når man ser et blad i vinden og det sætter tanker i gang. På en gang meget kliché-agtigt, specielt efter skildringen af skønheden i verden i den berømmede film American Beauty hvor en af karaktererne i mødet med en blafrende plasticpose erklærer at han nogle gange føler at der er så meget skønhed i verden at man ikke kan rumme det. Men det er ikke usandt at en ”ligegyldig” ting kan sætte tanker om langt større ting i gang, og da jeg efter at have tænkt over Anders’, til dels sarkastiske kommentar, betragtede en vandpyt hvori regndråberne oprørte det lave hav, følte jeg en trang til at ... read more

I haven’t had internet access for long enough to write or upload pictures for the last few days, hence the absence of posts. Instead I just kept a blog as I went on my computer, so you will see the first couple of entries are backdated a bit. Thursday 21:00 Today I met my former professor, Jim Skelly, for lunch at a place called Quaywest (pronounced Key West), where I had the most delicious seafood chowder of my life! We chatted about my time in Derry and the disappointment I experienced with the program I was on…he did not seem surprised by my issues with the University. I wrote a letter about my dissatisfaction, and Jim said he would pass on to the heads of school in hopes to get something changed around here…I won’t hold ... read more