Blogs from Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe - page 59

So I discovered yesterday that here in France "Where's Waldo" is "Ou est Charlie" (Where's Charlie) en francais. I bought one of the books because I thought that was awesome that he's in France and it's a different book than the ones I have. Voila... ... read more

So yesterday was another fun day. Joy and I walked aournd the city of Montpellier trying to find our way around. We had to meet at IML with Alexendre to watch a movie about the serivice-learning part of the program and then I was able to choose where I wanted to be working. For the next 3 months Ill be tutoring students between the ages of 10 and 17 years old English and I will also be going to the Institut Saint Pierre, which is a school/ hospital for handicapped children and teaching them English and other stuff I believe. I begin that next week and then my studies also start the following week. Dinner last night was fun too. We had to speak English again because Ricardo is here and so its kind of cheating ... read more

Hello everyone! It is my first official day here in Montpellier: Arriving here went well, it was a long train ride but the scenery was pretty. Madame Goodman met me at the platform. She is very nice and everyone I live with is very nice. There is Madame Goodman; and then 3 other students who are living there also. One is another American who is studyig at the univeristy and she is from North Carolinna. The two others are French; one is 20 and the other is 16. At the house we speak only French; which is great for me. They are all nice and helping me fit in. There are 3 other students who have arrived in Montpellier at the same time as me and they are who I will be studying with etc: They ... read more

Having returned from a long (in kilometres) but short (in time) trip from southern France to Mauritania I thought I'd better sit down and describe it! I am a 'regular' on the Thorn Tree, Lonely Planet's forum (apologies to travelblog!!) and needed 'somewhere' to escape to after a long year of work. Somewhere cheap & warmer than southern France is at Christmas!!! I started making arrangements for another independant jaunt then decided, for a change seeing as it was over Christmas, to see if 'someone' out there wanted to join me on my trip south. Lo & behold I found a poster on the Thorn Tree who might be interested, and sent this: Saw your TT posting - Lonely Planet forum. I'm in France, I live near Carcassonne and am getting the bus from here to ... read more

So, here's a brief update. I did a bit of traveling the past two weekends, to Toulouse/Albi with a friend, and then a solo trip to Collioure/Perpignan. Now it's crunch time for exams, so I won't be venturing far from home until the holidays. I dream of skiing... Anywho, enjoy the pics, and I should write a real update soon, with more details!... read more