Blogs from Angers, Pays-de-la-Loire, France, Europe - page 6

Sadly because of our delayed travel the day before, we missed exploring Angers and its Apocalypse tapestries. But that's ok, much beauty and culture and old things await us! We had a pleasant cycle through countryside on small roads with little traffic with road markings for cycles even in the smallest of towns. Since it was Sunday only some bakeries seemed to be open. Pain aux raisins, or croissant aux amandes? Both silly! We got into the habit of second breakfasts. Why eat a cardboard energy bar when you can enjoy a buttery pain au chocolat? Outside of Couture we found a privately owned troglodyte, or cave dwelling, and then vowed to find a museum in a cave so we could go inside one. We found an expensive restaurant deep inside the Cave de Moines, and ... read more

hey so this week has almost flown by yet again! tuesday night was our soiree international to mark the end of the months studies at the language institute people put on skits and plays to represent there country or region of origin i say people, cause u all know i did not get up there, even though i was egged on and even enticed to stand up and go due to the sugary aperitif i was force fed beforehand... anywho, this started at 8 and went until like almost midnight, which is the danger zone hour in angers. so we walked over to the bar in a huge group and all were safe :) once inside we notice that it is very busy for a tuesday night this is good however cause it let me practice ... read more

so i have a lot to tell u about and u should probably sit down for this as i am long winded at times. ok beginning with friday night i did barely anything, the afternoon i cant remember and thus the evening was just as remarkable im sure. so saturday i wake up bright and early, first time in a while, and head to the market which i thought was on the length of one street...but oh boy. was i wrong. the market starts at rue du jardins, with a bunch of market like items such as knock off purses and sunglasses which are actually illegal to own in france. go france i hate knock offs as u all know then im walking along and i come to the flower section, which looks like the end ... read more

this weekend was the fete nationale for france which is pretty huge i soon found out i spent saturday at the markets and what not laying pretty low sunday however, well. ok so i started off my day with a wonderful picnic in my usual park by the water fountain under the bridge of roses. life is really hard. but then across the river there was a jazz concert for jazz fest so i plunked down on my blanket, unhooked my ipod, and listened to some crazy french jazz. and those kids could play. also at this concert they were handing out free champagne to everyone and while i felt bad about mixing the wine i had on my picnic with the authentic champagne, i strode on....for canada. i left the concert around 4 that afternoon ... read more

its been raining now for almost three days straight. i thought at first the rain that comes in the afternoons while everyone is on break was the french rain you here about. but no, i was wrong. i do however think that the reason ppl take such long lunch hours here and why the stores are closed for three hours a day is because every afternoon it will rain here. i can start out to school in the morning in thirty degree heat and at like 2pm it will start to pour for about an hour then be sunny again. everyday. just for fun. and the french government doesnt want ppl trying to shop in the rain cause that would increase there diseases so he just shuts the whole city down during rainy hour. and on ... read more