Blogs from France, Europe - page 1604

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Well, Val Thorens was the set of my first skiing experience. People tend to say that as younger you are when you learn new things, the easier it will be to pick it up. This is very true!!!! I have to admit that it was harder than I first thought and that I did hurt my self badly. Despite the ski trip catastrophe I manage to enjoy the scenery and have fun! Maybe next time, I will take it easier! Or maybe I will try surfing instead! ... read more

I love Christmas. I love Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Christmas carols, and Christmas food. It was certainly difficult to be away from our families, but Paris responded wonderfully to our need for Christmas type stuff to do. Around the 5th of December, the entire city started to put up all of their Christmas stuff, and I had a field day. All the local markets had decorations up; even the fish store had a blue Christmas arrangement. Around the city, about 13 temporary Christmas markets opened up. They were like our swap meets back home. You could buy gifts, food and there are even food stands where you can try out some Alsacian dishes. Alsace is a region on the French/German border. So, like Tyler and I discovered, Alsacian food is heavy (we had potatoes au gratin ... read more

Hi Everyone! How are you all? Getting excited about xmas? I am, surprisingly, since it is going to be a bit of a weird one! Kiwis and Aussies in out little wee appartment! I suspect alcohol will help merry things up a bit! So anyway, what have you all been up to? Holidays yet? Eamonn arrived in Paris on Wednesday morning, Paris was almost entirely covered in fog, couldn’t even see the Eiffel tower, but it was great to see him again. After a breakfast of real french pasties in a little cafe he slept most of the day, bowled over by the cold, jet lag and only 4 hours sleep on the plane! So glad i’ve always been able to sleep while travelling. We went out for dinner though, and went for a walk around ... read more

For the most part, November passed relatively quickly, and we worked a lot. My classes took up a ton of time; I had group meetings at least two or three times a week outside of class in addition to homework. Tyler was studying for his GMAT and getting application stuff together to apply to grad school. We were busy people. Luckily though that all paid off. I got 16 of my 30 required units finished, and my classes the second semester are a lot less time consuming. Also, Tyler got a really good score on the GMAT, and got in to SDSU’s graduate business program for MBA’s. The ninth was Tyler’s 22nd birthday. I made him a really fattening dinner, so he was happy. Also, I got him a Katana (it’s just a display piece) since ... read more