bonne fetes et nouvelle an

Happy New Years!
My post is way over due but I have been a bit busy as you may see.
Here is a quick look at what I have been up to

W 1/3 Fly back to Tours. Train from Tours to Blois

T 1/02 British Museum, lunch at EATHAI. Went to Pub downstairs (Belushi’s)

M 1/1 Walked by Globe theatre, St. Pauls, Millenium Bridge, and went to the tate modern Museum. Ate Pizza for lunchthen saw stranger than fiction. (Leicster Square, Westminster, Trafalgar sq.)12/31 (cont) Arrive London, Fireworks on Thames, eat Indian

S 12/31 trip to London

Sa12/30 M+D+R leave Blois

Fr12/29 Dinner @ Medecis, Visit to Chenoceau(x) + wine cave visits

Th12/28 Dinner @ Orangerie, visit to Chambord

W 12/27 Dinner @ Indian restaurant, Drive from Strasbourg to Blois

Tu 12/26 Dinner @ Flam’s, visit to Blackforest, + beer garden

M 12/25 Christmas, Afternoon lunch/breakfast/dinner @ Backhoefe, visit Churc for Elizabethan singing w/ church organ

Su 12/24 Arrive in Strasbourg, dinner @ Au Pont St. Martin. Midnight mass from 10:30->2 AM @Cathedral

Sa 12/23 Last night in Paris, dinner w/ Tom + Dorine at 16^th arrondisment, visit pompidou + louvre lunch in student’s quarter near Sorbonne Visite Christmas Markets

Fr 12/22 Last day of Classes, leave Blois, Arrive Paris, go to ______ dinner. Stay at Novotel.

Th 12/21 Dinner w/ Assistants @ Thierry, Anik, and Quentin

W 12/20 Dinner w/ Ecole Parodi & Pascale @ Gare

Tu 12/19 Party w/ Assistants & Teachers

So, My parents and my brother were here, we met in Paris




















and then went to Strasbourg for Christmas. Went to Midnight mass at the cathedral there.


Dipped into the Blackforest for a day, and then came back to give them a taste of Blois.
















Then I left with Meredith and her friend Natalie to go to London for New Years. We got as close as we could to Trafalgar square and watched the tremendous fireworks show from across the Thames.


Went to the British Museum and saw things like the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon, and the bust of King Ramses, and others.

Since, I have come back to Blois and started classes again. King's day was on the sixth and everywhere you look are 'gallette de roi' - pastrie cakes with a hidden toy inside.

I have also started taking French lessons once a week.