It’s been such a long time since I’ve updated this blog that I don’t know quite where to start. So much has happened (and not all of it related to France, either). I suppose I’ll start at the beginning.
In December I went to England for a couple of days, since I had an interview for Cambridge uni. It was miserably cold, but it only rained on the last day, when I was in London (figures- that was the day I left my umbrella on the Tube :/ ). Most of the pics are on facebook, and I’ll put a couple at the end of this post. There aren’t really any exciting stories to tell about my trip, aside from my getting mauled by a goose, hit on by a big, smelly guy with a thick Scottish accent, and stepping into an ankle-deep puddle (twice). Other than that, it was pretty boring, really 
France is still much the same as it was 2 months ago. We had a strike the last week before Christmas vacation, so I didn’t have school- I just hung around the centre of town trying to resist the impulse to buy stuff. Actually, because we had two snow days last week (can you believe it? Half an inch of snow and everyone freaks out!), we didn’t have French class, so I’ve gone over a month without seeing my teacher… Very satisfying, that, since I don’t really like her class.
Next Saturday a few friends and I are going to Avignon for the day. I don’t think any of us have actually been inside the papal palace, so that should be fun. Unfortunately, the bus schedules are hell… I have to ctach a 6.40 bus from Vers to be in Nimes for the 9.00 bus to Avignon. *sigh* We’re also trying to plan a trip to Arles in the near future (Van Gogh- here we come!), and once it warms up a bit I’ll try to make E. take me to Marseille. Or La Grande Motte- the Canadian exchange student at our school says the beaches there are amazing 
On the more mundane side of things, our TPE presentations have to be finished by the first week of February (that’s when the winter vacation starts), so I’m frantically typing up information about waste treatment in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Fascinating, no?
