Sunday, December 27, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
La neige
It snowed today all around France. This is what Paris looks like now, according to photos submitted to Le Monde:
Take a good look at the one of the Eiffel Tower. See that Christmas market below? The market in Rennes was about an eighth of that. Ridiculous. Still, Rennes, je t'aime - you are my little Paris of Bretagne.
That being said, it barely snowed in Saint-Brieuc (of course). It was more like snow-rain. Which is not snow.
Will it snow this winter in Tokyo?
I'll let you know in 24 hours. Tokyo, j'arrive!
Take a good look at the one of the Eiffel Tower. See that Christmas market below? The market in Rennes was about an eighth of that. Ridiculous. Still, Rennes, je t'aime - you are my little Paris of Bretagne.
That being said, it barely snowed in Saint-Brieuc (of course). It was more like snow-rain. Which is not snow.
Will it snow this winter in Tokyo?
I'll let you know in 24 hours. Tokyo, j'arrive!
Sunday, December 13, 2009
These days.
Macarons.
Holiday sugar cubes.
Confit de canard.
Cycling along the port.
Rennes at Christmastime.
Ceux-ci sont mes jours-là. Je souhaite pas qu'ils disparaissent jamais..
Friday, December 4, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Merci
Holy. It's already December.
I'm about a third of a way through this program and I couldn't be more content. I love living this life with minimal responsibility, of eating all different kinds of amazing bread and cheese, and having the ocean a short bus ride away :D These, and a lot more, were what I counted in my Thanksgiving blessings. I'm so grateful to be here and to have met all the people I have. Vive la France!
To really show my thanks, we held a Thanksgiving fête on Saturday at our house for all of our friends. My fellow American roommate Tiffany and I spent the last two days making everything from scratch.. mashed potatoes, turkey, gravy, corn, bacon green beans (mmm!), orange-cranberry sauce, the works! I only wish I had slowed down enough to take photos. I love these kind of events, but I get so stressed out that I can't think properly. Anyhoo, here is what I was able to get:
First, the invites.
Then the table..
Then, voila!
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday as well. The Christmas countdown starts..... now!
Cheers :)
I'm about a third of a way through this program and I couldn't be more content. I love living this life with minimal responsibility, of eating all different kinds of amazing bread and cheese, and having the ocean a short bus ride away :D These, and a lot more, were what I counted in my Thanksgiving blessings. I'm so grateful to be here and to have met all the people I have. Vive la France!
To really show my thanks, we held a Thanksgiving fête on Saturday at our house for all of our friends. My fellow American roommate Tiffany and I spent the last two days making everything from scratch.. mashed potatoes, turkey, gravy, corn, bacon green beans (mmm!), orange-cranberry sauce, the works! I only wish I had slowed down enough to take photos. I love these kind of events, but I get so stressed out that I can't think properly. Anyhoo, here is what I was able to get:
First, the invites.
Then the table..
Then, voila!
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday as well. The Christmas countdown starts..... now!
Cheers :)
Monday, November 23, 2009
Ocean fare
So, we didn't go to St-Malo. The reason can be summed up in a few words: Kir royale, Kronenbourg, and hand-rolled French cigarettes. Yeah, it was a long Saturday night - too long to go anywhere the next morning *sheepish grin*
Anyhoo. My German roommate's boyfriend has been in town for the past week and he was kind enough to buy us some moules (mussels) and shrimp for dinner one night. My other roommates, including his girlfriend, aren't big fans of seafood, which I see as an utter travesty because it was freaking delicious. I missed seafood so much.
Danke, Gens!
After he left for Berlin, me and the ladies went to Binic, another small port town in Brittany, to check out the Christmas market, which turned out to be quite small and unremarkable, thus why I have no photos of it. Oh well. Here's the town, anyway, tiny and adorable, comme toujours:
We're going to try and go to Rennes for the Christmas market instead. Apparently, they're a huge deal in France and Germany. They start towards the end of November and go until the week of Christmas. Obviously, the largest one in France is in Paris, but we've heard-tell that the ones in Rennes and Strasbourg are just as good, so we'll save the 60 euro train fare for gifts instead, thank you very much!
Thanksgiving is this Thursday. I'm going to miss watching the Macy's parade on TV and being lazy with my parents over Boston Market takeout. My fellow American roommate Tiffany and I are planning to throw a Thanksgiving fête of our own for all the people we've met here. When we wrote out the invitation list, we laughed because there were only 2 Americans on it and the rest were either German, French or English. Nothing says cross-cultural exchange than food, no?
Anyhoo. My German roommate's boyfriend has been in town for the past week and he was kind enough to buy us some moules (mussels) and shrimp for dinner one night. My other roommates, including his girlfriend, aren't big fans of seafood, which I see as an utter travesty because it was freaking delicious. I missed seafood so much.
Danke, Gens!
After he left for Berlin, me and the ladies went to Binic, another small port town in Brittany, to check out the Christmas market, which turned out to be quite small and unremarkable, thus why I have no photos of it. Oh well. Here's the town, anyway, tiny and adorable, comme toujours:
We're going to try and go to Rennes for the Christmas market instead. Apparently, they're a huge deal in France and Germany. They start towards the end of November and go until the week of Christmas. Obviously, the largest one in France is in Paris, but we've heard-tell that the ones in Rennes and Strasbourg are just as good, so we'll save the 60 euro train fare for gifts instead, thank you very much!
Thanksgiving is this Thursday. I'm going to miss watching the Macy's parade on TV and being lazy with my parents over Boston Market takeout. My fellow American roommate Tiffany and I are planning to throw a Thanksgiving fête of our own for all the people we've met here. When we wrote out the invitation list, we laughed because there were only 2 Americans on it and the rest were either German, French or English. Nothing says cross-cultural exchange than food, no?
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