Sunday, February 28, 2010

Blimey mate, where do you get off?

Hello and hello :) Just got back from a 10-day romp around England, 'twas a great time traveling and taking a break from France. I love this country, but after a while the deadness of Sundays and speaking French starts to take its toll. It was nice to be able to speak English for a while, despite the accent which I found to not always sound glamorous or appealing, esp. when it's laced with alcohol and intoxication (loved the pubs, but I think it's quite possible the English drink a BIT too much..) On the other hand, we met some lovely Australians at our hostel in York and ended up exchanging contact info and a possibility for a brief visit to our little house in April. This is what I love most about traveling - meeting new people and partaking in cultural exchange. I sound like an ad for the UN or Bennetton, haha.

Most of my photos are up on Facebook, but I wanted to share my favorite souvenir on my blog for all 10 of you who read it and can appreciate it :) I got it from a store in Oxford called Scriptum. I've been wanting to find something like this ever since my dear friend Hannah used to write me letters from her time in Oxford two summers ago with wax-sealed envelopes. Now I have my own! The store also had lots of old-timey stationary, postcards and desk globes but I had restrain myself, otherwise I would've taken the entire store with me back on Ryanair, haha.

Well, CHEERS and happy Monday/first day of March this week!


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Un moment en français

Mon bureau, comme je l'ai vu il y a deux minutes:



Comme il est le jour d'amour et la France reste toujours un pays vu dans partout le monde comme la créatrice de ce sentiment, j'écris dans sa propre langue pour qu'il puisse mieux exprimer ce jour-ci parfaitement.

L'amour, c'est plein choses mais il n'y a rien qui l'explique en vraie simplicité. C'est un émotion, un sentiment au profond du coeur physique, un verre du vin rouge, le regard dans les yeux, un sens dans l'air. Il faut dire toujours en quelques mots pour dire ce qui est, même quand il y a un mot qui l'explique bien: l'amour. L'amour est l'amour, et il ne faut dire aucun chose d'autre.. on le sait, juste comme ça. Gardez les mots pour quelque chose plus logique and inconnu à l'âme humain.

Je vous laisses une citation qu'à mon avis explique à la fois mon amour de la langue française et de l'amour soi-même. Joyeux jour de Saint-Valentin pour ceux qui sont en couple et même pour ceux qui ne sont pas, car la grande chose c'est que l'amour est gratuit et toujours là, eternellement.

"Le verbe aimer est difficile à conjuguer : son passé n'est pas simple, son présent n'est qu'indicatif, et son futur est toujours conditionnel."
-- Jean Cocteau


Bisous et à la prochaine.. en anglais bien sûr ;)

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Sundays on the beach.

No better cure for a hangover than a cold, windy day on the beach, I say.






New week ahead. The final stretch before the February vacances. Roomie and I will be heading to England: Nottingham -> York -> London.

1£ = 1,14€

Makes me happy to see the pound fall ^^ Cheers!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Thanks, A!

Look what I got in the mail:


You said you wanted real photos, so here they are :) (If you're wondering about the funky expression on the bottom right, it's because I didn't know what they were at the time. No one else would send me cinnamon-scented pencils in February - except you!) P.S. I think my landlord was more excited about seeing the USPS packaging than I was, LOL.

Merci merci merci <3