The past few days have been relatively uneventful. Last week, I filtered samples. Marion and Kevin returned on Thursday and we went out for a last dinner together in France. They finally had the opportunity to eat French escargot and Kevin had the audacity to say that it wasn't as good as escargot he ate in Aspen. Then they left the next morning (another goodbye) and I taught an English class. Friday night we commenced our goodbye Anna celebration with some yummy Minnesota wild rice soup and Minnesota Port. Saturday, I relaxed, did yoga, "fait des soldes" (the expression used only for shopping during the months of January or July when everything in France is on sale) with Anna. For the evening, I joined people from the University to wish my friend, Olivier, from the university a happy birthday and then I went to a grand Pizza and wine party called a Crémaillèur (house warming party, in picture above). This doubled as Anna's final going away party.
Sunday, I introduced the idea of the cookie cake to the French (we put a little too much butter in it, but I've decided that I've never put enough and that may be the source of my previous blunders; must find a middle ground). People actually kind of liked the cookie cake too!!! So we did that for Olivier's actual birthday.
The rest of the week was normal: coming to the university, working, fighting my computer, trying to catch-up on election gossip. Thank god the Daily Show is back so that I can actually get hard news and let me tell you, I learned a lot about the world. (Just kidding dad, I read the New York Times and other Liberal propaganda regularly, don't you worry.) Many people here ask me what I think about French politics so I thought I needed to become a pro, it is more difficult without my family here to guide me, but I think I'm managing. We've talked about our crazy election system in most of my English classes lately (it was the students request). I will not express any political views on this blog now that I know its open to the world, but lets just say that thank god John Stewart and Colbert are braving it without their writers.
I've been doing lots of yoga to recuperate my knee. I would like to add that a combination of the yoga and antsiness, which forced me to go running at 5 am the other morning, which magically healed my knee. It really is a miracle and now I'm going running tonight. Tomorrow, I'm going on a field trip about soil science and I'm really looking forward to it.
Ok. Well I should work but I will write again, even if nothing exciting happens.
Ci vediamo!!!
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