SO MUCH TO TELL
The sadest part:
I'm going to start with something that happened in the beginning of the winter holiday, before we left for Marseilles, Nîmes and all that: The Portugese Dinner.
Saturday 14th Susana, Joao and Tiago invited everyone for Portugese dinner because Tiago is leaving us :S The food was great and it was good a good way to say goodbye to Tiago!
Back three: Kristofer, Tiago, Geir
Front three: Joao, Tom, Cate
About two weeks later (last Friday) it was Joao's turn to say goodbye. Roberto and Geir organized a goodbye dinner and we had super burgers and hot dogs :D It's really sad to have lost the two best Portuguese guys alive. Luckily we're seeing them again in May!
The happier part:
Last Wednesday I turned 23 (iPublish found me old and are now censoring my age). Turning 23 is no big thing, I don't look any older nor do I feel any older. Still wanted to celebrate it, so Thursday Malena and I had a get-together (she turned 24 Thursday). We had bought in lots of food and cake and something to drink (Carrefour has good cakes).
We both got a super fun present from Charlotte (Who recently came back from a month in Australia) - a pen with a jumping kangaroo!
From the others I got a volleyball, signed by pretty much everyone. A gift I really really really appreciated!
Saturday I used most of the day finishing my PPI report (Parcours Professionel Individualisé), but more importantly: We had our first outdoor picnic! In February!
Geir, Juha, Annika and Synnøve
Santiago, Roberto and Astrid
It was actually not bad at all, I thought it would be colder. I had a sweater (and a half) and that was enough most of the time. It was windy so the windchill factor made it cold sometimes. Non the less, February! In the evening I saw Grand Torino, Clint Eastwood's latest movie. Money well spent. It is fantastic, such a strong story!
I forgot being invited to Oulya's birthday party (baad), so I came a bit late but had great fun! I truly love the French way to party! Specially the tradition of having Michel Sardou's "Les lacs du Connemara" as the last song! It is so much fun and such a great ambiance when everyone makes a ring and jumpes/dances together!
Michel Sardou - Les Lacs du Connemara
Today I've done quite a lot. I got up around 10h and saw Die Hard 4.0 before I helped the BEE distributing flyers and posters for this Thursday's Erasmus party at Le Ramier. Then I threw some balls (rugby) with Tom before we ate dinner and ended the evening with Braveheart at Juha's. A perfect end to a weekend with lots of happenings!
PS. In my last post I listed the trips I've planned so far. Now I've added two more trips.
July 10th-12th: Visiting Tom for his birthday and to play golf in England
August 21-23rd: Going to London to celebrate Cate!