We
had a field trip to an abbey about an hour's drive from here. The main facade was completed in 1843 and as this photo gives a glimpse of, it's amazing! Unfortunately it was a very cold day - but I was set because I had a flask, tea, sugar, milk, coffee and mugs. Come to think of it I was very popular that day!The dreaded week of exams went OK, I passed all of them so that's sweet. For 1 exam we had to read about a page to our tutor, for which we'd had 5mins to prepare. It was a bit off-putting seeing her write flat out as I read to her! The pressure certainly hasn't eased since our exams finished. We've learned a new tense, which unfortunately we don't use in English so it's taking me a bit to get my head around. The meaning of it can change depending on what verbs you use it with - fun!! I'm noticing improvements in my French - I'm reading a French classic, The Small Prince, and I'm reaching for the dictionary less & less so that's a good sign.
We had the first snow of the season, with more promised for this week so I'm still hopeful it'll be a white Christmas. I sure appreciate central heating - we're expecting a high of 0 tomorrow! The women are having a Christmas brunch on Wednesday - can you imagine all the fine French food?? Mmm-hmm! Friday evening is the graduation, for which I'm in the choir. That is not a comment on my singing ability or lack thereof, it's just that no students offered to be in the choir at the start of term so we're all in it. The good thing is we don't have to wear robes for it! We just have to remember to pronounce things particularly as the words for 'fat' and 'grace' are similar... yeah, don't wanna be singing about God's fat eh.
While I'm missing kiwis and summer, I reckon having Christmas in France is a pretty good thing! Joyeux noël et bonne année à tous!
