Destination: France

Midterm week begins

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [504]

Today I had two very long exams and then I had teaching at the end of the day. My teaching partner, Mandie, was feeling confident about last week and was hoping it would go so well this week. We both made worksheets, and this week our topic was 'the ... Read more >

Saturday and Sunday

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [321]

Saturday I brought my homework to the park.  It was such a sunny warm day.  The feeling of being in the sun is like no other, especially when it's one of the first occasions of the year.  Bradie and I me so we could study at the park, but we were distracted ... Read more >

My Birthday in France

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [278]

Today was cloudy after a week of sunshine.  Bradie bought me lunch and we took long aimless walks.  I was supposed to go on the wine-tasting excursion, but when I got to school, I found out it wasn't leaving until three and wouldn't get back until 8.  ... Read more >

My blossoming film career in France

Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [373]

Today I had a history quiz and a French presentation.  We hadn't practiced for our presentation before we gave it, but it went really well.  My partner is a girl named Kaia and she was really good to plan a presentation with because she's creative and ... Read more >

It's been over a week, sorry!

Wed, 5 Mar 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [658]

I've gone over a week without writing! Midterms are coming up so I've been trying to get all my schoolwork done for that and make sure, on top of that, to have all or most of my schoolwork done for when Chuck and then my parents visit in only two weeks! ... Read more >

Tags: People

Gallery: Carcassonne

Tue, 4 Mar 2008 | By weissfamily | Photo Gallery

carcassonne

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By weissfamily | Views [546] | Comments [1]

We have been in carcassonne in southern france for a week. No computer here, so I can't upload photos of the amazing walled city and castle above us. We are in the lower town along the river Aude; the Bastide Saint Louis. It has been a slow and ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

A (ful)filling experience

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [750] | Comments [1]

Bradie and I normally buy a 75 centime baguette and share it together for lunch on our walk to the art school every Tuesday and Thursday, but somehow today we both forgot our wallets. We rifled through the bottoms of our schoolbags and came up with exactly ... Read more >

Tags: Budgets & money

Miss Communication

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [578]

Back in Aix for school, Bradie and I spotted each other on the little sidestreet by school and grinned and cracked up. It was strange how odd it was to spend the week without seeing each other. She agreed. We recounted tales from our trips...her friend ... Read more >

Tags: People

City of Lights

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By sophieollie | Views [1294]

Paris, France . From Amsterdam we travelled to Paris and had an excellent four nights being tourists and visiting the big sights. We did not enjoy the coach trip much again. The driver made me feel car sick, took a 45 minute coffee ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Départ

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By sama | Views [382]

Saint-Rémy. Dans 1h Londres, ce soir Mumbai et demain j'arrive enfin à Goa (Inde).

Elijah's Paris

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By weissfamily | Views [448]

(from Elijah' journal) A few days ago we went to the Eiffel Tower. At night the tower lights up in yellow. On the hour, tiny white lights start flashing all over the tower. We walked to the 2nd floor, which is about 700 steps. On the 2nd level, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

A couple little discoveries

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By pamelaglosson | Views [612]

I just found out tonight that Colette is 75 years old.  That blew my mind.  My mom had asked me how old she is and I said that I haven't asked her because that's rude, but probably about 55.  Based on the way she looks, how lively she is, and that her ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Paris

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By kayley | Views [678]

WOW! what a fantastic city. Paris has the most incredible scenery and history just everywhere you look. we were in the 'city of romance' which was very fitting for lucy and i seeing as we had spent the past 2 months together so now we could have some ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Nice (N-ee-ce)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By kayley | Views [411]

finally able to catch up on the details of the trip now! so after rome lucy, jess and i hopped on a train to Nice. this wasn't too bad a journey for 12 hours we had to spend on the train. got pretty scary at times it being so dark and with a few scary ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures