Destination: France

Gallery: day 4

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Photo Gallery

day 4 - the ending of gaufres and jambon

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [428]

haha this was a funny end of a day .... after lunch me and nici took shots of the rest of the guava liquour we had (see photos) and then had to go to our boring boring museum class ... the train ride was funny haha and then we had an hour class at this ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Day Four: About to go to bed

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [325] | Comments [1]

We went to Arsenal - which, it turns out, is the name of the area around the Bastille - to listen to a lady teach us about the urban development of Paris. She spoke very softly, and there were people using drills etc near by, so i struggled to hear ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

day 4 early

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [422]

hiiiiii ... we havent done anything huge yet today; last night we had a class on napoleon and how he contributed to paris that we see now - really really interesting; sylvie is a great teacher she really knows what she is talking about; apparently paris ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Day Four: Finally, a chance to sit!

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [515] | Comments [1]

This is the second time i'm posting this, because i accidentally closed the window. Today is a rest day - it's so wonderful, my aching bdy is tingling from the fact that it can sit. First of all, i got a half-hour sleep in the morning (to be woken by ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

day 3

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [515]

im going to quickly go through what we actually did today before i give my perceptions ... 1.we went to the louvre and looked at paintings (wow so interesting - you probably know how much i hate art) -- but we looked at some pretty cool furniture by ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

Gallery: day 2 - italians v french AND the red light district

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Photo Gallery

Day Three: Sore Feet

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [1002] | Comments [1]

Every time i stagger back to my room at CIEP, inevitably taking the very slow elevator because my feet are aching, i come back to write my journal. The thing is, every single time by the end of the day i have gone through at least 100 different ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

the french ...

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [432]

just something that ive noticed and is going to be a huge generalisation and im vry much encouraging contradiction BUT ... the french seem to be less individualistic that us back home ... they seem to be less concerned with gaudiness and materialism ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

day 2 before dinn

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [581] | Comments [2]

hihihihihi today was a massively LONGGGG day ... but of course my DEAREST sylvie accompagnied me the whole way haha ... sylvie is our french teacher/group leader and she has been leading us around paris all day ... today we did lots of things we went ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Gallery: paris day 2

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Photo Gallery

Week 3: Under Paris Skies

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 | By worldnomad | Views [489]

I never in a million years thought I would become addicted to French Teletext, but every morning without fail I was looking up the French news pages on the telly to find out progress on the strike. And success! It seemed as if today, the start of ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Day Two: Later

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By nicolasophie | Views [570] | Comments [3]

Bonjour tout le monde! je suis ici dans ma chambre a CIEP. OK, what happened today? breakfast was nice - just a self-serve thing, FAR too early in the morning, although it doesn't really become light here until about 8.30am. I had cornflakes with ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

my cleanliness

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [556] | Video

dear mum, this blog is especially for u ... it is a video of my room and my CLEANLINESS ... nothing is on the floor haha :) no mess and everything is organised .... so alll those things uve beeen telling our family friends about me being messy - liessssss ... Read more >

Tags: Scams & Robberies

my room phone number

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By anabobana | Views [388]

hii my room phone number if anyone wants to call is - 33145076546 (that includes the france area code!!!) xx

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health