Sunday, September 12, 2010
Last blogged @ 10:07 PM

Today it is VERY early in France and Christiane (the woman who is hosting me--Guillaume's mom) drove to the train station with Dad and I so he could catch his train to the Charles de Gaulles Airport and make his way back to Minnesota. I think we had a really good trip despite my own brand of ornery behavior at times. Dublin was a fun trip, we got to see the Guiness factory, the Jameson's distillery and we made it around to lots of churches, Trinity College, Temple Bar, and any bar or coffee shop that would get us out of the rain! Irish food was interesting, especially breakfast, but the tea was MARVELOUS! Paris was quick but tiring with all of our bags going through the metro but we finally made it to Rennes. :-) Christiane and Guillaume were wonderful hosts, we got to see a lot of Rennes--and even had some great weather (not the norm in Brittany). Benoît met up with us in St. Malo and we toured the ramparts of the old city, saw high and low tide, got to see the Tomb of Chateaubriand, and Dad had his first crêpe in France. We were also invited to Christiane's house near Cap Fréhel and, of course, the ocean. We went on a bit of a hike with Guillaume to see the Cap, the Lighthouse, and then visited Fort La Latte which was very cool and we got some wonderful pictures! Good food, good wine, and good friends--we could not have asked for more.

Labels: Pictures from everywhere--I have no idea how to put them in order. Enjoy :-)

Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Last blogged @ 7:04 PM

Well...c'est ALMOST parti. I've been packing for the past couple days and have turned my pack into the incredible hulk...with strapped on running shoes. Dad made some room in his bag for my Malt-o-Meal and Mom is just finishing the hem on my jeans...

"So she won't look slovenly; so she won't look like a dirty American."

Thanks Mom.

Sarah left for Russia this morning and tomorrow is my turn! We're hitching a ride from my Aunt Deb to the airport and we should be into Paris by lunchtime the next day. Dad and I have big plans for steak tartar and hopefully some wine...

Friday, August 20, 2010
Last blogged @ 12:28 PM

I have FINALLY succeeded in creating a blog. This is harder than it looks. I know that some people are html saavy but changing the image, adding music and a tagbox, and generally figuring out how to put the template on the blog feels like an acheivement. Please enjoy. Now for some info about my trip!

• leaving Sept 1st with Dad for Paris
• Quick stop to Dublin for a pub crawl and tour of the Guinness factory
• Off to Rennes to see Guillaume and his mom
• Hopefully we will see some of the sites: St. Malo, the Mont Saint Michel, Quimper...whatever we want!

Then dad is heading back to the US on the 13th and I will hopefully start getting myself organized for teaching at an elementary and a middle school in Rennes and for taking some night classes at the University.

I'm so excited to be going back to France and get my french on. More updates to come on how my trip pans out!