Bon voyage!

So I'm off to France.

Bordeaux, to be exact. For une semaine, or one week to we English. Yes, indeed, why not? Insurance for my papa was to be in the region of £500... so we chose the "basic" option... which works out as £14.57.

Either way, I will be in the land of frogs legs, carots rapees (grated carrots), cheese, and beach beach beach! (AND lake lake lake cos we're staying on the lake, yay!)

And I have spent the weekend with my fantastic, wonderful boyfriend in Poole, celebrating his birthday. He is now an old man, tis true (all of 22), but we sent him off into elderly-ness in style, with a variety of meals, including an indian-chinese all you can eat buffet. I think I'm still recovering from that.

Today was spent NOT packing, but instead spending some quality time with my cousin & his girlfriend who have just flown in from New Zealand, my younger brother (just back from his 3 weeks going around Europe) and the dog - who managed to go swimming three times in one afternoon. If you're not shaking water over your owners every five minutes, you're just not trying hard enough. Or rock and roll enough.

So I still haven't finished packing (including this laptop) and we leave the house at 9.30 tomorrow morning. Oh well. Who needs clothes? I have swimming costumes and books, and am spending a week on the beach. I'll be fine.

Oh, and I packed sunblock... because I currently have an attractive tanline and particularly defined necklace mark.

A bientot, mes amies, jusqu'a je te revoir....

Home again, home again

Well, for one reason and another, I am back in Bristol. The elective was, unfortunately, cut short, so I have left the land of 40 degree (yes, I am told I originally got the temperature wrong...) days, and fried chicken, and returned to, well, a slightly damper, colder climate, but with better chocolate. So I suppose it goes both ways.

So what have I been doing since coming back? Well, celebrating that I passed all my exams - which is a massive, massive relief! - and sorting out the house. I decided that if I was going to be at home for the summer, I needed to do something productive. I suggested redecorating the spare bedroom... which has still got Thomas the Tank engine wallpaper on it. This, somehow, has turned into organising the entire house, and getting rid of a lot of things. If anyone wants 500 books, please let me know!!

So in short, yes. Here I am, in England. It's good to be back, but I do miss the USA. I'll be back though. I will.