Il est où, Rhys ? Where’s Rhys ?

Hi guys, apologies for the delay in posting but I’ve been tremendously busy since my return to Angers at the start of the month.  However, I regret that this may be common theme. I’ve quickly realised that my time in France is up at the end of April, and realistically, it is not long at all.  Therefore, I felt it’s important to neglect my blogging to create more time for my project for university, lesson preparations and travelling.

On the travelling note, this weekend sees me heading further south to Lyon. I’ll be spending time visiting one of my friends from University who is studying there.  But more exotic, tickets to fly to Morocco during the spring holidays have been booked!  This is something I’m really excited about and it will hopefully be an unforgettable experience.

On the work side, everything is going well but on Thursday I’m being observed teaching.  As much as the other assistants assure me that it’s nothing to worry about, I can’t help but help feel a pang of trepidation.

Unfortunately, it’s been raining a lot in Angers recently. So much so, that La Maine has once again burst its banks.  However, on my regular walks around the city, I have found several sights that spring is on its way: daffodils have been pushing through the cold, frosty January ground and a lot of other plants have been showing signs of life by sprouting green leaves!

A wet Angers.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this post. I’ll try and post to you when I next find some free time!

Bonne reprise ! Welcome back!

My return to Angers was met with an effusive welcome from the French people who wished me a Bonne année a million times in the first day.  So, Bonne année à vous and here’s my first post of 2014.  As always, the Christmas holidays disappeared like butter under the sun.  However, even though I was home for just shy of 2 weeks, I spent the time catching up with my family and friends whom I hadn’t seen in 3 months.  Christmas was really fun this year though, as you can see in the pictures below.

 

Now I’m close to half way through my assistantship, I’m determined to explore more of France.  I’ve immediately kept this promise with a train ticket to Lyon to stay with a friend in February booked.  March will bring the Spring holidays, during which I hope to visit Morocco and Budapest.  So there’s some solid plans to really make the most of my time here.

My journey here was pretty good thankfully. I’ve spent my first week back catching up with people and this evening we’re off to watch The Wolf of Wall street in English with French subtitles-so that’ll be a unique experience.  This weekend, it looks like we’ll have a proper catch up with everyone back to celebrate in style.

Anyway, this was a short and sweet post as there’s not too much to write about at the moment but will post an update soon.