May72012
The musical was amazing! I will post about it soon with some of my pictures, but I am in the midst of finals right now. I also succeeded in filming the production, and I’m in the process of loading it on youtube. Expect more updates later this week! For now, you can check out pictures of the entire show, taken by the father of one of the soloists, at this link:  https://picasaweb.google.com/117059883711200336712/WoslovLEtoffeDUnFils040512?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJrgq8ztgK3XzgE&feat=directlink#5738879506313131618

The musical was amazing! I will post about it soon with some of my pictures, but I am in the midst of finals right now. I also succeeded in filming the production, and I’m in the process of loading it on youtube. Expect more updates later this week! For now, you can check out pictures of the entire show, taken by the father of one of the soloists, at this link:

 https://picasaweb.google.com/117059883711200336712/WoslovLEtoffeDUnFils040512?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJrgq8ztgK3XzgE&feat=directlink#5738879506313131618
May42012

Rouen!

Jessica, Ingrid and I went to Rouen for a day last Friday. Well, they went for the weekend but I had to come back on Friday night so that I would be ready for musical practice at 9am on Saturday. But I still got a nice view of a different part of France over in Normany. We took covoiturage, a carpooling system, out and back. It was cool to see more of the country side, and both of my rides were very nice and talkative. On the way back I had some really interesting conversation about politics and life in France vs. life in the US.

We lucked out on the weather during our time in Rouen. It had been raining steady for two weeks, but it stopped for one day to give us some sun :) The cathedral was just gorgeous, one of the most striking cathedrals I’ve seen. It is enormous, each tower reflects a different architectural period, and it is visible from almost every point in the city.

Rouen is also the city where Joan of Arc was burned. There is a picture of the exact place where she was burned at the stake, and a church has been built next to it. It is actually just to the side the still-functioning market place. And the large clock in the pictures is really famous. It is a working clock, huge and really gorgeous, right in the middle of all of the old fashioned houses. 

I have to say that I think Lille is prettier (much prettier!) but it is amazing how different this town is, just two hours away. The buildings in the old part of the city had gaullic/normand influence, with the exposed boards on the outside, which gave it a cute little charm. 
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Oh the things you see in Lille…

Oh the things you see in Lille…
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Things that I have grown accustomed to in France:

- good cheese

- baguettes

- being able to buy a coffee or a beer and sit in a bar for hours just talking 

- eating McDonalds (I eat it so much more here than at home!)

- Kebabs and fries and samurai sauce

- walking everywhere, be it 5 minutes or 50 minutes away

- wearing tights with all dresses, skirts, and shorts

- having a very easy work load and lots of free time

- vacations every month 

- movie nights and tea breaks with my housemates

- seeing my friends in the musical once a week

- being able to drive 30 minutes and be in a different country

- taking the train

- everything being closed on Sundays and weekdays after 7 o clock

- using a 24 hour time system

- frequent crêpe soirées

- yogurt, fruit, and cheese counting as dessert 

- nutella

- cooking for myself

- having my own room

- speaking, hearing, and understanding french (I can now say that I am actually fluent!)

- standing up for the US (it’s not so bad as all that…)


Going home is going to be weird. Just 16 days.

April262012
This is what powdered sugar looks like in France. Each bottle has a different face! Jessica and I are using our afternoon to make a chocolate strawberry ganache cake for our friend Ingrid. It is her birthday tonight and we are going to her party, so we thought we’d bring her a cake :)

This is what powdered sugar looks like in France. Each bottle has a different face!

Jessica and I are using our afternoon to make a chocolate strawberry ganache cake for our friend Ingrid. It is her birthday tonight and we are going to her party, so we thought we’d bring her a cake :)
April232012
Sometimes this happens… hundreds of roller-bladders passing by my house in the middle of a blocked off street.

Sometimes this happens…

hundreds of roller-bladders passing by my house in the middle of a blocked off street.
April192012

La Piscine, Roubaix

Last Friday we took the tram to the town of Roubaix, the very end of the tram ride about 40 minutes away. The art museum La Piscine (housed in an old olympic swimming pool) was holding an exhibit on Picasso, with a lot of pictures of his life in california and a couple of his lesser-known pieces. It was pretty cool (free entry!) and the standing exhibit at the museum was extensive, and really good quality. It was a nice little jaunt, cool that there are such things so close to lille.
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Sunset from my bedroom window. I will miss this view once it’s time to leave.

Sunset from my bedroom window.

I will miss this view once it’s time to leave.
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we made these delicious sandwiches for dinner last night, plus tomato soup. yummmm!

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April162012

Easter!!

I had easter weekend off from musical practice, so I spent all four days off at home, lazing around and relaxing. We made a mattress/fort in Jane’s room and all slept together and watched movies and on easter monday we had a brunch and an easter egg hunt with the whole house! David had fun menacing all the candy animals. And I got a wonderful surprise when I found out my friend Raquel would be visiting from Spain for the weekend! We spent some time with her and invited her over for dinner. It was nice to have a free weekend once again and gave me just the time I needed to chill out :) 
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