I've been meaning to write this post for a while and considering it is now half 11 at night, I'm not sure if I'll finish it today. We'll see. My last post left you on a bit of a downer and for that, I apologise. I'll admit that I was finding it difficult to be back in France after the Christmas holidays, but now that I'm half way through this stint of teaching, I don't feel as bad.
Many things have happened since I last posted here, but I'll talk about the things that stick out in my mind. The first, chronologically, was the Equal Rights Demonstration in my little town which happened on January 19th. We had only expected about 50-60 people to turn up to the town hall, but in the end there were about 250-300 of us. It was a really good atmosphere. We might have been a relatively small protest, but we made sure we were heard. I also managed to find my way into a local newspaper, see if you can spot me, I've found myself twice.
Apart from working, I didn't really do much else apart from going to the cinema, having hot chocolates in cafés until the Saturday which has just gone. I've realised that I need to start doing more with my weekends, especially travelling, because, let's face it, time is running out. I finish my Year Abroad on May 5th. So this Saturday, I went to Guingamp with some other assistants for the afternoon and it was lovely. I got to meet new people as well as walk round a new town under a clear blue sky. Here are just some pictures that I took:
This weekend, I think we're planning on having a party like the one we had just before Christmas and then the week after, I've been invited to someone's birthday party where there'll be lots of karaoke and bowling. Think I might just have to go, then after that, it's the holidays! Woo.
