"Trick or treat", and "No more teachers..."

Once again, I'm behind in my posting. I'll start with Tuesday night, which was the Games in English/Soirée Crêpes at the Foyer. J mainly organized it, but I helped out, with another American assistant we recently met, D. We had a FULL house of about thirty or forty people, and everyone really enjoyed the games (along the lines of charades, Bingo, etc). Here we are hosting the evening:

The following day was Wednesday, and we both had the day off. We took a 9 km walk to a little town called St. Georges des Groseillers, where there was pretty much a church and nothing else. Ate fresh, tiny, sweet, crisp apples straight from a tree:

And of course saw a lot of cows, and a beautiful view. See the album below for more pics!

Today, I showed a presentation to my students about Halloween. They got to eat Halloween candy corns, and I gave out little plastic spider rings. We even watched the Monster Mash.

And now, we're officially on vacation for a week and a half (today to November 2nd) for All Saint's Day. Tomorrow, I'll be off to Paris to spend some time with A and, hopefully, M as well! I plan to see that Hussein Chalayan exhibit, and I have a ticket to see the Comédie Française's production of Marguerite Duras's "La Pluie d'Eté". A has also promised to bring me to the Grande Mosquée de Paris for some thé à la menthe and some sightseeing. Then, on Tuesday, I'll head straight to Caen to do some research. I'm also hoping to catch the Yelle concert in Caen on the 31st... there's a plan circulating amongst the other assistants to dress up that night for the concert (and for Halloween).

So, "No more teachers, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks"... France is on vacay!

Link to more pictures here