Instantanés

It's time for a little post about my daily life in France. As I'm writing this, I'm looking out over the ubiquitous Normandy Grey Sky, which seems to have come for a nice, long visit. Oh yay.

So I decided to create a little picture show. I often take pictures with my BlackBerry around town, etc. Here are a few that I've been meaning to post:

It's Christmas in Flers!

Aren't the lights in the town center pretty?

Buchette de Noel. This is a little Yule Log, filled with chocolate cream, and complete with a tiny saw to hack into it. Gotta love French Christmas treats.

Christmas is approaching, and the teachers at the school where I work in Flers are more and more comical every day.

I took this photo in November, when the gingkos across the street from the Residence where I live had turned yellow. They were beautiful. Now the leaves have all blown away with the fierce Normandy wind.

I guess this is what you get in response to a lesson based on "What are you doing for Christmas?" when half your students don't celebrate Christmas. Welcome to Flers. :)

This is what happens when French schoolchildren who didn't care to learn English grow up.

Never a dull moment with the Jeunes du Gros Chêne. Yes, that is a mattress being transported down the hall.

Here's how you make a rainy night a good night. Tea with Jenette and François, chez moi.


Life here is actually quite good, in spite of the spitting rain and the charcoal skies. In fact, maybe this romantic setting makes the rare moments of sun feel even better...