Goodbye

This is my last day living in France and I have to say, rain and all, I had a great time. I learnt french, met a lot of different people, and saw some pretty amazing sights. My parting gift along with a can of duck gizzard: a rain storm with 40km/h winds. Woohoo! Just hoping tomorrow isn't the same for the plane ride...

Concarneau, Bretagne

This last weekend I went on my last sightseeing trip in France. We went to the city of Concarneau right by the ocean and ate a delicious meal of seafood! The weather wasn't terrible but as usual it rained.

View from the restaurant window.

Seafood!

Pacques- Auvergne

Last week I was in Auvergne visiting Marie's grandparents. I climbed a volcano, went to a paper museum, rode in a horse racing cart, and went to a rugby match.

 Le Puy de dome (volcano)

Paper making.

Horse racing cart

Jacques' old citroen.



 Rugby- Clermont vs. Paris

 The house I stayed in when in Auvergne.

 The church we went to for Easter mass.

 Family Easter lunch.

The cakes we had for dessert.

House in Paimpol

Here's a picture of the neighbour's house we stayed at in Paimpol. It is over 100 years old!

Paimpol and L'Ile de Brehat

After getting home from Paris I went with my french family and their neighbours to their home in Paimpol. We then took a boat to the Island of Brehat. I met some ladies on the boat who were dressed in the traditional clothing of the region of Britanny and who were very excited to meet a Canadian! :)

Paris!!

This week I went to Paris with my class at school. We went to a play, le Centre Pompidou, La Grande Mosquée de Paris, L'Institut du Monde Arabe, le Jardin des Plantes, and Le Grande Galerie de l'Evolution.  We saw some pretty neat things, met some sweet people and for once the weather was nice and sunny!

 A few of the kids in my class.

 In the mosk.

 In le Jardin des Plantes.

Grande Galerie de l'Evolution.

Juno Beach

Normandy

This weekend I got to visit Normandy. We went to a museum about WWII in the city of Caen and we visited Juno beach. I also stepped foot on canadian soil this weekend! How? Well I visited the canadian cemetery which I have been told is actually canadian territory so there you go. It was beautiful in a solemn way. I also went to the quaint little town of Honfleur by the sea and had the most delicious caramel dessert! :)

                                        I wrote this on Juno beach. Can you spot the gnome?

Le tire sportif

Today I went to watch Thomas and Baptiste do "le tire sportif". I also gave it a try. I was too proud of my shot almost in the center of the target! :)

                                    

It was 18 degrees today and sunny! I had a three hour break in the middle of the school day so I got to relax outside and enjoy the heat :)

18 today! I had a crepe for my birthday cake- how fitting :)

Galette

Today Jacques (Marie's Dad) made a delicious pie type dessert called a "galette". They are not only yummy but hidden inside the galette is a little figurine. Whoever finds it in their piece is "Le roi" (king). The treasure hidden in this particular galette was a character from Harry Potter :p

Sunny day in Le Rheu

Today it was 16 degrees with no wind and a clear sky. A big change from the cold snowy weather we had before! Since I only had school until 1130 today Marie and I went for a walk in the afternoon to visit the neighbours' cows. They weren't fully grown yet so they were pretty cute- mooo :p
Here's a pic of Marie's house.

Joyeux Anniversaire!

Happy Birthday Baptiste! Baptiste (Marie's little brother) turns nine today so we had a little celebration for him.  We ate pineapple cake and some macarons that Thomas and I made. :) We then opened gifts- a new leather jacket for Baptiste! 

Two week trip

Now that I'm back home I can post a few more pics of my travels. Voila!

The castle that I stayed at in Paris.

Marie and I in front of Versailles.

A view of the grounds at Versailles.

Brugge, Belgium.

Church in Brugge.

Luxembourg.

Nancy, France.

The "roulotte" I slept in when in Jura, France.

Jura, France.

In le Puy, Auvergne at the top of the Rocher Saint Michelle with Marie and her cousin Clara.

Clermond-Ferrand, Auvergne

Waiting in the car to start our 6 hour drive back to Le Rheu...