Je suis arrivé à Bordeaux!
I have arrived in Bordeaux and am now staying with a real French famille! They are fantastic! A young family - with four kids! They have already made me feel welcome with a big bed, big meals and lots of gesturing!!
The Fam! Stanislas et Margaux
What isn't fantastic, however, is the keyboard i am forced to use. The french just have to be different! Nothing is intuitive. Instead everything is squashed together - i have to press 3 buttons to get the @ sign for example.
They make up for it, however, because their computer has a Sony memory card reader, which means i can upload photos!
Blue skies for a moment.
Other then getting here, i haven't really done much except try try try to learn as quickly as i can. Already i have a notebook with 6 pages of new French words! I did however walk around Bordeaux today with Stanislas (13) and Margaux (15). It is beautiful - even more then i expected!
A monument in Bordeaux's grand square (the biggest in Europe)
which had a name that i have forgotten.
which had a name that i have forgotten.
The CBD of Bordeaux - très très jolie!My alliance français course begins on Monday, so it will be interesting to see whether it is any good (i am not so sure at this point as they seem more unorganised then me - and that's saying something)...
City on the river!
Well, i have nothing more to report really -- except the falling aussie dollar which i was blissfully unaware of until yesterday - 1AUD=0.5EUR :(
But it's not all bad, Australia won the rugby, so i have some bragging to do! Aller Australie!
Au Revoir!
PS: Timo will be here in a matter of hours! Excited much?
PPS: I can't access facebook here...
6 comments:
Hey there Nic. Have an awesome time living and learning French this week. Us Mums at home are enjoying reading of your antics ... and every so often getting a favourable remark from our Sons ... x Royters Fam
if by a matter of hours you mean about 60hours then you would be correct.
i knew there was something wrong with them french types. no facebook. freaks.
AWWWWW I MISSS YOU GUYS.
the family looks lovely.
im so jealous.
like seriously jealous.ahaha.
xxx
Unlike Phee i'm not jealous....i enjoy sitting at home reading about all these adventures while the wind outside is howling and it's about -100 degrees so I cant even go to the beach...ahh good times, good times xo
haha.
If it makes you feel any better, it is quite cold here... and it seems to rain a lot in Bordeaux..
The fam is good... and my french is getting better.
I am just sick of crying 3 yr olds!
haha
you have to watch Paris Je'taime when you get back. It is tres bien!
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