After a lovely time catching up with everyone at home in London and a very exciting New Year in Paris, life has slowly returned back to normal in Avignon. With the excitement of Christmas out the way (the markets and lights are all starting to come down), it's fair to say we're all feeling a little unmotivated this month as the January blues are beginning to hit. However, we've decided to book ahead and organise lots of things to look forward to in order to boost our spirits, including a trip to DISNEYLAND!!
I had a fun night out at Red Sky on Monday night with Pauline, Perrine, Honorine, Justine and some other friends (whose names probably end in -ine) from Avignon uni. We had a great night catching up, although it definitely didn't make my 6am start any easier the following morning.
Back at school the kids are as energetic and lovely as ever. They're all still super-keen to learn and it always cracks me up when you get a student jumping out their seat to answer a question and when you ask them they have no idea what the answer is, they just wanted you to pick them!
The school photos from last term at my second school, Jules Ferry, have been developed. Here are the staff pics taken in the playground - behind the cameraman there were about a hundred children chanting at us to pull a face.
Marina (aka the machine), one of our gym instructors, has put together a new playlist for this term. The Annies and I were cracking up on our bikes listening to Scream and Shout - Black Man remix as well as classics Barbie Girl and Let It Go. Gotta love French music.
On Wednesday a group of us British girls went to Vedène, a cute town not far from Avignon, to visit Emma for the afternoon. We had a proper post-Christmas catch-up, watching Bridget Jones and organising our weekend away to Aix-en-Provence.
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| Chez Emma |
There was a performance of Ballet Preljocaj, Angelin Peljocaj's programme of Spectral Evidence and La Stravaganza created by the New York Ballet, taking place on Thursday night at the Opéra Grand Avignon. Being the sophisticated culture vultures that we are, Annie, Megan, Emma, Amy and I went along. Although we'd opted for the cheapest seats in the house with a slightly restricted view (we are still students after all), it was still a fantastic evening as we got to see (most of) a beautiful performance and the impressive inside of the Opéra.
Now off to get ready for our weekend away to Aix!
A la semaine prochaine,
Katie x
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