2 Weeks, 3 Cities

I find it rather funny how, although the year abroad is essentially 10 months of being in another country to improve your target language, as soon as a weeks holiday comes around the whole of the Erasmus population of said country swiftly departs to explore anywhere else in Europe BUT country with target language. So, being the very cliché of this observation, the onset of a mid term holiday meant that it was time to flee Aix for a week (or a week and a half... what lectures?)  Queue further disappearance of Erasmus grant to various flight/bus operators, hostels and extravagant air b'n'b apartments.

Quit your yearning, and live like the French

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my fair share of 5 year old temper tantrums in supermarkets here in France. ‘Why is all the milk on the dry goods shelf? Why isn’t it fresh? What on Earth am I going to put in my tea?!’ and amongst other things; ‘WHAT IS THIS BREAD AND WHY IS IT SWEET!?’