Visits!

Seems I may well be welcoming friends and family to Pau over the course of the next few months as I have a list of people who want to come and visit me (that and have a cheap break in the process...I know that game I have done it myself numerous times and will do it again upon finishing work at the end of April!), which is all very exciting! :) Maybe the most interesting of all the visits (that is when people actually get round to telling me exact dates and organising things instead of just telling me they're coming) will probably be that of my Mum who is planning on coming just before I break up for Easter ( we'd fly back together...already have this all worked out!) as she has only ever visited France twice before which was to Paris and Boulogne about 25 years(ish!) ago and my brother, Robert who is hopefully coming in May has never been to France. I will be very interested in finding out what he makes of everything although having said that, given his passion (otherwise known as obsession) for motorbikes I think he will be rather impressed with the array of bikes on French roads, so in that respect I think I'm on to a winner already! Some of the other people are my friends from university who are also doing years abroad in France this year and want to see more of the country (as do I!), so it will be nice to see them and be able to catch-up properly given that I haven't seen any of them since May last year due to having to dash off to do a summer job in Italy/Spain, so couldn't hang around after exams given that the company gave me 4 days notice...not exactly ideal hence me running around like a headless chicken with Mum not far behind! Will be nice to hear all their France stories to and to tell them all mine (most of whom I think have already heard some via the internet, but even so). In March the term-abroaders are coming to Pau too, so then phase two of the Leeds invasion gets underway and I can see a friend I haven't seen since first year (She spent last year in China for her year abroad as she studies Chinese and French), so that is going to be great!! In all honesty...bring it on! Can't wait!! :)