The weekend wasn't overly eventful so I am going to briefly summarise what I did without dwelling too much on it. Friday, I voluntarily went in to College Marguerite to help a couple of students there with a presentation as the teacher wanted me to correct their pronunciation. After that I went for a walk around Parc Beaumont where I saw some students all dressed up and taking advantage of the sunny weather just as I was! Headed home after that I think, not a massively eventful day by all accounts and to be honest Saturday and Sunday weren't much better. Saturday I went and bought a small suitcase for my trip, given that the only ones I have with me are huge and for a trip to see my friends are quite excessive, after that I went home and started to pack given that I knew that if I left it all until Sunday I would, without a shadow of a doubt forget things. Sunday was spent partially on a walk around town making the most of the sun and the rest finishing off packing and consequently worrying about the weight of my case as always! It is always quite unnerving, especially as I very rarely travel light as many of my friends and family would vouch for, that said, I have paid my fair share of excess baggage since coming to France and refuse to again!
Monday, very excited as I knew I'd be seeing my best mate again for the first time in almost three years! It turned out to be quite a stressful journey though given that I almost missed the train to Bordeaux from Pau due to going into the town centre to buy supplies, supposedly to save time afterwards...didn't quite work on reflection...luckily the train was running five minutes late, so my pulse was able to return to normal instead of running overtime once I was on the train knowing that I had made it. On arriving at Bordeaux I had to make a grovelling phone call home to ask Mum to send me a bit of money so that I could get the shuttle bus/navette from the station to the airport as annoyingly I was 1€40 short and my purse was buried somewhere in my case. I also found out on arrival that somewhere on my journey the wheels on my brand new suitcase had come off, no idea how or where and then I started doubting their actual existence, although I swear I wheeled it home when I bought it on Saturday...ah well. Getting to the airport I checked in and went through all the motions as is normal, boarded the plane and then 55 minutes (approximately) I landed in Lyon. I collected my luggage and went to look for my friends who had driven from Grenoble to meet me and drive back. There was a bit of confusion at first although Ceallai soon found me and then we had to try and find her boyfriend Nans who had gone off to park the car...easier said than done we found out after having gone to the wrong floor initially, but we soon found him and who as always bear-hugged me before we got into the car to make the journey back. When we got to their apartment in Grenoble I got settled in and ready for bed given that I was quite tired after having been travelling for around 8 hours, but just before I got into bed, Nans decided to give me an early rendition of 'joyeux anniversaire', he seemed rather confused when I stopped him and it was only when I explained that my birthday was 18th that he realised his mistake.
Tuesday was spent mainly relaxing, we headed out to buy some supplies though apart from that it was mainly a stay in and chill day. Me and Cea as always got stuck into some girly magazines, doing the tests out of them for fun and laughs, before searching for even more tests on the internet! Was a later night than previously as we stayed up to see my birthday in at midnight! :) Will write all about my birthday tomorrow, but I have to say it has been a really good day! :)
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