La neige

Just one question, where has this week gone please?

Time seems to be running by on its little legs at a frightening speed, which is actually quite bizarre conisdering how little I have done in terms of work. Even my co-workers have begun to remark upon how little work I do. Mainly, this is because of the one thing I have started to dread hearing about, la neige. Yes, this week has been a rather snow filled semaine with drifts coming in on a few occasions so far. As a result, all the school transport was cancelled and instead of acknowledging that there would be an average of maybe 3 pupils at most in each lesson and thence closing the college, us teachers were forced to come in as normal in a typically proud-to-be-French-and-make-everyone-keep-working-even-though-this-is-a-huge-waste-of-time fashion.

Snow besides, I've had a few tutoring sessions which I'm really feeling at ease with now, rather typically since I'm leaving so soon. Yesterday, I did a lesson on agony aunts. One of the problems was a girl in a long distance relationship who really loved her boyfriend but missed spending time with him. When I asked the kids what they thought she should do, they immediately (and in a somewhat brutal fashion) said she should break up with him. Oh, the sweet naivety of youth.

I've been tying up some loose ends, both in terms of my year abroad and in terms of life in general really. I'm proud to announce that in roughly 6 weeks time, I'm off inter-railing around Eastern Europe. A trip of a lifetime with 6 countries to discover and just over 3 weeks to discover them in . Route planned and first flight booked, all that's left is to start thinking about how I, potentially the least practical packer ever, am going to squeeze 3 weeks worth of stuff into a backpack that weighs at least slightly less than a baby elephant.

Exciting news over and done with, I think I'm going to sit in bed and eat Prince biscuits (glorified BNs).

See you in 4 weeks England!