More moments from school

[This actually happened a long time ago, but while I’m writing, I might as well share it.]
The woman at my school in charge of all the finances, the intendante, is very sweet.  I’ve been to see her a few times to buy lunch at school, so she knows who I am.  She is always smiling […]

A moment from school

Yesterday in class, I had my secondes (sophomores) play a game in which they were divided into two teams.  This particular class is composed entirely of sportifs, students who are seriously involved in a sport in high school and who take four years to finish instead of the usual three.  My school is special because […]

Junkies, birthdays, etc.

We here in Apartment 8 suffer from an Internet addiction. You might be surprised to hear this since I almost never blog. But one of the symptoms of my addiction is that I never use the Internet to do anything useful or good, like keeping in touch with my friends using something other […]

Oiseau, etc.

Anyone know what kind of bird this is? Joe and I saw it when we were walking back into town from a nearby lake called Lac Kir (sadly, it is not full of cassis liqueur). The bird was just hanging out, fishing, didn’t really seem to notice or care that we were exclaiming […]

Very good! Fifteen out of twenty.

That is how one of my students appraised my French today. I thought about explaining to them that in America, 15/20 is not a good grade, but it wasn’t worth the effort. Besides which, I barely deserve a 15 these days. I’m sorry about the lack of posts–I feel obligated to write […]

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Joe and Shona approach the château de Vougeot, originally uploaded by Rachel Tapley.

So, there’s a photo from Burgundy, and now we’re off to Provence for the vacation!