After Philippa had left it was quiet as the appartment was empty. On Saturday I met Aimée and Julie (a french student from Aix university who Aimée knows because she's taking courses there) at Saint Charles. We were going to show Julie around Marseille. It was a bit chilly and quite windy so after having walked to Le Palais Longchamps Aimée and Julie decided they wanted to go to the cinema in the afternoon. There wasn't time to go to Le Palais de Pharo, come back and have dinner before the film so we just went down to La Prefecture to have lunch. We went to a vietnamese resteaurant. After lunch Aimée and Julie went to the cinema and I went to meet Angéline - we were going to Parc Borely. The weather had improved - the wind had died down and the sun was warm. After me and Angéline had been to Parc Borély we went to Monoprix at Rond Point and randomally bumped into Aimée and Julie who were just on their way to Parc Borély after having watched the film! Aimée wasn't quite sure where Parc Borély was so we pointed her in the right direction and then me and Angéline went home.
On Sunday I went to the cinema to see a French film - Disco. It's a comedy and very good.
On Monday I met Joe at Notre Dame du Mont and we went for coffee and to do some shopping. I hadn't seen him in a long time. He's not an assistant in Marseille, he's here because his girlfriend's french. He's been here for 6 months and hasn't been able to find a job because he can't speak the language. In the evening I went chez Aimée for dinner. It was a really nice evening. She's cooked Ratatouille and lentil burgers - I wondered why she'd asked for the recipe! I also met the 2 day old kittens (les petites vachettes) that the family cat had given birth to - trop mignon!
On Tuesday I went to Parc Borély with Joe more for something to do than anything else. In the evening I went chez Madison to give her a cours de conversation.
Qui êtes-vous ?
- Gill
- I'm an ex-student. A vegetarian ex-student. A vegetarian ex-student who studied English Language and French at the University of Sussex in Brighton. I spent the 2007-8 academic year on my year abroad (in Marseille, France) which is when I started the blog. It was a way of keeping my family and friends back in England updated with what I was up to without racking up gigantic phone bills. I enjoyed my degree. I originally wanted to be an EFL Teacher, I even did the CELTA. I still get excited about grammar, about the present perfect continuous and phrasal verbs. But it's not a career I want to fall into. I love speaking French too and learning new words. Now I've finished my degree I miss my Student Discount. I miss my title of 'Student' too. I'm a Project Worker now, a far cry from an EFL teacher. I've swapped my international students for rough sleepers and my text books for substance misuse and harm minimisation leaflets. I've decided to stay in Brighton, for a while at least. I might do a Masters, you never know. But, at present, I'm quite happy being a Project Worker. I'd still like to travel mind, maybe teaching as I go. But we'll see - at present I'm just fine where I am.