Top 10 Things... England

10 Things I Miss About England

I chose to write the things I’d miss about France first because I think that was probably the more beneficial for my mental state. There are so many fantastic things about France and it can be difficult to remember that sometimes, especially if you’re busy filling out a form in triplicate or being glared at by an old person for speaking English in public with your English friends. That said, I come from a wonderful, wonderful country and the things I miss about it are…

Top 10 Things... France

10 Things I’ll Miss About France

With the Christmas holiday and a return to England on the horizon, it seemed a good time to reflect on the things that I’ll miss whilst I’m gorging myself on mince pies, catching up with family and visiting my beloved Londres.

Southampton, Sleepover and Spectating

*Shuffles in nervously*

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated you all on what I’ve been doing, sorry about that. Life has gotten in the way somewhat but I’m back now.

At the end of my last blog, I’d just got back from a lovely weekend in Angers with the glorious Mlle Stam (Cupcakes and Croissants – read it, it’s better than this tosh) and the first French school holiday of La Toussaint was on the horizon.

For the first week of this holiday, I headed back, armed with French pastries, to Southampton where I spent the week with my old housemates. This was a truly lovely week and one which I wish could have lasted much longer. As soon as I arrived at my old house, we ordered Domino’s (it’s good to know some things don’t change) and from that point onwards it really did feel like being home.

Cardiff, Castle and Crêpes

Sorry I haven’t posted for a while. I blame the alliterative blog titles, they’re clearly just too challenging for me to come up with on a regular basis.

One possible reason for this could be that my level of English is deteriorating every single day. ‘Does this sound natural in English?’ is a question which I’m asked all of the time at work and, although I take my best guess, it’s getting harder every time I'm in. I know that when you stop speaking a foreign language it becomes more difficult (Hi there, 3 remaining words from GCSE Spanish) but I’d never have thought that it could happen to your mother tongue so quickly and so easily. Even worse, my English is deteriorating MUCH quicker than my French is improving – they’re completely out of sync. I therefore find myself speaking two languages atrociously without a smidgen of grammar in either – not fun!