Language, Language, Language!

To speak another language is to possess another soul – Charlemagne

So hang me, I cheated with the title. This post is, however, very much about language and therefore I do not feel at all guilty in having done so.

Firstly, Sam (one of the other assistants here in Le Havre) has written two absolutely brilliant blog posts, one on how to sound French and the other on how to sound French Havrais-style. Somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind I had an idea for a similar post but it couldn’t possibly be as accurate or as amusing as these posts are. If you want to have a go at sounding French, give them a read – they’re very entertaining and very true to life.

Tramway, Tire-bouchons and Travellers

What a week it’s been! I’d like to pick up with this blog on Wednesday as that is when the last few days got exciting. At 12h12 on 12/12/12, Le Havre launched its long-anticipated tram network running two lines around the city. There’s been one or two teething problems (Line A seems to be much more efficient than Line B, possibly because Grand Hameau where the A trams go didn’t have their buses cancelled and Caucriauville near where I live did) but in general it seems to be going pretty well.

Circus, Champs-Élysées, Chartres and Cinema

Is it Christmas yet? If not, it feels like it should be. I’m really quite tired as are the majority of my students. I’m not sure that students in England would cope with the 8-17.30 school day.

The week before last, a few of us went to the Cirque de l’eau, apparently Europe’s only water circus! It was a strange but very entertaining show with clowns, acrobats, balancing acts and animals. I would really like a sea lion. They seem like the kind of animal that everyone needs in their lives.

One Lovely Blog Award

The One Lovely Blog Award is a bit like a very, very nice chain letter. Someone sends you a nomination (Donné, author of Cupcakes and Croissants, in my case) and you then accept it, write seven things about you that people won’t know and then make some nominations of your own.

It’s lovely of Donné to have nominated me because I love reading her blog – I can normally hear her reading it aloud in my head. Perhaps next year when we live together, we should have year abroad reminiscing nights where we all read aloud from our blogs… or maybe not.