Form a couple of months ago

Whoops it's been a while between posts - sorry. I've been away doing various things, which I will tell you about in coming blogs. But here is one that I wrote sometime ago, towards the end of June.

I've done a few things since the last time (obviously) I'll give it my best shot at remembering it all.

I have finished school, I had to do two exams one written and the other oral, and typically I ran out of time to complete the written exam properly but managed to mumble my way through the oral exam. My written result wasn't high enough to pass for the Diploma however I received a good enough oral mark which pulled my written exam up and I ended up receiving the diploma - only just though. The mark on my diploma says "Passable" which is funny but a pass is a pass and I was very happy and showed my diploma to everyone!



At the restaurant

One day last week, or maybe it was the week before that? Anyways we had plans to go to a French fondue restaurant for lunch however when we got there it was closed. Not sure if it was closed because they don't do lunch or because it was a public holiday so instead we went to another restaurant along the same street. It was a very cute street - sort of like an alley way lined with restaurants and it didn't even seem that touristy! I had beef bourgonyon for main and chocolate mousse for dessert, it was DELICIOUS!! Would love to go back there soon especially as it wasn’t even that expensive. Afterward we had a wander around the neighbouring streets which led us to the pantheon so we decided to get our tourist on and have a look inside. It's a pretty big thing and I want to go back there soon and take one of the tours up to the top of the building to see yet another panoramic view of Paris. Afterwards we walked through the lovely Jardine du Luxembourg to head home and on our way home we found 5 Euros that someone had dropped so we picked that up and treated ourselves to an ice cream. And bought the found euro collection to 20 Euros.

Just having some fun

Then a couple of weekends ago a quite night in turned out to quite a large night out, accidentally. A few glasses of wine led to some beer then shots then a possible trip to the hospital. However I wasn’t charged a fee for being in the hospital so it was more or less just a place for people to sober up inside a hospital. The rest of that weekend was quite quiet as I nursed a bit of a hangover and a couple of bumps on my head. I learnt a bit of a lesson that weekend! And am totally fine now.

Then two days later was excellent chance to have a great night out however I still felt a bit queasy at the thought of alcohol so I decided to have a sober one unfortunately. It was the fete de la musique, the summer solstice which marked the start of summer and at the same time celebrated music. The streets of Paris were filled with musicians of all types and people out and about enjoying all the free live music and the fact that summer was here. I’d never seen anything like it people of all generations were out and having a good time, this is something that Melbourne defiantly needs. I stayed out until about 12:30 probably would’ve stayed longer if I was drinking and if the next day wasn’t a Wednesday – 12hour day with the children.

Oscar Wilde

I’ve also visited a little bit of the Pere Lachaise cemetery. The only really famous tomb that I saw was the one of Oscar Wilde, which was covered in kisses and love notes. The cemetery was huge and again I will defiantly go back there when I have some time!

The advantage of being in Paris for a year is that I have the time to come back and look at stuff again. I just have to hurry up and start doing it!