After the last day of school and our University Christmas party on the 22 of Dec, Chelsea and I went together to Paris by train and spent a quick one night there. We walked around Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and had a very yummy Nutella Crêpe. I then flew to Glasgow, Scotland and she to the Lake District in England.
I was very fortunate this year to spend Christmas with some relatives and, although distant, they welcomed me into their home. I felt very at ease. It is slightly complicated, but Harry Donald is my late Grandmother's cousin. I stayed at his daughter's house (Moira & husband John) in Glasgow. It was a very wonderful time of eating great food, visiting and family holiday cheer. Christmas eve I attended their village's (East Kilbride) Parish Church service. It was so neat to have a service in such an old building!
On Dec 27th Moira and the girls were flying to London to go to a Broadway show, so I booked the same flight and few down to London with them. We then parted ways and I met up with Chelsea who spend Christmas in England. On New Year's Eve, Chelsea and I went down to the London embankment by the river to watch the fireworks by the London Eye. It was pretty spectacular. There were so many people that you could literally not move! When the fireworks lit the sky all you could see was a sea of people!
Here are a few of the views that I saw. The ferris wheel looking thing is the London Eye
(these are not my photos...but you get the idea)
Now I'm back in Strasbourg getting ready to start a new semester of learning French! I have moved into a new studio closer to town becuase my last studio I had some complications with the neighbours being too loud and yelling at all hours of the night. So I am now I'm in a student residence and I'm loving it! I'll take some pictures and post them soon.
I hope that everyone is doing well, and don't hesitate to make comments on the posts either :)
1 comment:
Wow. Ben and I just played Guitar Hero until 5am. I feel you had a better experience. ;)
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