Since being back in Sète after our half term break the weather here has been mostly lovely and sunny which has meant we have enjoyed some days in the sun on the beach, and even during a funday where our two hour lunch break took place outside in the playground in full french style sat around a table, complete with wine and pastries for dessert!
Amy and I also spent a lovely day in Montpellier with some of the other language assistants in Sète celebrating Carmen's, the Spanish assistant, birthday. It was crazy because we ended up being in a group which included people from Spain, Italy, El Salvador, America, Portugal, and of course, the UK! Spending time with all these people is a great experience, because not only do we get to learn all about each other's cultures, but we also all communicate in our one common language, French, so it's great practice without being judged by an actual French person for murdering their language. We are constantly comparing things in our different countries, although I did bond with a Spanish assistant over our love of Harry Potter!
This last weekend Emily came to stay as her half term was after ours, and we spent a day in Montpellier's massive shopping complex, the Odysseum, and also went to the cinema and watched 'La Famille Bélier' which was about a deaf family who own a farm, and their daughter isn't deaf and learns to sing. It was actually really good, and not too odd (as french films can be!), and quite emotional at the end (which if you know me is quite a big deal to admit!), so I would definitely recommend it (oh the potential puns there...)Emily and I also went on a weekend trip to Girona in the north west of Spain, which is only just under two hours by train from here, so it was easy to do. We managed to get a lastminute.com deal for our hotel so got a nice hotel for a relatively cheap price! Girona is very pretty with typically Spanish buildings all surrounded by beautiful mountains. We went to a market and wondered round the town's shops, and ate lots of lovely Spanish food in the restaurants - including the first night where we over-ordered tapas! We also went to their Jewish museum in the old medieval Jewish quarter which was interesting, and went in a church and the cathedral, and walked along the old city walls which gave us a beautiful view. 
Aside from travelling and generally having fun, I have also been working doing fun days (which involve getting up vraiment early in the morning in order to get to some far-flung place!), and doing my usual two days in my schools. Over the last two weeks I have been doing Food vocab with most of my classes, and have learned that French schoolchildren have strong dislike for 'épinard' or spinach as I taught them to say, and that they all think it's hilarious when a word is the same in French as in English, like kebab.
Anyway, speaking of my classes I should probably get on with preparing their next lessons - I'm going to be doing 'We're going on a bear hunt' with my youngest classes, which I'm actually quite excited for! Such are the joys of teaching little french children!
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