Fun fun days

A lot has happened since I last wrote on this blog, and time seems to be flying by with only two more weeks of actual teaching left. I can't believe that this is all nearly over!

A couple of weeks ago the church I have been going to in Montpellier had a joint service in the Corum (the opera house in Montpellier) with all the other Protestant and evangelical churches in the area. There were loads of people, which was really great to see, particularly as there aren't many evangelical Christians in France. For those of you that know what Spring Harvest is, it was like a mini version of the morning meeting there!

As well as doing my normal work days I have also had lots of 'fundays' in the past few weeks, including one where I was on the singing workshop all day, which involved singing 'If you're happy and you know it' and 'The wheels on the bus' all day long.

I also helped out at a 'fun week' where a class from a school in Montpellier came out to a holiday resort in Sète for a week. I helped on two of the days, and it actually turned out to be fun! The teachers asked me and the assistants to pretend we didn't even understand any French at all, which turned out to be very amusing as we were constantly pulling blank faces when the children spoke French to us. They learned to play cricket which they really enjoyed, especially with the accompanying Hakka, cheerleading, and football chants for the various teams: Australia, USA, UK, and Canada. The funniest moment was at the end of the week, when they were getting back onto their coach to go home, when the other assistants and I started to speak French - the children couldn't believe it! Their reactions were hilarious.

Last weekend, Amy and I went to see a preview of the first episode of the new series of 'Candice Renoir' which is a popular French detective TV series filmed in Sète. The Sètois are very proud of it, and so it was a very well attended event!

Amy and I also had the other assistants in Sète around for a 'multicultural dinner' where we all cooked a dish from our country, so we had Spanish omelette and jamón, 'pastelles' from El Salvador, pasties made by me, American Apple crisp and Italian tiramisu, all of which were delicious! My favourite were the pastelles, which were similar to pasties, but fried and with more vegetables in them. I also made them all try marmite, which didn't go down quite as well!

 

This weekend Amy, Rosario and I went to Avignon for the day, which was beautiful in the sunshine. We saw the Palais de Papes, and danced on le Pont d'Avignon as the song says we should!

We laughed at this...

...and then I took a selfie

To celebrate Easter I made Easter bunting with my students, which they loved!

On Easter Day, Amy and I walked up Mont St. Clair and went to mass at the Chapelle de Notre Dame Salette which is at the summit. It was a beautifully sunny day, so the views of Sète were amazing. In the afternoon after eating lots of chocolate eggs (thanks mum and Grandma!), we went to the MIAM gallery in Sète which had its doors open for free, so we got to experience some very bizarre artwork based on the theme of transport, including a city made out of toilet roll cardboard!

Us at the top

Happy Easter!