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This was march 2011 in Nantes. March here is like an ongoing winternightmare. Last week we had -17C at night and the days were'nt any better with some freezing wind. Yeah-yeah, i know, it's great that in april, in one week everything turns green like over a night, and it's amazing and great, but it's weeks (a month!!!) away!

There are tree things i miss about France today. (From my personal french experience, you might have/had a different one :P)

- Spring: the fact that it was so warm already in april and may, that we could have picknicks and ride bikes with shortsleeved t-shirts and shorts. And it didn't get that cold at night as well, (right?). Though:

En Avril ne te decouvre pas un fil.

En Mai fais ce qu’il te plait.

The first warm days we m i g h t have here, are in the end of avril, but the nights will still be freezing until June.. and let's not even start about the rain.
 

- Dinnerpartys. We still get asked, when we invite people over, if it's someones birthday or something :)) We like to have them, the food, the company... the only thing is, that people don't really invite us to this kind of events, because it's not a custom here to have them. People have always met up for drinks, why should anyone cook? And when you are a parent, seems you're off the social radar anyway. 

-Le Week-end. The holy weekend, when you are not allowed to work and when nobody does. At first it was weird to get used to that, but now i miss it. Especially after reading my mail on monday, finding out that my profferssor uploaded some articles to read "for the upcoming week" (i'd say rather "for tomorrow") on sunday. 

I was really happy to have avoided turning on the computer yesterday, only to find out, that maybe i should have. And yes, instead of reading that article now, im just stressing here about it :))

I liked the fact that nobody assumed that Emails will be read on weekends, because on weekends you have better things to do, like be with your family, or friends. Everyone would be sitting in Cafe's drinking Late, eating Eclairs, not in front of a computer staring at the inbox and facebook page.

Stay strong!

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I've been missing France lately. Not like missig the food, altho...mm... eclaire!... but more the feeling i had last spring riding the streets of Nantes with that pink bike. The smell of morningair, how the sun felt on ones cheek. And the wind! We tried to fly the kite, that Guillaume surprised us with last year, on the weekend but the fun was cut short, cos the wind just didn't cooperate. Eating out with Martin, strolling next to the castle. Even just cooking. A meal. A full meal. With dessert. Oh.

I miss the centrecity, walking and running along the l'Erdre..

hm.. so strange. i remember kind of missing the same things here, when i was over there.  ._.  weird....

 

 

 

It's probably since life back here is yet now so utterly different. The white nights are now not for winedrinking at the riverside or walks, bikerides coming dancing from a club. No long days sitting in the library, working through some boring material that then becomes so very interesting, when you just get it.

Time and space, the way i think, everything has changed so much in these two years and in such different directions. I hope i can and wondering how i will manage to put it all under one hat.

But one day we'll go and eat oisters again in Nantes and i'm curious how Juss will like them? :)