Herb Garden

After moving (again), going to Italy, going to Spain, and two heavy weeks of work, I have now installed my herb garden!

Moroccan mint, rosemary, oregano, thyme, ...er...and what's left of a flowered plant my landlady left me. Hoping to add some basil soon.

Next step for "Preparation Summer": flavored rum!

St Michael's Plaza, Bordeaux

One of the last places I went to in Bordeaux last weekend was St Michael's Plaza. It was one of the places that struck me as most European in the city, with people meeting up on in a public place under the sun one of the first nice days in weeks--bikes, scooters, kids playing basketball...

And all in the magnificent ambiance of this tower, and...

St Michael church. 

Apparently this is a "common person's place," what the French call "a popular place" (which means normal people go there, not rich people), but it is soon going to go under renovation, making rent in the area sky-rocket, cafe's increase their prices and fewer young workers and students to choose this square as their meet-up place...

The Big Clock, Bordeaux

This weekend I was in Bordeaux for a swing dance festival which went pretty well. Today we had particularly nice weather (after a week of rain) and so Claire, my couchsurf host, and I went for a nice bike ride around Bordeaux, hitting two markets and seeing the sites.

I'll post a few more throughout the week (as I won't have much else to show you in the days that come...).

This is one of the old "doors" into the city when Bordeaux was much smaller and surrounded by ramparts.

Yum.

Homemade soup and hummus today for lunch. Look at me being all healthy. :)

Quick update

Monday Mylene (my roommate) got back in town, so that began the real roommate situation. I spent all weekend at home more or less alone, which was really okay except for that the gas could not be turned on until Monday so the apartment was cold and I could cook anything.

Yesterday we got the gas up and running, so the stove and oven were functional, but we had troubles with the water heater, thus, no heating and not hot water until this morning when our landlord came by to check on what was up. Turns out the water heater had gone into safe mode and he just had to flip some switches and push some buttons. Now we have heat, hot water, AND a working oven/stove! Life is good.

The internet still isn't up, but luckily we catch a hotspot here and so it's not that bad.

Tonight I leave for Brittany for a long weekend. Tomorrow, Friday and all of next week I don't work, so figured I'd make the most of it as my roommate will be gone again this weekend, so I'd be alone. Coming back Tuesday for a department meeting, bit of a drag when I have off all week otherwise!

No pictures, but just an update.

Ttys