Essay Time!

This is my desk when I'm working on my essay: 

'Compare and Contrast the treatment of body and mind in D.H.Lawrence and Virginia Woolf.'

What a mess?!!

My desk or My Essay...? haha

[A little break with pancakes and nutella... oooh]

See you soon 

Love

The Taunting Blackbird

He seems to say:

"NANANANANÈÈÈÈÈÈÈÈREEE!!!!"

So he takes the mickey out of all students on campus!

Turn up the volume of your computer!

1st. 0:25sec
2nd. 0:41sec

See you soon and have fun!

Love.

Easter Time in London

"Allez, on fait les Daltons" dit Rémy

This week-end Camille met Rémy & Rémy met Camille! Mouhahaha

We arrived at Victoria, and we were waiting for Rémy... Suddenly someone arrived behind me and embraced me.... I screamed and jumped!
Camille and Rémy laughed at me..... Ca commence bien entre ces deux là! Ils me font une farce alors qu'ils ne se connaissent pas! 

We went to Hampstead to let our stuffs, and we discussed a little. Rémy offered to Camille the dvd "Les Enfoirés: Le spectacle"!!!
Actually, the anecdote is: 

Once upon a time, 

Camille and Louise were chatting before eating an Indian meal that they have ordered.
Suddenly, Skype ringing.

- 'Oh Papuche!' said Louise, smiling. 

They began to talk, including Camille and she asked: 

- 'Ah au fait tu sais quand est-ce-que c'est le spectacle des Enfoirés?'

- 'Oui c'est ce soir, je suis entrain de le regarder!' answered Rémy to Cam.

- 'Oh non vas-y, ch'ui degoutée là, j'le regarde chaque année avec ma mère... Ci-mer quoi!'

- 'Haha sois pas deg' ce sera pour l'an prochain' added Louise....

When Camille opened the small bag that Rémy holded it out to her, she laughed and said: 'Oh mais ca me gèèène franchement, tu me diras combien je te dois!' (Yes, you have to know that Camille doesn't understand the word 'gift' and she is always embarrassed...)
So Rémy said: 'Oh lieu de te plaindre dis merci, et tes sous, j'en veux pas vu que c'est un CADEAU!!!!'
Hahaha it was so funny!

For me? he offered me a bracelet (http://www.montres-et-plus.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/k/j/kj76ab0101_1_1.jpg) because he said 'Ca faisait longtemps...' hihi il est pas top?!! non je suis pas matérialiste!!! ca fait plaisir, c'est tout...  =) <3

  

The evening we went to the Holly Bush before to eat........ INDIAN!!!! oh yeahh so excited! 

"How are you Miss?!!! it is a pleasure to see you again!"

So, VIP!

Camille: a chicken Korma

Rémy: a chicken Curry

Loù: a chicken Special Meghna
 

With Nanns and rice (oh yeah!)

Then the owner offered us a bottle of white wine.... Did he want to get us drunk? ^^

It was sooo good and we laughed a lot! 

Saturday:

This is the rest of the eggs that we've found during our walk from Covent Garden to St Paul Cathedral. (for the Queen Diamond Jubilee) There are 200 eggs, I've got 22 eggs.... So this exhibition remains until the first week end of April (8th April).

We stayed in Covent Garden the morning, strolling in the market with a wonderful sun. After we ate in Chinatown, because Camille didn't know very well the Chinese food (discovery, discovery...) and then we walked to St Paul Cathedral!

We visited the Cathedral, a beautiful Cathedral. The ceilings are amazing, the ornaments are built in mosaic and we learnt that the height is 365 meters, one meter for a day!
Then we went upstairs (210 stairs, I think) in the Whispering Gallery... as the audio guide explains the diameter of this circle gallery is about 35meters, and when you murmur something to the wall the other person to the other side of the gallery can hear you... We tried... and nothing.... As I said, if I murmur something to Rémy by Skype he can hear me perfectly while 1105 kilometers separate us! Mouhahaha!

 Break !

So tired... so we had a rest on bench in front of the Thames: Camille bought some 'Chichi', an airship flew over us, some stupid tourists waved us from their touristic boat, the river police crossed the Thames at top speed....

Then we came back to Covent Garden to find a pub and to enjoy our last evening together... BUT, Saturday night... in Covent Garden.... Pubs? FULL!! our question was: Why the pubs are so small in Covent Garden? Finally.... we found one!

A very good week-end

[...Exhausted...]

We went to bed very early

Sweet dreams
<3

Sunday: Back to Victoria! Bouh'

See you soon,

Love

Le printemps est là....

Les Jardiniers s’affairent,

Les abeilles butinent,

Rossignols et Merles conversent,

Les jonquilles se sont parées de leur plus belle couronne,

Lapereaux et écureuils bondissent hors de leur cachette...

Et les étudiants?
S'affalent sur les pelouses

Masqués de leur lunettes de soleil,

de leur short, tee-shirt, et tongs (il fait 15° max dehors)

2 types:

Les genre 'Studieux': Ceux qui sont assis dans l'herbe avec un bouquin.

[mais en fait qui papotent]

Les genre 'Jme la pète.': Ceux qui font mumuse avec leur ballon et gonflent leurs pectoraux.

Les Filles & Les Garçons.

Morale: Qu'ils soient Anglais, Allemands, Français, Espagnols, Italiens, Chinois....

Le printemps a le même effet sur tout le monde, quelque soit la partie du globe!

[Enfin y a quand même que les Anglais pour porter des shorts au mois de Mars...]

See you later

Love.

Fitness Fest

 1st Part: 

Camille & I 

2nd Part:

Zumbaaaa

It was a fantastic night! 

Thank you Uni Kent Sport for this wonderful Festival! 

I will miss these events and Jeni (the pink lady at the back) She is reaaally nice, energetic, and sooo fuuunnnyyyy <3

See you soon,

Love.

Nouvelle Expérience Culinaire

Chou Farci

 [J'ai mangé du CHOU...] 

Exceptionnel étant donné que je déteste le chou.

Or, j'ai trouvé la parade!
Chou farci,

Et ben c'était super BON! 

Farce:

- chair à saucisse

- oignon

- carrotte

-champignon

 - thym & romarin

et de l'oeuf pour lier!

Chou:

-Faire blanchir les feuilles

Cuisson:

- 45min dans un bouillon de légume

Accompagné d'un peu de riz et c'était perfect!

Et évidemment ma petite Camille est venue déguster, la choooose!

Eléonore, quand je rentre, je te le fais, tu vas voir... tu vas A-DO-RER!

See you soon, 

Love.

Camille, Cydny, and I: Three girls in London!

  

Yes, London agaiiiiin!
Of course you know the romance 'Notting Hill' a british film with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. So we wanted to see HOW was this place! 

We woke up at 6am (again!) to take the bus at 7.30am and to arrive at Victoria station at 9am: perfect timing, good service on the lines (yes, because the week-end soe lines are closed for repairs). Portobello road, one of the most famous street of Notting Hill which welcomes every Saturday a market! 

Warning

- If you don't like market

- If you hate the crowd

- If you don't like to meet French and Spanish in England

- If you really dislike tourists

- If you love politeness........

DO NOT GO TO NOTTING HILL!!!

It was 9.30am when we arrived at Portobello, which was INVADED by tourists as if full buses had landed onto Notting Hill.

The particularity of Notting Hill is these fronts of different colours which are very suprising. 

Look, the sky is grey but these fronts enlighten the street. It's very funny.

Anyway, there were too much people [Grrrrr, they get on my nerves!] and unfortunately, we didn't find the famous door, and the library =( 

I think that we should return in Notting Hill to hold an inquiry into these 2 famous places but NOT the week-end or hollidays. However I think that our important next trip will be Bath and/or Edimburgh. =D

CYDNYYYYYYYY <3

Two years ago, I didn't see her! 

I took care of her when she was in Montpellier, I was her confidant and she helped me to improve my English and to be more self-confident (not an easiest thing). 

SO happy to see her again! 

We had a lot of things to say but only few hours... 

M&M's World

Colourful

&

Funny

No we didn't buy any M&M's, too expensive!!!

But we took very funny pictures!!! 

 

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Then we did some shopping with Camille before to take the coach...
We walked a lot... and now Exhausted!!!

Hope to see you soon my Cydny,
Thank you to Camille for this Saturday and the other days when I'm not in a good mood... (sometimes! yes!)

<3


See you soon,

Love!

London's Love March Episode!

FRIDAY

PUB

INDIAN

What else? 

On Saturday, we decided to go to Trafalgar Square, because Rémy didn't know this famous place and I wanted to present him our friends Nelson who is holding court among London. 

     

 Between Lions, a cavalryman seems to launch an attack on Big Ben or maybe, protects it against Napoleon? hummm no it is not possible because Big Ben didn't exist yet. It was built between 1843 and 1859, while the Trafalgar Battle took place in 1805.... HA!

Trafalgar Square was a battlefield, and I think that is why, we can find the count down of the Olympic Games which will oppose all the nations in London.

Of course, all the tourists have this picture! But that's funny, because I've another one which show 271 days before the beginning of the Games.

Anyway....

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[...]

We went to the National Gallery, and looked at the paintings from 18th century to 20th century, with painters such as Turner, Monet, Van Gogh... Even if the most famous paintings are not exhibited here. However, I reestablished some knowledge on Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway, explaining to Rémy what means that painting and showing him the hare in front of the train... 

After the effort, relaxation!!!

We walked to Chinatown, and we ate in a restaurant. TOURISTS! Mouhahaha

 

From Chinatown, we decided to go to visit St Paul Cathedral, because we really needed to walk after the Chinese, too full! Unfortunately, St Paul was closed because we arrived after 4pm (4:05pm exactly.... too bad) but next month we will go inside.

I showed the City to Rémy with these big buildings... Having a foretaste of New-York ^^

   

 

But he prefered that ......

 

...a man polishes his shoes!

During our long walk, we discovered that it was

Easter Time in London!

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These eggs were designed to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 

We just found two eggs (the middle one is just a decoration) but 200 giant-sized eggs will be placed in secret locations around Central London. Each eggs has its own code, that we have to scan (with your smartphone) trying to win the Diamond Jubilee Egg. Good Luck! xD 

It's already 6pm.... snif... so go back to Hampstead. We went to the pub a last time before the next one.... hihi.

Next week-end I will return to London and I'll meet my dear Cydny! So.... stay with me!

See you soon!

Love.

Cambridge

The following day we arrived at Cambridge around 11am.
A wonderful sun welcomed us.

Petite pensée pour ma Maman.
[oui, les gazons et Maman c'est une véritable histoire d'amour]
Attention à la crotte mal placée, et enjoy the sun!!!

 

 Cambridge is the same kind of town than Oxford, with Colleges, students (of course!) and... if there are students....there are..... BIKES! yes! ^^
Three Kent students take pictures in a college while there are students who live inside and who have to put up with tourists.... I can't imagine this situation in Canterbury or in Montpellier... You are working and people are taking pictures of your room or dining room or class room.... It seems to be so stupid but it's what we did the whole week-end! haha

 

 

 I think that I am fascinated by ducks [or geese... do you remember?] It seems that I was more afraid than the duck... Yes because the duck 'thought' that my finger was a worm... Anyway... which one seems to be the more stupid....[???] 

 

    

Trinity College! 

I really love these both pictures [don't worry, I am not patting me on the back (s'envoyer des fleurs héhé)] I don't know I like the colours, and the place! It is one of the most prestigious place in Cambridge besides we stayed inside about one hour... It was a college founded by Henry VIII in1546, this is the Great Court!

 Then we walked to King's College another big and famous college in Cambridge....

 'Oh?! What am I hearing?'
I look up to a tree... helping by Camille, we find it!

A wonderful NIGHTINGALE!!!

So happy to look at it.
So tiny, but so powerful. 

Its red throat lets pass this amazing song,

which gives me thrills!!!

[...]

Here we are! After a long walk, we can see King's College, but we can't go inside because it was on Sunday, I think... It is a nice college, even if I prefered Oxford. It is not the same architecture: in Oxford, there are more ornaments, it's more prestigious. Cambridge has less finishing. It was a good experience to compare in the same week-end these both towns. We had fun and sun, so it was a great week end!  

Yes, a man in a bin, was playing guitar....

Interesting.
It shouldn't be easy....

But very funny hahaha

Cold and exhausted, it's time to return to the coach.
Problem...
It is dark, and we have some difficulties to find our way. 

However, we find the magic trolley!!! 

Go, Go, Go!

YES! we've got it! 

Back to Canterbury....

Camille and Jochen, thanks for this week-end! =)

See you soon,

Love

Oxford

A new adventure in Oxford and Cambridge [18th and 19th February]

Bip.. bip...bip... bip...

4.30am

WAKE UP!!!

Camille sent me a message to wake me up if I wasn't.
I sent a message to Jochen to wake him up!
Perfect, everybody is woke up.

Cab at 5.20am

Coach at 5.40am

Canterbury to London Victoria

London Victoria to Oxford

So we try to sleep, [it was not a problem for me]

...............zzzZzZzZzZZzZ.................

OXFORD!!!!

1) We decide to find the hostel to be confident and to appreciate our trip without thinking 'Where is this bloody hostel?!!' at 11pm.

 This is our wonderful hostel. My first reaction "Oh, Oh, what is that hostel...A little bit afraid to discover what we will find inside..." Finally it was a nice experience, we slept with 7 other persons... It was very funny ^^

2) We begin to discover this wonderful student town.

Blodeian Library

The University of Oxford is divided in different Colleges in which students live and have class. Each college represent different school: school of English, school of History, school of Economics... And students can have class in different schools depending on the options they choose. They get around town with their bike!!!! So, when you are a tourist, you have to be careful to cars and.... bikes, and DO NOT cross the road even if there's nobody because a bike can appear suddenly from nowhere... hein, Camille??!

3) Trinity College just a picture to give you an idea.

4) The Carfax Tower: we can see all the town a wonderful panorama.

Brrrrrrrrrrr.... so cold at the top! just before go upstairs we have to take a wonderful spiral staircase, very narrow "Faut pas être trop groooos!" comme dirait Obélix.

5) We arrive to the majestuosity of Oxford: Christ Church.

It is one of the main College of Oxford in which tourists are authorized to visit it but with respect and as quiet as possible because staff and students work. Christ Chruch is very famous for its Staircase very familiar to visitors: if I say wizard, magic wand, friends... You answer... Harry Potter! Good! Yes the Staircase is a famous location in Harry Potter and The Philosopher's stone. Professor McGonagall welcomed Harry to Hogwarts for the first time at the top of the stairs.

The Staircase

Another famous location, but which one?

So? The comparison? There are 3 tables in my picture but 4 in Harry Potter, the window is bigger than in the real one, the ceiling doesn't exist in H.P.... It's magic to be in this dining room! =)

Christ Church Cathedral:

 So what do you think? Amazing isn't it? 
I really love it.

End of the day: before walking in the streets of Oxford, to go to the hostel, and take a shower to be warmer (so cooold and windy in Oxford), we take a picture in front of Christ Church.

Go to bed!
Tomorrow wake up at 7am to take the bus and to go to Cambridge.

z.ZZzzZz

[Soon Cambridge]

Love.