Friendship

In this period of winter, where it start to get cold outside, the day are shorter, and we just want to stay in bed all day, we can often feel alone and depressed...

well sometimes you just can't, because when you start to feel bad, lonely, someone knock on your door, send you a letter, call you or just smile at you.... that's all we need in those times...

Friends..

Those people who don't have to love you, but that just do because they care, because you share something that nobody can explain...
Those people who are there when you don't expect them to be...
They can be really old friends, or people you have just met....
They can stay with you for the rest of your life, or they can just pass at a particular time...

Whoever they are, they make things easier....

Thank you all for being there, i am a really lucky girl .

Thanksgiving

Today, being the lucky housemate of an american girl, i have had the chance to celebrate thanksgiving!!!

Yes, exactly like in firends!!! with the turkey , the potatoes, the vegetables...everything!!!

And just so you know, thanksgiving has nothing to do with christmas, if you want to know what it is about, go there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)

And to make it even more perfect, tonight, after the diner, it started to snow.... ok, not a lot, but still ^^

Happy thanksgiving to all of you!

Christmas 's shopping !!!

Here we are , the most beautifull time of the year is coming. We have all been waiting for that to happend. Even so it is the same every time, every year seems different. We have met new people, we have grown, we have experienced new challenges...all of that makes the next Christmas different.

But besides that, what makes Christmas so special, it's because it is all about the other. For ones in the year, we are just thinking of making our family, friends and so on happy. This is why we all have to do our :

Christmas's shopping!!!!!

Yes, we all have to go through this amazing period of : what will i buy for her, him, i have still one month and then ...oh it's in a week!!! We are all doing that and we all have a part of us that loves it!

We spend hours looking at every shops, hesitating between two differents scarves to finally ended up buying both; we always curse someone in our familiy because we can't find the right present . And we all have our technique:
Some uses lists, made by other people
Some try to be creative to find the gift that one does not expects
Some are doing it in a hurry, taking the first thing that comes to their mind
Some are doing it online, to avoid the crowd in the shops
Some are doing it month in advance
Some are doing it at the last minute

Whoever you are, however you are doing it, you are part of it.

And i almost forgot, if after having done all your presents, you realise that your budget has been exceeded, way way exceeded, don't worry, you are not alone !!!!!

happy christmas's shopping to all of you, enjoy it!!!!!!

A little place called home

We all know this feeling, when we are far from home, from our childhood place, and we feel a bit lost, we miss something.
Because our home is a part of who we are. It means family.

But sometimes, we found ourself in some places who have the same effect.

Places we have never been before, but when we go there, we feel completed. Like if a part of us belonged here. This is what henley-on-thames has done to me.

En une journée, j'ai eu l'impression de retrouver une part de moi même, dans cette petite ville de la campagne Anglaise.
Un peu comme si le bateau mère rappelait un se ses navires.

Je souhaite à chacun d'entre vous de trouver ce genre d'endroit, qui réveille une partie de vous que vous ne connaissiez pas. Cette chance de trouver un foyer quelque part ailleurs, cette possibilité de se sentir chez soi dans un autre coin du monde....

Parce qu'après tout, there is no place like home...

The Angels are back

This is the time of the year all the men have been waiting for.
This is the time of the year, i will be honest, i have been waiting for
And it's back...
It's the victoria's secret fashion show!!!!!


The Bombshell are back, from Alessandra to Doutzen, Adrianna, Chanel , Candice or even Behati.... they are all here, with those amazing outfits, puting on a show like only they can!



And this year, the show was even more amazing with performances by Kanye, Jay-Z , Nicki minaj or the handsom Adam levine.






The Video will be available soon on youtube, so go there straight away. And i know girls, seeing those gorgeous model might sound depressiv, but i can assure you that there is nothing depressing about the Victoria's secret fashion show!

Enjoy the show, it's bombshell time!!!!!

The girl in the cold

here we are, we had to wait until november the 7 th but the cold finally landed in England!!!!

people told me about that, but when it is there... when you realise it is finally happening, that you will not be able to go out of your house without 2 or 3 scarves , you know the season is here....

So now it is hot chocolate, honey and tea from  night till dawn.....

Welcome to the English

North pole

tradition 1 : graduation day

Today while i was working at the local library of Chester, i saw by the window a group of people, some wearing a ceremony robe, and other dressed like if they were going to a wedding..
I had forgot, this is graduation day.
Here in England, this is a really big tradition. It symbolises the passage from one life to an other. You are no longer just a student, you have a degree, and it really is important.

We don't realise that because in France, we just go, at the end of our exam to the university, check out the piece of paper hung on the wall to see if we made it or not. And that is all.
Here, the entire family is involved. Your parents are here, your brother, sister, all dressed up to the nine.Just for you, to recognise that what you have done is important. Because this is a big step for you as a person. You are now a doctor, a biologist, a teacher and so on...

The robe also is really important, because it shows to everybody that you are part of something different. You and the people around you, who made it too... You are now part of an other world. You had the right to wear the robe, because you have made something decisive with your life...

I think we should get inspired by them. Maybe not with all the splendor around it...

  Mais simplement par le fait que pour eux, être allé à l'université et réussir son diplôme représente quelque chose de vrai, de respectable et d'honorable. C'est une étape cruciale dans leur vie, et toute la famille y est impliquée...un peu comme pour un mariage. On passe d'un état à un autre ,on est soit tout en étant quelqu'un d'autre.... et il s'en font un devoir et une joie de le célébrer.

Congratulation to all the graduates of the year 2011!

Hey, there is a band playing in your living room!

Yes, there is a first time for everything, and this was amazing.
The german crowd of our erasmus groupe has been to a concert, given by a german band. They started to chat, and after a while, decided that they will come and play at one of the german's house.... For real!

Ans so you have it, a group of friends, from all over the world, listening together to some great music from a german band, here, in the corner of one's living room...
And you know what the best part is?   they have played some britney ^^
Who said life wasn't fool of beautifull surprises

Merci à Scarlet Drawl pour ce délicieux moment, et à janina pour avoir prété son appartement

halloween

One thing that the English love to do above all, is getting dressed . And what better occasion to do that than Halloween!!!!!

In France this holiday is not really part of the culture. Nobody really cares. This is just an excuse to make kids draw pumpkins and spiders at school.
But here, everyone one is doing it.
 For the girls, it is a great excuse to dress up in a "whatever you want-slut "without anyone finding anything to say about it. For the guys, it is a great opportunity to put on all the make up they have always dreamed of putting on. And of course, this is an other excuse to drink a loooooot of alcohool, in the name of witches, ghost and other vampire.

Si l'idée de faire revivre sorcières,esprits maléfiques et autres fantômes du passé le temps d'une nuit dans la ville d'harry potter a un certain charme....Je n'arrive pas à oublier que la soirée se déroulera comme toutes les autres dans une boîte de nuit typiquement anglaise.Et hormis le moment magique de l'enfilage du costume et de la prise de photo traditionnelle; tout comme dans cendrillon, le charme se rompra et nous redeviendrons tous et toutes de pauvres étudiants bien trop alcoolisé.!!

Well despite all that ladies and gentlemen, i am ready to enjoy this halloween party like i have never done before, like an english girl!!!
Ce soir les amis.....ayez peur du noir!!!!

Movember

The English people might have some strange habits, way of living and so on... but they are also able to have some really original and great idea.
This one is the month of Movember. The first time i heard of that was when i was reading the" rowing and regatta" journal, that had an article about rowers growing a moustache during the month of november!

This is not just an other weird habit, i promess. Men are doing that for helping fighting prostate cancer.And this is a big deal around here. One of my friend from south Africa told me that he was doing it every year, even so, believe me, the moustache does not fit him really well! (sorry Ciaran ^^)
This idea is so simple and so great that i had to share this with you.
Si vous voulez en savoir plus sur cette idée toute simple allez jeter un coup d'oeil sur le site officiel:
http://uk.movember.com/
Et si l'envie vous en dit, rejoignez le mouvement!
Bon mois de Movembre!!!!!

Sport : French pride

Sometimes you don't need a lot of things to make you happy, proud or alive. Today, i ought all those feelings to the french rugby team.

For those of you who are not really keen on sport, or who just did not care, this article might be just a waste of time. But for me and some others, it is a little slice of joy.

I am not always proud to be French, and to be honest, i don't think of that really often (quoi que depuis que je me suis retrouvée coincée dans un trou paumé en angleterre, l'idée me vient souvent!). And sometimes, it is not just a question of victory or success.
Today, our national team has lost against new-zealand in the world cup final. But what they have done today, the fight, the spirit, the way they have played, in the name of our country... well it is just something that you can't describe...
Alors merci à eux, pour un spectacle grandiose...
Merci la France!

The sex and the city syndrom

As you may know , I am currently living in a really small town in the north-west of England. It is a really beautifull old and typical England city, with lot of stories ... The only problem is, there is not so much to do in here, and you are 10 minutes walk away from everything, and you just feel like living here is just IMPOSSIBLE!

This is what i call the :"sex and the city syndrom"

 This feeling that life can only be lived in a big city. This sensation of being lost in this ocean of beautifull buildings, shops, huge streets and so on... In a big city, you are no one and in the same time you can be who ever you want. You have your own spot, your favorite coffe-place, bookshop, and it takes you almost the day to go from one side to another... A day in the city is like a new journey each time...
And most of all, the big city allows you to think: i might find love here... because there is so much places, peoples, corners that there must be someone for you somewhere in this jungle...
This is the power of the big cities....
Unfortunetly i haven't found a cure fo this yet...
Je ne sais même pas s'il existe un remède à ce syndrôme, et peut être que vivre à plus d'une heure de la "vraie ville" la plus proche m'aidera à trouver une réponse à cette énigme...
En attendant, je vais retourner à ma micro-cité et essayer d'y trouver le "je ne sais quoi" qui rend une ville magique...

ps: Paris i ♥u

A drop of litterature

I have always been a fan of books, and those past years i have read a lot of them.

But lately i have found this amazing author:

 Alexander McCall Smith!!!!

His collection is made of 5 series of books:

-The n°1 Ladies detective Agency

-44 Scotland street

-The sunday philosophie club

-Corduroy Mansions

-Other titles

I am currently reading one of the Corduroy Mansions serie, and it is a real page turner!!!

Alors si vous cherchez un bon livre à lire, facile, pas prétentieu mais bien écrit et original, voici exactement ce qu'il vous faut!!!!

Se trouve chez tous les bons libraires

 (Et pour les plus téméraires, vous pouvez essayer la v.o!)

Frenchy fit tips : Alcohool

Since i arrived here, people can't stop asking : how are you doing to eat to healthily?
Well first of all "i am french", So i know what good food actually means !
But this is not all the difference. The topic today : alcohool.

As a french person, i really enjoy having a good glass of wine. I am not saying that i am an expert or anything, but i know how to enjoy it. And there is nothing wrong with a glass of wine..at least with ONE.
The problem is the quantity of alcohool that one can drink. Here in england, more than in France, the students drink an incredible amount of alcohool. Well ladies, not only does it makes the day after incredibly hard, but it is also a lot of calories for well....nothing.
So I would suggest, when you have a party, and you know you are going to drink a lot, buy a light wine (yes it does exist!). And the day after, before the breakfeast, go have a little run. not very long, just about 20 minutes.
Ca peut paraitre un petit rien, ou pour certaines un effort insurmontable. mais il vous permettra de faire circuler le sang et d'éliminer un tant soi peu tout l'alcool ingéré. 
De plus, si ce petit réveil devient quelque chose auquel vous vous  habituez (si vous devez le faire tous les jours il serait temps de vous poser des questions!! ), il peut être le commencement d'un petit rituel d'activité physique hebdomadaire....Mais ça, nous y viendrons plus tard.
En attendant, Santé!

The British Girl

For all of us, poor ignoring french people, the british girl is this crazy little girl, with funky outfits and  a roguish smile...

You know, grils like Twiggy or Emma Watson...

Well the reality is way different. The british girls today, the real ones, not the actresses who have access to great disigners (french disigner :p) and who are always impeccable. The real British girls could , (and should), take a little bit of time to read Vogue (the uk one is great), Elle or Cosmo and inspire themselves...just sayin'.
Mais il se peut aussi simplement que les Anglaises soient juste bien moins critique que nous autres franchouillarde. Et peut être qu'ici, s'habiller en stripteaseuse si l'on fait du 52 ne dérange personne , simplement parce que personne ne juge ou ne prête réellement attention à cela.
Ce qui pour nous peut paraître comme une faute de goût impardonnable,n'est pour elle qu'un choix anodin que personne ne se permettra de relever.
En attendant mesdemoiselles, même si j'admire leur liberté d'expression vestimentaire, il n'empêche que la French touch et son sens du style restent indetrônable...
Yes ladies, even the english guys are telling me how well dress i am...
French Pride !

Hello

Hy everybody!
The Frenchy has arrived. I am not going to bother you with what this blog will be about...You will just have to wait and see...
En attendant je le dédicace à ma famille.....

A très bientôt