I finished up my last classes this past week, but unfortunately am not feeling the relief of being done with them. Once finals are done with next week I will feel a lot better about life :)
On Wednesday, IES had a reception for all the students, professors and families. Appetizers and rinks were served and the director and student president/vice president gave some pretty humorous speeches. I also managed to get some good pictures of the people I've been hanging out with the past 4 months.
Yummy appetizers...no idea what half of them are :)
Ana
Kat
Monsieur de Berranger - the director of IES
Maryn - IES student president
Cindy and Lisa
Friday, May 8th, was another national holiday in France - the liberation of France in 1944 - so once again, there were no classes. IES took us to the village of Clisson, about an hour from Nantes, where we visited the medieval chateau, the open-air market there, and the beautiful parks along the river. We then went to a vineyard outside of Nantes, which made white wine. We took a tour of the vines and then had a degustation - a tasting of 3 different white wines from different years, made at this particular place. This vineyard was very different from the ones I saw in Bordeaux last week. The fields were very flat, and the vines seemed bigger. Wine from this region also isn't that popular in respect to the rest of France, so it could simply be this difference in ambiance that made the difference.
Chateau at Clisson
Chateau at Clisson
Prisoners in the Dungeon!!
Picnicking in Clisson - always laughing :)
Kelsey, Laura, Emily, Stephanie, Alyssa, Anna, Lisa, Michelle, Ana and Elizabeth
Clisson
Lisa and myself
Afterward, I went to the Creperie on the boat in Nantes. I LOVE CREPES. I know I've said it over and over again, but really, I just can't say it enough. This time around I also took pictures of my dinner before I ate it! Just for all of you :) I'm working on finding a good galette recipe to bring back to the states. Don't worry, I already have one for crepes!
Today has been spent studying, doing laundry, making my last banana bread, and watching the France cup for soccer - 2 teams from Brittany, apparently it's a big deal? Meh, I'm enjoying it! Tomorrow will also be spent studying, but I will probably be going out on the boat with my family, so that should be fun! I'll try to get a couple of blogs in before I head home!
Love to you all!
Kelsey
Vineyard
Afterward, I went to the Creperie on the boat in Nantes. I LOVE CREPES. I know I've said it over and over again, but really, I just can't say it enough. This time around I also took pictures of my dinner before I ate it! Just for all of you :) I'm working on finding a good galette recipe to bring back to the states. Don't worry, I already have one for crepes!
Emily and Stephanie
Galette! Ham, potatoes, cheese and a special sauce...
Crepe - banana, chocolate with vanilla ice cream :)
Today has been spent studying, doing laundry, making my last banana bread, and watching the France cup for soccer - 2 teams from Brittany, apparently it's a big deal? Meh, I'm enjoying it! Tomorrow will also be spent studying, but I will probably be going out on the boat with my family, so that should be fun! I'll try to get a couple of blogs in before I head home!
Love to you all!
Kelsey
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