"C'est pas parc' que you are me qu'I am you"

Last week I ticked another thing off the to-do list and went on to the roof of Corum. Corum is one of the big buildings in the centre of town, a couple of minutes walk from Place de la Comédie, and it has a huge staircase at one end so that you can access the top.

Me, Helen and Monique just sat for ages enjoying sunshine, girl talk, and some really amazing views!

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Wednesday was karaoke night with the boys! Raphael spent the afternoon introducing me to Renaud, one of his favourite singers, and later treated us all to an impersonation.

"Hotel California" is another favourite in our house, and one of Hugo's friends was lucky enough to be treated to a rendition over the phone.

The live entertainment definitely makes working a lot more bearable! 

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I had the best evil Thursday ever! I got to experience first-hand another very important piece of the French culture: the strike! We had a "journée banalisée" at university, which meant that there was a huge assembly to discuss budget cuts, and all lessons after 11:30 were non-compulsory, to allow every student the opportunity to attend. Passionate as I am about all such financial issues, I decided it was about time I tried a crêpe!

It was Marian's birthday, so after crêpes we all went to Colombiere for cake! Me and Helen bought him an LED pig which changes colour, which I wanted to keep, but sadly could not. Thursday night was movie night, because Raphael loves Grease, and I'd never seen Back To The Future! 

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Raphael's friend David came to visit this weekend, so we decided to start on the house book of cocktails! This was of course accompanied by yet more karaoke, and some very enthusiastic dancing! 

I was very insistent on the cocktail umbrellas.

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Uni on Monday was horrible and made my head hurt, but thankfully Alex has a car and a love for the beach, so back we went to sit on the rocks with a beer and watch the sunset.

Definitely the best way to make Mondays less evil!

Sarah

xx