It's been quite a while since I wrote in here so thought I should update it just to prove I'm not dead, and of course inform you all of the wonders of year abroad life thus far.
So the two weeks Toussaint holidays were a nice break from the complex issues of living here and obviously nice to see family and friends again, but now I'm back here again it feels like I never went back really. Odd, that.
One thing I will never understand is WHY, for God's sake WHY do the Rouen rubbish collectors decide that 22:30/23:30 is an acceptable time to clear the rubbish for the whole street? Like seriously, what is up with that? And I swear they do this at least four times a week. How much rubbish does this street have? It baffles me.
Also, since I came to Rouen I have had way more friend requests from random people. And I don't mean students or anything, I mean random guys from Indonesia.
ANYWAY, to get back on track. Things are going pretty well here, however of course I am still having admin issues. My main problem at the moment is that I STILL don't have a bank card, I have a pin number but no actual card so I have a good lot of money waiting in that account that I cannot access and it's driving me crazy. I'm hopefully going to know by tomorrow what the hell is going on with that.
We are still in the process of moving things into our apartment. It's a struggle. We live on the fourth floor. There are eight flights of stairs. It ain't easy.
The teaching is certainly an...experience. I have a couple of classes who are really good and actually want to speak to me and then I get classes who just look at me like I need to get out and run away back home. Also the reliability of the actual teachers themselves isn't too great either.
But it's all getting better. Hopefully by this time next week I will actually be moved into my new apartment properly and be in a much more positive place!
Bisous xxx
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