There's no place like home for the holidays

Hello all. Sorry about the delays, I've been getting quite lazy about blogging. Anyhow, I am currently in good ole' North Carolina for Christmas and New Year's and am still a little shocked at how BIG everything is. Hah. It's been great to speak English, hear English, and see friends and family for the best season of the year.

Before leaving Nogent however, I did go on a weekend get-away to Strasbourg, the Capital of Christmas, with Emma, another assistant in Chartres. We had a great time browsing the hundreds of Christmas markets, eating way too much delicious French food, and attempting to stay warm. The city was decorated beautifully for Christmas, with a giant Christmas tree, lights on every street and all that. It really put me in the Christmas spirit and was a nice break from little Nogent.

On the Thursday of the last week before vacation, it also snowed! And I mean a good snow too, at least 2 inches, covering the streets and sidewalks and rooftops. It was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, school was not canceled so I still had to bike around to my schools, but everyone was in a festive mood and most of my kids made snowflakes instead of actually learning anything. "Fold here. Cut here. NO, here." They really enjoyed that and were amazed at how they could just fold some paper, cut a few times, and voila! a lovely snowflake.

Luckily, my flight out wasn't until Monday, so the travel delays and difficulties that the snow caused didn't affect me too much, other than stressing about it all Sunday night and slipping and sliding my way to the train station early Monday morning. But I made it home, on time and in one piece which was fantastic.

Bonnes fetes de fin d'annee a tous!