Snow?! Again!?

Another weekend, and only one week until winter holidays! This past weekend, Emma (another assistant from Cary) and I visited Versailles to see Louis XIV playground and experience French monarchy at its most extravagant. It was crazy! Huge, excessive, and beautiful. The gardens were my favorite part, but as it was winter, the fountains were frozen (kinda cool) and the flowers weren't in bloom. But it was a sunny day, although a bit chilly. Luckily, the snow that was covering Chartres and Nogent did not make it all the way to Versailles, so there was only a light dusting in the area.

Then on Sunday, I woke up bright and early (well, not so bright...) at 6h30 to go with the running club to the regional championships of cross-country. It was in Onzain, about a 2 hour drive away, in a charter bus. It was pretty neat to see how a cross-country meet worked, and visit with some of the other members of the running club. Also got to do a little bit of hiking in the park area where the race was being held. And a quick drive-by of the Blois chateau, which looked absolutely stunning from the bus.

Luckily, after waking up so early on Sunday, I got to sleep in on Monday and all of my afternoon classes were canceled because of 'Courir en ville,' an event that has every primary student running around in town at a certain time. So, of course, I went and cheered on my students and they were all super cute! The giant snowflakes from this morning had stopped, so the kids had nice weather to run around and spend an afternoon outside.