Apartments, Holidays and More

It’s been a crazy couple of days. In fact I would go so far as to say this week was crazy and a little stressful. There were apartment viewings, bus issues, a wine tasting, a Christmas market, school work and the Cyber Monday prep. I wish I could say that things will be calmer next week but I think I’m looking at a sprint to the finish.

I’ve got school projects galore! And on that note – check out the latest post on my second blog! In fact, my team was one of the four from the English cohort chosen to proceed to the next level on our large professional project – the wine challenge! I’m excited that our hard work paid off but it means another round of crazy preparations and hard work. And coming up on the 16th of December I’ve got two major presentations for the same class. And to top it all of next weekend I will be on a school trip to Cahors. So…not much work getting done then. Oh well.. Continue reading

The Crazy Game

I’ve gone back and forth trying to decide if I wanted to post this piece. I wrote it while I was not in a very charitable mood. I was struggling to move beyond my anger and upset. But I’ve had a lot of people asking about why I was so upset this week and I think I have finally managed to find the humor in the situation. So… keeping in mind the spirit with which it was written please take this with a grain of salt and excuse and lingering sharpness….

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The Camel

Yes you read that right: the camel.

As I have mentioned before I have a fairly sizable commute to get to my internship twice a week. The office is about 25 miles outside of the city near a little town called Ambes. The first time I ever rode the bus to work I commented on two things: the rather surprisingly large field of corn and the open pasture. This pasture is within the ‘town’ limits and more importantly is not fenced. There are often a couple of horses and as I recently discovered…a camel.

Yes your read that right: a two-hump camel in the middle of Bordelais country side.

Huh?

Not really sure what to do with that. Why a camel? How does the owner keep the camel in the unfenced pasture with the horses? Are there camel rides available?

It’s not quite Serge the Llama but maybe the camel would like a bus ride? ….