The weather is horrible here in Nantes but we're not letting that ruin our fun!
To be honest, the ecstatic expressions you see here on our faces are largely due to the arrival of ma cherie maman on Thursday, and with her the arrival of just SO MUCH chocolate, as well as teabags, magazines, make-up and lots of other goodies.
When she got here we went straight to my halls to drop all the gifts off and show her around - she was less than impressed with the living arrangements: "It's worse than you can tell from the photos on the blog" !!! Luckily I got to stay for the weekend with her in a lovely little boutique B&B, near the jardin des plantes, tres luxe.
On the Friday I had to go into hospital so Mum amused herself during the day but it was fine, there's plenty to do and see. So no excuse everyone else for not coming to visit! Here's a photo she took of me going to hospital and you can just make out the name, which I don't believe we've mentioned on this blog before: ''Hotel Dieu'' = God's Hotel?!! Worst name for a hospital ever!
Friday evening was ruined somewhat when I got some nasty food poisoning from a dodgy crepe! You'd think pancake and goat's cheese would be a fairly safe option for an evening meal but apparently not. Think I'll be giving up the chevre from now on (although to be honest I've eaten enough of the stuff since we got here). Luckily all was well again by early Saturday so we headed over to the flea market again where Alex tried on a variety of 80 euro furs and I looked for a vintage ball dress. Now everyone knows I love a good mooch round a charity shop but apparently this is frowned upon in France - charity shops are for the homeless and needy and it's not seen as cool or stylish to try and find vintage bargains in them In fact they might even refuse to serve you because they see it as stealing away an opportunity for a bargain that someone else deserves more! So it looks like slightly overpriced flea market pickings are the way forward for now.
For the rest of the day we wandered around some of the more touristy sights that we hadn't seen yet in the pouring rain - the Musée des Beaux Arts (very good), the cathedral (disappointingly bare). It felt like the whole weekend went too quickly! But it's only 3 more sleeps till we will have our next visitor as Rheon is coming on Thursday, I cannot WAIT :-D It's elephant time.
Only one more day left of gastro to go. Can't believe a month is over already! I think later this week I'll do a little review similar to Alex's because it will hopefully be useful for future students. Can't say I'm sorry to be leaving this placement though to be honest, it has been pretty hardcore, I'm ready for a dermaholiday.
A plus!
Marie
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