Hello again...
I just thought i'd write one more email before i leave just to let some of you know what's going on.
After 13 weeks in France, I am leaving. Almost at the end of my tether with the language barrier thing... you'd think that after this long i'd be able to speak a bit of french now... wrong! I can understand bits and pieces but my brain just wont click into french mode. For example if someone asks me a question: "Comment �a va?, Sally?" I will say, without a thought "Yeah, i'm alright"
But without a doubt, the most frustrating part is when something goes wrong at work and i don't know the words for "the microscope isn't working properly, can you come and have a look?" and all the hand gestures in the world can't make anyone understand.
Anyway... Wednesday the 30th of March is the day that I fly from Paris to Manchester (i'm determined to get a stamp in my passport this time!)
I'm loitering in Preston from the 30th to the morning of the 6th of April (with Monday the 4th being spent in Liverpool)... i'm then catching a train from Preston to London for a night of drinkies (somewhere in Islington - i will let everyone know when/where i know for sure). My flight is from Heathrow at about 10pm on the 7th of April.... the 8th of April doesn't exist and I fly into Sydney at 5am-ish on the 9th where my insane mother will hopefully be waiting for me with some chocolate milk.
I will then be heading to Newcastle where I will first stop at a RTA to renew my drivers licence (ooh what a pretty picture that's going to be)... then i will sleep for 2 days straight (although i will probably try and track someone down to have a normal-sized beer or 3 with me). Then i am going to work on the Monday... how excited can one person be????
If you would like to put in an order for a tacky souvenier (yes, i know it's spelled wrong), i will be going shopping tomorrow (however you probably wont be reading this until Monday, so that doesn't really help)
That's about it I think! France has been good, but it could have been better... but i'm not going to complain.
Now, i am about to fall asleep.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
xxx
Sal
