All quiet...
Kirstin is off in Texas, having a grand old time, seeing her Mum (briefly en-route) and Dad (staying with D & K in Waco) while at the GMcD conference. She gave a cracking paper which was very well received. Yahoo!
I'm working too late most nights to compensate for the quiet at home, and trying to get some of the medical paperwork out of the way - I now have a No. d'Immatriculation, but I'm not quite sure when I can use it or what for! Work is very interesting, with about 5 different projects occurring in any given day (just my style).
I will sign up for the intensive French courses tomorrow - the lab pays for the first course for both me and Kirstin at the local university, so we'll be stumbling along with 2 hours of French Monday-Friday for the month of November. October is looking a little busy without adding to it, as I am going to New Mexico for a conference, and Kirstin is back to Aberdeen for some research.
I'd promised some news, but you'll have to wait (more bated breath, please) until Friday. Kirstin arrives at 09h00, so I hope by 11h00 we'll have something exciting to announce! (Either that or we'll be in the depths of despair).
Last night a friend of Peter & Sophie's came, Jacques (from Paris). He brought a bottle of wine which was excellent, and I asked an innocent question about the label. This opened up a 30 minute discussion on Bordeaux wines, and made me very excited about learning more! He's the kind of guy who buys very special wine when it has just been made in the hope of ending up with an extraordinary vintage. Perhaps a malt substitute for me??? Speaking of malt, it's crazy to see the effect of alcohol tax in the UK - whisky is about 15-30% cheaper here than it was in Scotland! It's hard to get the unusual varieties, but all the big names are in the supermarkets.
Dinner last night enforced the prime reason for the French to live - it is to eat and drink. Really, one can get up in the morning, go to the market for food, make a little lunch, do something else for a couple of hours, then prepare dinner and eat - still sitting at the table at 11:30, then going to sleep before doing it all over again. Extraordinary!
I've just booked some tickets back to Manchester for my viva on the 4th. It's looking a bit whistle-stop (I'm not even sure I'll be able to make it to St Andrews to be ponded) but I'll try to pack everything in.
Hey - I've no idea who's reading this, but if anyone is still tagging along, drop me a line. It's of the format greg dot alpedhuez at gmail dot com. And if that needs explaining, suffice it to say Alpe d'Huez is a famous mountain in the Tour de France that collided with me last year.
Bon nuit!
I'm working too late most nights to compensate for the quiet at home, and trying to get some of the medical paperwork out of the way - I now have a No. d'Immatriculation, but I'm not quite sure when I can use it or what for! Work is very interesting, with about 5 different projects occurring in any given day (just my style).
I will sign up for the intensive French courses tomorrow - the lab pays for the first course for both me and Kirstin at the local university, so we'll be stumbling along with 2 hours of French Monday-Friday for the month of November. October is looking a little busy without adding to it, as I am going to New Mexico for a conference, and Kirstin is back to Aberdeen for some research.
I'd promised some news, but you'll have to wait (more bated breath, please) until Friday. Kirstin arrives at 09h00, so I hope by 11h00 we'll have something exciting to announce! (Either that or we'll be in the depths of despair).
Last night a friend of Peter & Sophie's came, Jacques (from Paris). He brought a bottle of wine which was excellent, and I asked an innocent question about the label. This opened up a 30 minute discussion on Bordeaux wines, and made me very excited about learning more! He's the kind of guy who buys very special wine when it has just been made in the hope of ending up with an extraordinary vintage. Perhaps a malt substitute for me??? Speaking of malt, it's crazy to see the effect of alcohol tax in the UK - whisky is about 15-30% cheaper here than it was in Scotland! It's hard to get the unusual varieties, but all the big names are in the supermarkets.
Dinner last night enforced the prime reason for the French to live - it is to eat and drink. Really, one can get up in the morning, go to the market for food, make a little lunch, do something else for a couple of hours, then prepare dinner and eat - still sitting at the table at 11:30, then going to sleep before doing it all over again. Extraordinary!
I've just booked some tickets back to Manchester for my viva on the 4th. It's looking a bit whistle-stop (I'm not even sure I'll be able to make it to St Andrews to be ponded) but I'll try to pack everything in.
Hey - I've no idea who's reading this, but if anyone is still tagging along, drop me a line. It's of the format greg dot alpedhuez at gmail dot com. And if that needs explaining, suffice it to say Alpe d'Huez is a famous mountain in the Tour de France that collided with me last year.
Bon nuit!
posted by Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson at 9:45 pm
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