On Friday, I baked some brownies! They turned out really good! I don’t think that I have explained this before, but here, I have a gas mark oven, and it is really difficult to control the temperature of it. Basically, regardless if it is on mark 1 (lowest heat) or mark (10) it heats up extremely fast (in less than a minute it is preheated, not kidding) and it just gets super hot. So, every time I bake something, I have to check on it every 5-10 minutes to make sure that it doesn’t burn. I have been getting the hang of it recently, and it will be strange to go back to a regular oven that takes time to preheat and that heats up normally :P.
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| Delicious brownies! |
On Saturday, it was Kate’s Birthday! We had assistant friends come over from a few different cities (Thizy, Aurillac, Charlieu, and St. Etienne) and we all enjoyed playing soccer together in the afternoon. I even scored three goals for my team! I was so proud of myself, :). We really lucked out with the weather! It was warm and sunny all day long! In the evening, we all headed over to Jack’s and Camilo’s place where we had some drinks, played some games, and chilled. Then, we all ended up going out dancing and I had a great night :). I loved seeing and spending time with everyone!
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| Clare, Kate, Amber, and I at Kate's bday party! |
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| Luke and I at Kate's party! |
On Sunday, I had quite a busy day. I woke up and went to Palm Sunday mass. The palms here in France are a bit different to the ones in the US.
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| Palm Sunday in France! |
After mass, I got back to the apartment, and had some breakfast with everyone. Then I hung around the apartment for a few hours. In the late afternoon, I finally got to meet the polish couple that live here in Roanne! It was really exciting to meet them, and I had a great time speaking polish. I also got to meet one of their sons and his french wife. It was nice to get to speak both polish and french with the family! They even baked a polish cheesecake and we had tea together. It was so nice to have some familiar food!
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| Polish Cheesecake |
I really enjoyed the afternoon with them, and then afterwards, I barely made it to the train station to say good-bye to Luke, Amber, Melissa, and Clare. I am glad I got to see them before they left town because I am not sure when/if I will see some of them again
:(. I hated saying goodbye to everyone… but, luckily, Melissa and Clare will be dropping by again this week.
Sunday evening, Kate, Tim, and I went had a BBQ dinner by the lake in Mably with some french friends. We had lots of yummy sausage, bread, and salad. We had a really nice time, and the weather was really nice but it did get a bit cold after the sunset though.
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| beautiful day |
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| Kate and I enjoying the weather! |
On Monday, Kate and I spent some time enjoying the sun in the afternoon. It was a beautiful day in Roanne!
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| Pretty day in Roanne |
Enjoying the sunshine,
Magdalena
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