Party in Lyon and Roanne Goat

Friday morning was a little hectic. I thought that I could sleep in but I was wrong... I totally forgot about a meeting that I was supposed to attend with the other primary teaching assistants! I have been overwhelmed with the housing situation so that has been the only thing on my mind for the past few weeks. The meeting was held in a city pretty far so by the time I realized when it was it was too late to attend... On the bright side, I got a  lot of administrative stuff done today! The lady in charge really motivated me to get some important stuff done. So the day was actually pretty busy. After having a little freakout about missing the meeting, I went to the cafeteria at the high school with Kim and Kate for lunch. It was actually really good and I think it was better than at US schools. Next time I go I will have to take a picture for y’all so you can see what I mean. After lunch, I opened a bank account, chose a french doctor, got all my social security forms filled out and mailed! Later we took the Rugby boys to the nearest grocery store. Then, Kim, Kate, and I quickly ate dinner so that we could get ready to take a train to Lyon for my friend Tony’s birthday party!

The apartment was really nice and there was a lot of people. The party was really fun! All of the people there were so nice and friendly :). I also got to see Kathie at the party! It is always so great to catch up with UGA friends.

Yay mini UGA reunion!

Kathie and I at Tony's awesome party!

I wish I took more pictures at the party. I really hope to hang out with Tony and his friends again soon! Kate, Kim, and I stayed the night so that we could spend some of Saturday in Lyon.

On Saturday morning, we all had some awesome english tea (courtesy of Kathie) and chatted some before heading out to meet Kim’s friend. We took some pictures while we waited for her in front of a statue.

Staring contest 

Kim and I in front of the statue

Then, we all went to a restaurant together and had some lunch! We got three courses, salad, entree, and dessert! 

Super Salade Lyonnaise

So-so sausage

Perfect Panna Cotta

It was fun talking to Kim’s friend because she knew french really well and she also spoke polish which was super cool! It was nice being able to talk in polish with someone here in France. After lunch, it started to rain pretty hard so we quickly made it to the metro then to the the train station. We took a train back to Roanne then walked over to Carrefour before finally returning to the apartment. We were all super tired so we all went to bed early.

On Sunday, I went to church with Fatima here in Roanne. After mass, we walked around the city because the sun was finally shining! The past few days here have been very rainy so we were excited to see sunshine. I got some pictures around the city, canal, and Loire river. One of the highlights of the walk had to be finding a cute little baby goat! It was so adorable!

Roanne Canal

awesome cloud. part of the Loire

Loire River

cute little goat!

I want this goat

Then Fatima and I got quite hungry, so on our way home we bought a pizza. It was delicious!

mmmmm pizza!

After lunch, I just chilled at the apartment, skyped my parents some, and had a cup of tea. Then, Kate and I went for a run. We ran by the river and visited the cute little goat again! We were out running for around 45 minutes. There were others running at this time as well and it was pretty good weather for a run. It was a bit chilly which is perfect for running. This was my first exercise here in france so far (except for all the walking lol) and I hope to continue going for runs a few times a week (or at least once a week). 

Tomorrow is another day off for me so I am still on my weekend :).

Enjoying my four day weekends,

Magdalena