So, some exciting things that have happened recently:
- The 20th November was 'Beaujolais Nouveau' day. Some marketing genius has managed to get the entire country in a multicoloured fuzz of excitement about the arrival of this year's version of Beaujolais wine. It's a pretty impressive publicity feat and has become something of a tradition, with cafes, restaurants and even some patisseries stocking the new glug.
Apparently rich Brits race their swanky cars to France and back in an attempt to be the first to crack open a bottle this side of the Channel. Why they can't just pop over on a night ferry and drink in the middle of the sea beats me.
Naturally, we felt it appropriate to participate in this French tradition, and it seemed right to do this at lunchtime, when the rest of the country vanishes into restaurants. The wine was okay and came in a fantastically colourful bottle which has joined the other objects in my room attempting to hide the giant TV. Sadly, I missed the tasting session at my school. Oh well, there are still all the bottles of spirits in the staffroom for 50 cents a pop...and that's in the nicest school!
In other news...
I'm sorry to announce the untimely death of Bas and Pom. Bas unfortunately succumbed to the fatal drought of The Weekend When Flick Went Climbing and Forgot to Water Him, and was finished off by The Week When Flick Kept Looking At Him And Worrying But Still Never Got Round to Watering Him. Very tragic times, and seemingly completely unavoidable.
Pom held out a little longer, but at the grand old age of 2 months, he sadly turned a rather funny shade of crimson, wrinkled his berries in disgust and with a melodramatic thud, departed from his earthly realm...
After a suitably dramatic panic, I scooped him up, but all to no avail.
His memory shall live on.
I don't want to end on a sad note, so...
Here's a picture of a lovely little piglet at the market. Panic not - he's there for a fundraising stall, not for Sunday roast.
Awwwww....
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