from hot to cold to hot to cold to ill (yes, you read that right, ILL!)
Would you believe it? I have a freaking cold! You would think that in a country like this air conditioning is something of a blessing. Au contraire, my friends. I’ve been walking in and out of cold classrooms and cars into the hot weather for two weeks straight, and now I have a cold. Isn’t that just brillsville-on-sea. It’s not making me feel too rotten but I do feel pretty silly coughing, sneezing and sniffling in the stifling heat. Makes me look very foreign and tourist-like (and just when I thought my newly aquired tan was helping me to blend in). Not to worry, I should get over it pretty quickly as my body begins to adapt to this tropical madness.
On a positive note, I’m not that burnt after all. My face, arms and chest are going a nice golden brown while my thighs – although still lobster-like – don’t appear to be peeling. What a relief!
Sarah arrived yesterday, bringing us to 3 people in the apartment. She seems very nice and cheerful. More on my flat mates when they’ve all arrived and I get round to taking some photos. We are now waiting for Vivien (24 year old bloke from France) who has spent the last month or so waiting for the French authorities to issue him a biometric passport. If only he were British. I went to the embassy on the Monday before I left and they had my passport ready by Friday, on the grounds that it was an emergency. Either that, or the lady behind the counter had a thing for me. Probably the former.
Really must go now. Here are some pictures of Philippe and Marie France’s daughters, one of whom is a student of mine.
adomialay said,
June 24, 2007 at 8:02 pm
steven ford