Monthly Archives: January, 2014
Cambridge
Well, I have a week before classes resume, so I’m trying to relax and feel as stress free as possible before the work begins. You might know that relatively recently, I went to France on holiday. As expected on holiday, I did virtually no exercise. And since returning from France, I’ve done little running. As …
Lille
If I had the misfortune of spending time in Le Havre, considered by many to be the ugliest city in Normandy (I do have to admit that it is nice that the city has a tramway system. Although that doesn’t mean that the city is any more aesthetically beautiful), it’s only appropriate that I ended my stay in France …
Eu and Dieppe
Normally, Eu isn’t a city that folks are dying to visit on vacation – or for any other purpose. The town with the shortest place name in France (a piece of information relayed to me by one Axelle Buriez) does boast a lovely château and… I’m not sure what else. However, I have good memories of …
Rouen and Le Havre
Much of my visit to France was spent in Rouen – a place where would be no shortage of people for me to see as I lived there for roughly seven months while working as an English assistant teacher at Lycée Les Bruyères in neighbouring Sotteville-lès-Rouen. At first, the plan was to spend three nights at Jean-Jacques and Dillian’s place in …
Paris
A favourite Rashaadism is “The fun starts when you arrive.” So I began my vacation in France last Monday, January 13, arriving in a very dark Paris at 8 a.m. after taking the Megabus from London and crossing the English channel via ferry. As I hadn’t been in Paris since 2007 (Not counting arriving at and departing from CDG …
About to Cross the Channel
The first twelve days of 2014 haven’t really been exciting, as I haven’t done much other than compete in four ParkRuns. Despite the fact I don’t have any lectures this month, I have been busy working to complete an assignment that’s due tomorrow (Monday, January 13). I thought I had finished it a couple of days …
Getting Pounded 
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