A new life in Bordeaux

I have found this past month to be wonderful weather-wise; still fresh in the morning and still breezy in the afternoon, but the sun is amazing. We have little cloud so the sun is always shining which gives me the impression of a summer's evening in Britain all the time here.
In the new term I have started at University, some lectures have changed. -A more relevant history module another i am to first try tomorrow about the history of french since WWII so I really hope it proves to be comprehensible.

I am really getting into my voluntry posts, the team i help whilst feeding the homeless are wonderful people, some of the kindest people i have ever come to know. I cherish the memories I have with them.
The homework club is a little boring as it's on a friday night, not too late so I can't go out but late enough to mean it will get in the way, and my mentor is rather rude when I cannot make it.

I've been rollerblading today- excited about the improvement (i can now roller backwards but very slowly). simple things eh?

since christmas I have been lucky enough to visit St Emilion; a wine town an hour out of Bordeaux (everything was shut but we had a great day in the newly returned sunshine.)
I got to Tours last week-end, and showed Andrew what I knew of the gay culture there. I think it was of a different generation from his own but we enjoyed it none-the-less. A lunch with Richard a teacher from Southport and Olly from Uni was much appreciated too.

As Jo and I prepare to start living very different lives, (when she moves out of the flat to live closer to town) I hope we still see alot of each other because I deeply value her company in so many wonderful ways.

I attend a church here; it has been great for meeting some dear friends but I find most of the congregation cliquey and very French about socialising, I do hope my opinion changes as I appreciate the way the services are conducted by the pasteur there.

I am sad to say I have lost a few friends here in recent weeks, but we have been able to celebrate and that has been good fun- I do hope to see them again though.

When thinking of my friends in Chester, I cannot believe that I haven't seen some of them in as much as 10 or 11 months. I really cannot wait to see them again.

xxmellyxx