Friday 21st March

I have been here a month - can you believe it! Time has gone so fast. First today I decided to head to the art school to see if anyone was in. Got caught in a very large group of tourists on the way, mostly teenagers so i’m guessing it was a school trip. Mary was in, so said hello, and then went to fond a present to take to Orléans. Found a lovely antique type shop and bought a white pot with a red chicken on top. It was run by a little old man with grey hair and very large spectacles and it sold some really lovely raffia baskets, jugs, china and some very funny looking sheep made from what looked like straw. Stopped at Monoprix on the way home and bought some Lindor mini chocolate eggs to put in the pot and a golden rabbit for Ségolène. Present sorted. I then headed to the internet cafe where I had a cappuccino - it came with whipped cream on the top, how weird is that! Got a call from Mary saying they were going to Graces for supper, so I sorted out my fridge and took over the last bit of milk, baby tomatos and some crepes for who ever wanted them, and took some Ben and Jerrys for pud. Supper was delicious. Grace had made some sushi, and then we had crepes filled with ice-cream. At 11 we decided to go and have a drink at the Irish bar, and once again our english attracted the attention of some french people. This time a guy with crazy afro hair, who looked a bit like Mika so that became his name. At about 12.30 he came over again and said to come and join him and his friends at their table. We did, but because I had to catch a very early train I decided that was a good time to depart, said hi and bye to the people at the table and headed home.