Becky, my roommate, came home with a mini-Christmas tree. I helped make the star to put on top and cut out snowflakes.
3 décembre 2008, decorating for Christmas
WEDNESDAY
Becky, my roommate, came home with a mini-Christmas tree. I helped make the star to put on top and cut out snowflakes.
Becky, my roommate, came home with a mini-Christmas tree. I helped make the star to put on top and cut out snowflakes.
2 décembre 2008
TUESDAY
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This is a window display in a Montluçon. The poster in the center of the display is another example of where the French have used English, though the translation just did not work out. An English speaker can understand what "Happy Party" means, but the expression just doesn't work in the language, like it does in French. Kind of interesting.
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I went to Pat à Pain with Becky. We sat in the upstairs area of the boulangerie/café and enjoyed watching bustling Montluçon :).
28 novembre 2008
FRIDAY
La va et vient (The go and the come) ... A bar/video arcade in Montluçon. I have never been inside, but I just like the name.
27 novembre 2008, ping-pong
THURSDAY
The students at École Jean Moulin are pretty fortunate in comparison to the other two school where I work, because during recess they have the option of playing undercover AND there is a ping-pong table. Most of the time a group of students circle the table, not all having a paddle so will use just their hand, and they rotate around the table taking turns hitting the ball.
The students at École Jean Moulin are pretty fortunate in comparison to the other two school where I work, because during recess they have the option of playing undercover AND there is a ping-pong table. Most of the time a group of students circle the table, not all having a paddle so will use just their hand, and they rotate around the table taking turns hitting the ball.
26 novembre 2008, Domérat
WEDNESDAY
Today, I took the bus to Domérat, which is the largest of Montluçon's suburbs with a population of 9,018.
Today, I took the bus to Domérat, which is the largest of Montluçon's suburbs with a population of 9,018.
map showing Montluçon and its nine surrounding suburbs
Église Notre-Dame de Domérat
The side of the Domérat library
Amused by the presence of American cartoons. I took this on the playground of a Domérat elementary school. The translation is probably evident, but it reads, "Stop racism."
25 novembre 2008, un peu de neige
TUESDAY
... a little snow.
I woke up this morning to a very thin layer of snow on the ground. The prediction of snowfall was 1 mm and I found it to be quite accurate to what actually fell.
... a little snow.
I woke up this morning to a very thin layer of snow on the ground. The prediction of snowfall was 1 mm and I found it to be quite accurate to what actually fell.
22 novembre 2008
SATURDAY
I walked through the Saturday market in Montluçon, which is situated in the medival area.
I apologize that this picture does not quite illustrate the layout of this particular market, but it is rather large. Aside from this area of the market, the booths are spread out and line the narrow streets of medival Montluçon.
I walked through the Saturday market in Montluçon, which is situated in the medival area.
I apologize that this picture does not quite illustrate the layout of this particular market, but it is rather large. Aside from this area of the market, the booths are spread out and line the narrow streets of medival Montluçon.
21 novembre 2008, lunch at Collège Jules Ferry
FRIDAY
After teaching in the morning at École Jules Ferry, I went across the street to Collège Jules Ferry. An English teacher from the collège contacted me and organized a little rendez-vous with her and the two other English teachers at the school. I brought a lunch and we sat in the staff room and talked for over two hours... predominately in French, though there was a mixture with English.
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The building that now houses Collège Jules Ferry has had two prior uses. Originally, it was a monastery; then later was turned into a high school before becoming a middle school. These previous existences are still evident today. Plaques outside the building read LYCÉE and the inner courtyard and architecture of the building reflects the characteristics of a monastery.
collège = middle school
lycée = high school
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20 novembre 2008, musée
THURSDAY
The castle in Montluçon, le Château des Ducs de Bourbon, has been turned into a museum which rotates exhibits and the current exhibit follows a hundred years of popular music on a local and global level.
Today, after teaching I visited le Musée des Musiques Populaires at the castle and was impressed.
The castle in Montluçon, le Château des Ducs de Bourbon, has been turned into a museum which rotates exhibits and the current exhibit follows a hundred years of popular music on a local and global level.
Today, after teaching I visited le Musée des Musiques Populaires at the castle and was impressed.
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Uniforms from the early twentieth century worn by members of the Montluçon band.
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Artifacts from the Montluçon Accordion Society
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One room was dedicated to the festival scene of the 1960s-1970s. Sound boards, barricades, and a video projections of music festivals from the time were used to simulate the musical atmosphere of the time.
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