Joyeaux Noel

Merry Xmas all. Why do I say that? Because last night I attended my christmas party for the language school where I'm learning French. Well, I wouldn't say learning, I'd say improving. We all went to a restaurant down near the beach, it was really good. Great night, great weather, and a really nice outlook onto the beach. There would have been about 12 tables of about 12 people on each, so it was really quite a turnout. I sat next to a lovely young lady called Kate, and she and I chatted for most of the night, exchanging our overseas experience stories. She's in love with Italy; myself with France. But we've both found Venice to be particularly alluring, so we chatted about that a fair bit. Opposite me was a fairly quiet guy called Simon, after everyone had left he and I managed to have a conversation; he's in the airforce, moves around a bit, and is learning French because he's travelling there early next year.

So yeah - was a good night. Managed to use my gaydar to spot a couple of gay guys there - one learning French and the other Italian. Pity the cuter of the two was learning Italian though, not French. No matter. I'll find reasons to chat to them if I see them around the language school.
During the night was a quiz night, basically, and all related to foreign languages or culture. I think we did pretty well, including the bonus points section for getting up and singing a nursery rhyme in a different language.
I've only been at the language centre for about 2 weeks, so I didn't really know anyone, still, everyone was very friendly so I had no issues. It's a pretty vibrant school - students joke about it being like a cult, but we're all adults so I think we're able to cope. There are "cultish" type feelings on somethings, but I think that's just the centre's enthusiam for success and achieving. I think most of the students are quite cynical so it's probably a nice balance.. *laugh*