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Graduation countdown: 39 days

39 days till you can sing this to me.

When she visited Grenoble in October of last year, Dr Guenin-Lelle gave us a few things to give to Pénélope, our former Native Speaker, when we saw her. Well, it took a few months, but I finally managed to pay Penny a visit in March. I stayed with her in her parents' home in Aix-les-Bains and she took me to spend the day in Annecy, drive around the lakes of the region and also on a side trip to Chambéry.

Pénélope's family was extremely kind and hospitable to me. Their house is quite modern and amazing. I stayed in her brother's room, since he was away at art school in Paris. The room was bright, beautiful, and full of his art.

Annecy, although not quite so much in March, is supposed to have such beautiful flowers that won competitions for the most flowered town in France until it was finally disqualified from continuing in the competition. It, like several other towns in France, calls itself a "little Venice" because it has canals and water running throughout.

I also got to see the largest natural lake in France and experience flooding in Savoie. The entire country was having problems with flooding, but it was less evident in Grenoble, which is behind a big dam. Near Lake Bourget, the water was nearly covering the road and in Annecy, it was flowing quickly and threatening to overflow the canals.

srah - Tuesday, 26 March 2002 - 12:09 AM
Tags: graduation countdown, savoie, study abroad, travel

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