bordeaux!!!! =D

bordeaux!! wowwie... where to start?

okay, well, we left lacanau on saturday, after making the most of our last days of beaching...and hanging out with the kids at mickey's club


and we said our au revoir's to the club mickey crew - chrystelle, pedro & melanie =)

and had our last fills of surfing... =D


and debbie!


and then we packed up and headed to bordeaux to stay with Audrey’s family there for a few days before i was leaving for paris en route to uganda... and after a nice restful 4 weeks in lacanau, and i thoroughly enjoyed it, but i was starting to feel idle and antsy and looking forward to doing something more productive again, so i was really getting excited for uganda and my course there after a few more lazy days in bordeaux! little did i know the amazingness that was going to meet me in bordeaux!!!

first of all... we got to stay with audrey’s family, which was super cool, they were sooooo nice and hospitable and we really enjoyed getting to chat with them over nice looong french dinners in their garden!!

and THENNNN... on sunday morning, debbie and audrey and i went out to see the town

and as we were doing that... guess who we “ran into”?!!!

OUR FRIENDS FROM NORWAY!!! joffe, harold, whose place we stayed at in Trondheim on our north of norway trip, and our other friend eric! they DROVE down from norway 24 hours nonstop to surprise-visit us here, they just decided to do it on thursday and got a hold of audrey to coordinate the surprise!! definitely THE most surprising surprise i’ve ever had!! (TAKK!!!) i actually thought i saw joffe when they were walking towards us, but i’d gotten pretty used to ignoring sleazy guys in france so i looked away and kept walking when i saw them looking at me! haha... but anyways, it was super great to see some friends i hadn’t thought i’d see ever again for a long, long time!! =D

(its pretty at night too, eh??)
and THEN on monday...

i got to hang out with one of my bestest friends Gen, from Quebec, who’s in bordeaux visiting her grandparents here, and we had an absolutely fabulous day together on the town, as we always do when we’re together!

and yesterday, me and debbie (audrey had to work) went with the boys back to lacanau and spent one last beautiful day on the beach!!

it was so strange for me and debbie being back in lacanau and sitting on the beach like we’ve been doing every day for the last month, but in the company of our norwegian friends!! like 2 of my lives smushed together into one! anyways we had an awesome time, the boys all surfed and all got up!!

eric

joffe

and harold!!

gratulerer med surfing, boys! og lykke til med kilometer tilbake til norge!! =D


so its been a short little visit to bordeaux, but SO good!! such good times made it sadder to have to leave such good friends and good times again on my 7:50am train BUT.... fortunately (or, really, not actually fortunately AT ALL!)... i missed my 6am alarm this morning, and woke up suddenly at 7:27am!!!! AAAAAAH!! joffe drove me at super speed to the train station and i LITERALLY jumped on the train 30 seconds before they closed to doors (ABSOLUTE MIRACLE!!!) so there was no time for parting tears this time around!! so here i am now on the train, wishing i hadn’t taken my 40-minutes-turned-2-hours sleep and had the time for some last chats and proper goodbyes and hugs, but im definitely just thankful that i can make it to paris and catch my flight!!

so that’s it...

LACANAU, Summer 2007... another chapter of my life completed, with many good times and memories. =) and just a closing word of wisdom from having lived in france this summer : “merci beaucoup” = thank you very much; “merci beau queue” = thank you, nice bum!

hehe.. and now i’m off to Uganda (en route right now at Heathrow airport)... yet another place and phase of my life where another adventure awaits!! thanks for journeying with me!!

much love, beaucoup d’amour, mye kjærlihet (my versions of french & norwegian, i dunno!)

rainbow =)