So I think maybe my last entry was a little bitter. I was suffering from the winter blues a little. The winter is so long and so fierce here, the novelty of digging your car out from under the snow and wearing everything in your wardrobe all at one time wears off pretty quickly.
However, the winter has now warn off as well. Though even when it's cold there's a fair amount of sun here, the spring has arrived and with it the temperatures have started to climb. Last week I went for an 8k walk into the nearest town and back (getting terribly sun burnt on the way, oops) and was able to just wear a pair of jeans and a T-shirt. I have also taken a few excursions over to the park in the valley which has a large lake in it as well. I've been jogging there, skipping stones on the water, watching fisherman, not skinny dipping as tempting as it is and playing on the childrens' climbing frames with G.
I also have friends here this week, they were out in Corcheval (sp?) in January but decided to come back out again this week. This time they're staying in Les Arcs, so are in the resort closest to me. I've been out skiing with them a number of times; it's so nice to be skiing with people who are the same standard as I am.
I now have less than a month left here and have my language course in Aix en Provence booked ready to start on the 9th May. I feel unsetteled, from a couple of weeks ago when things here were feeling stale, to it now feeling like my time is seeping away and I must make the most of the place I'm living in at present. The next few months will move quickly as I am doing something different every 4 weeks, so before I know it, it will be Septemeber and I will be getting ready to start my degree in Sociology and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths University.
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