Téléthon 2005

At the weekend there is going to be a national telethon here. There are events happening all over the country. It looks like it's going to be a bit like children in need. They are raising money for disabled kids (if you want to check it out the site is www.thelethon.fr it is all in french though). To support it Philips have had little things going on all week. There is a big space cleared in the building next to us and they have had a 'baby-foot' aka table football compotition, teas coffees and crepe served with the proceeds going to the telethon. Today we also had a band playing to entertain us as we drank our coffee. It was fun.

Last night was also fun as we celebrated Suzanne's 27th birthday. So all the english and americans, plus Anna, Inez, and the flat's newest resident Maude, had a lovely time munching on some spanish omllets that Anna made for us. As the evening wound on we went from birthday mode to Christmas mode as the fairy lights were lit and the christmas cds were played. It was really nice having Maude there as well, not just because she is really nice, but because it was a reason to speak french. Normally all of us talk english, and only speak french when we are joined by french people. so to have her there was great for the language side. A good evening.