Annabelle Mou
27 December 2017 WednesdayAs expected, the French royals back then built palaces everywhere, making the entire country their playground. Fontainebleau, 20 minutes away from Paris, was one of the places chosen by the posh to construct a vacation home. Compared with Versailles, the palace was small. But already large enough that it took us... Continue Reading →
As my host family told me, when French people say “we’ll leave at 10 a.m.”, in the end they always leave one and a half or even two hours later. I found out that it was true this morning. Scheduled to leave at ten, we ended up pulling out of the parking a little after... Continue Reading →
With English translations! / 有中文翻譯!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLufdgHihPo Note: (...) means I don't understand what the video is saying or I don't know how to translate it. / (...) 表示我聽不懂影片在說麼或者是我不知道怎麼翻譯 English TranslationNews Anchor: At the beginning of the school year, Institution Sainte Chrétienne welcomed a new student – Annabelle Mou, a 17 year-old Taiwanese who came to France... Continue Reading →
I've had some crazy things happen to me before in my life. Being able to live a year in France, for example. Sometimes I still can't believe it when I look back at the three months that have already passed and how I've gotten used to living a French life. But I never imagined to... Continue Reading →
28 October 2017 ["vacances" is the French word for "vacation"]Saturday near noon I joined Héloïse, Maman and Papa in the car and off we went. We were on our way to Gérardmer to visit Papa’s aunt. The drive took about an hour, with the last ten minutes climbing altitude until we finally arrived in front... Continue Reading →
Today, December 6th, is St. Nicolas Day. However, we celebrated this festival in advance on December 2nd. We set out for Metz at around 11 in the morning, bundled up in layers of clothing to guard ourselves from the cold of December. I’d previously been to Metz before, but it was for a birthday party... Continue Reading →
I woke up to the usual dark morning, starting the day off with a large mug of hot chocolate. It never occurred to me to look outside. And then it was time for me to leave the house and hop into Frank’s car. (Frank is a friend of my host parents who works in Sarreguemines,... Continue Reading →
I've only begun to take the German tram frequently the past week, and I've already had two encounters of completely different people. On Wednesday (22 November) before the tram stopped itself at Römerkastell (read about the incident here), I was dealing with a man who ranted on and on about how Chinese people were taking... Continue Reading →
14 October Guess who is the birthday boy today? My host father Gilles! (Obviously you can see that from the title of this post..) And he had the perfect day planned out for the entire family. That’s the thing I find to be super generous of him - he gives more than receives. For a... Continue Reading →
24 September Maman had a conference in Nancy, so Papa drove her there and took me along to show me around the city where my host sister Pauline was doing her studies (and where Papa did his studies too). It was a big city, but not bustling like Paris. The atmosphere was rather relaxed, and... Continue Reading →
Annabelle Mou
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