Mom and Dad arrived in Beziers on Tuesday 27 April and I was in the midst of my last week living and working in Beziers. Fred was kind enough to drive me to the train station to meet them, and then she took us on a nighttime driving tour of Beziers. We stopped to see the Beziers rugby stadium, the bullfighting arena, the theatre, and the cathedral.
On Wednesday afternoon, the three of us took a short train ride to Sete to meet all of my girls. We had a nice cocktail hour with snacks and different kinds of wine. I was very happy my parents got to meet my girls, and vice versa. It was certainly hard to say goodbye to everyone, but I know we will see each other soon. At the very latest, we will all be together in Oregon in summer 2011 for Eva and Dustin's wedding!
Dad, Annemarie, Britt, Martha, Eva, Rachel, me, Mom
My last week of class was quite calm and stress-free. All of the students knew I was leaving and each class was asked to thank me -- in English, of course. On Monday, we had a wine tasting with one half of my favorite class - Fred's cooks and waiters. My students proposed a toast to me...
My little waiters
On Thursday afternoon, I took Mom and Dad to class with me so they could meet my cooks. The boys were pretty funny, and really enjoyed it when Mom tried to count in French to take the picture!!
The cooks
Later on Thursday afternoon, I had class with Manue's secretaries. These girls were some of my toughest students at the beginning of the year but they have grown on me! They all are very interested in learning about the United States and several of them want to come visit me!
I am definitely glad to be done teaching and moving on to new things! But first, I think I'll spend about 10 days in Italy...
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