New week, new cities! clermont ferrand was our starter. in this city, most buildings were built using volcanoes' stones, including the massive cathedral, this is why they all look so dark! there we met weiwei, a chinese student who stayed at catherine & thierry's place for more than 3 months. we had a coffee in the pascal bar, we went through the x

After clermont ferrand, the second town we visited was lyon. being the second biggest city of france, lyon still looks like a small village with nice architecture. there, we had lunch with florence, an old friend of mine, with whom long ago i took a plane to senegal to meet our dear guillaume. she had presents to buy, so did we! we meandered the wh

Our traditional lunch and dinner in gannat on xmas day are usually agitated and alcoholized! this year, only one asian was: qin! the latter got into some drinking competition with my uncle and they drank till their faces got red! the game was only starting then when willie got trapped by the (in)famous moulin and got his face covered with flour! le

On saturday, we ate a huge piece of beef for lunch and after that, fredo visited us and got her xmas present. in the afternoon, we walked around in vichy and fixed the internet. fredo ate my cartier candy and at night, we decorated the xmas tree! the latter fell down 20 min later... so, melodie, willie and myself decorated it once more but even bet

After having visited all the hot spots in paris, we couldn't leave without seeing the sacre coeur. however, on that day, we woke up and the streets were covered with snow! this white coat suits so well the area of montmartre. though a little bit dangerous, we climbed the hill of montmartre and went to visit the beautiful church sitting on top of th

For our first day in vichy, we tried to keep it cool. after a little walk in the parks, originally built by napoleon, we had a little evening at home, enjoying the family company and melodie, who came to greet us! all gathered around the table for a crepe party, we played games till late, the snow keeping us in. . (korean to come) .

The big day has come and the presents are all gathered under the xmas tree to make everyone happy for a whole new year! but before festivities start, there is a long preparation to go through and a long long meal to digest! here is how it started for us: . amuse-bouches & moet chandon (brought by our special guest qin mama)~ salmon verine covered w

Xmas is coming, qin too! two days before the final ceremony of presents, the well-known "qin mama" arrived in vichy to spend a little family time because xmas is famous for being a "family thing". after picking qin up from the "gare de vichy", we had a coffee in the city center, we judged people who were passing by, and it started to rain so we had

After having eaten such a huge meal the day before, it was necessary for our little dandies to stretch their legs and run in the fresh air on the next day! in vichy, nature and parks is not what we lack... my mother, my grandma and the three of us went for a walk with champion. the latter ran a lot, so did willie. but which of these two was the mos

When you go countryside, you never go back! on that day, willie, my mum and myself went to montpensier to check the farm and buy some fish for my father's tank, which was totally empty. christmas was already in the air and willie was getting excited! we had fun touching and taking pictures of animals and breathing the fresh smell of horse poop... (