Flamingos, gingerbread and lazing around
1. A relaxing weekend at home, sleeping, reading, cleaning and enjoying the warm weather
2. I presented at a conference in Provence the week before last, which was harder than expected due a replacement interpreter not being organised in time for my session - harder because my fellow panel members spoke no English and I spoke no French. Fortunately they dug up some poor student to interpret halfway through, so it wasn’t boring for all of us, and we could stop smiling maniacally at each other in lieu of words.
3. And although the conference was a bit strange at times, the town was lovely. We also hired a car and drove around the area on the weekend, and had a great time - including seeing wild flamingoes for the first time!
4. It had been over 3 weeks since I had last walked/rode to work, and I was amazed at how much all the plants had grown! It’s like a jungle on parts of the reserve!
5. I won a bottle of wine at my work’s bike to work week raffle! And we had a successful week of it, with heaps of people cycling due to the lovely weather.
6. Long chats catching up on all the goss with my sisters and mum this weekend
7. Gingerbread cake cooling on the counter for a friend’s birthday tomorrow
As usual, more lists up at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast