I love cat

I have a class of sec 2s every day 7. Day 7 happened to fall on Hallowe'en a few weeks ago. I had dressed up as a cat. And every lesson since, one of the students has drawn me a picture of a cat. This week was the first example in colour.

at this point, let's bear in mind that the student in question is probably 13.

It's Christmas!

finally got our tree up... it's slightly more tasteful than we were aiming for, but never mind!

Another wander around Quebec

We had an ugly jumper Christmas dinner with Renaud and Kristen etc from MELS (where I completely forgot to take pictures, I'm sure much to certain people's relief), then we went for a wander around Quebec. The World Cross Country Skiing Championships were on, so we swung by and took a look.

lush!

After two days of hiking, we decided we were due some mulled wine and chocolate. Annie had one of these fire things in her garden, so Daisy and I chanelled Bear Grylls and lit a fire, and we sat outside watching Made in Chelsea on Youtube.

Mont Sainte-Anne

Another day, another hike. We went up the Mont Sainte-Anne, being at one with nature and suchlike. We then came down, via one of the black runs. It was ridiculously steep.

Mont du Lac des Cygnes

Annie and I drove up the road to the Charlevoix region to go for a hike around the Lac des Cygnes. It was a lovely walk, and didn't feel too cold cold at all, even though the tempereature was well below zero.  It was lucky we got such a sunny and wind-less day! The only small issue was that there was quite a lot of ice on the path at some points!

We did, however, have a bit of a run-in with a squirrel.

We stopped at a lake to take some pictures of the view (which was lovely), and this tiny little squirrel came over to us, apparently expecting to be fed. He didn't seem to want the carrot stick Annie offered him however, so we gave up and went back to our photo-taking. Next thing I know, he's climbing up my leg. I think Annie enjoyed the look on my face a lot. The squirrel ran away, making some rather terrifying noises, so we decided to be on our way.

the rather treacherous path

the view before the squirrel attacked

evil squirrel

Quebec: where coffee is served in bowls bigger than the ones they use for soup.

This photo stresses me out a bit, because it's not focussed properly, argh! But take a look at the bowls, that is just ridiculous.

Anyway.

German Christmas market, and a lovely but Baltic day in Quebec city.