"Mange, mange"

Predictably weekend two of the Easter holidays was not spent in Bad Salzdetfurth. Instead I visited Charlotte (from England, met in India, aupairing in France) in Yutz, a town in France close to Luxembourg. The journey was very very long. We're talking twelve hours, due to the indirectness rather than the distance.

On the Saturday we went to Luxembourg for a spot of sightseeing. There's not a lot there but it was a pretty place to have a wander. It is wonderfully multilingual: Charlotte could ask for things in French and I could ask in German. In the evening we headed back to Thionville (France) for a red beer and a chat, before heading home to watch Frozen. Crazy student life.

The following day we met one of Charlotte's friends and went to Metz, the closest city. Again, there was not loads to do but we had a nice wander.

As Charlotte is aupairing, I was staying with the family too. They couldn't have been lovelier or more welcoming. We left the house after lunch each day, mostly because the food was so amazing. Sunday was highly anticipated beef bourguignon day. So good. As were Fred's special potatoes. But this was apparently not enough French food; I needed to experience French patisserie. So we hopped in the car and drove to a patisserie to choose pudding, returning home with a boxful of éclairs of various flavours, religieuse, mille-feuille and strawberry tart. Obviously, everything tasted amazing and I was very very full by the end of the meal. But that didn't stop Fred trying to convince me to eat more!

All too soon it was Monday morning hometime. The walk from Yutz to Thionville, train from Thionville to Luxembourg, train from Luxembourg to Köln, train from Köln to Dortmund, bus from Dortmund to Hannover, train from Hannover to Hildesheim and train from Hildesheim to Bad Salzdetfurth. Urgh. But I had a wonderful weekend with Charlotte, Marie, Fred and Izaak. And hopefully Charlotte will come and visit me in the Summer...