Colmar and Other Happenings

It has been another very busy and fun filled weekend for me. Yesterday I had a meeting with the other language teachers. We have them once a month, and I am not quite sure why we do. I think it is suppose to be for us to check in and bring up any questions we have, but it always ends up just being a social time. At least it was only for a few hours in the morning. After our meeting we went to lunch, and then we went o see a movie. We saw “Fast Food Nation,” and it was a little disturbing to say the least.

Then today we went to Colmar. It is another little town in the Alsace region. It is about an hour by train. It was very cute, and it had the classic Alsatian look. When we first got there we got lost in a residential area for a little while, but it wasn’t bad because we got to see a lot of amazing houses. They were all really large and beautiful, and trees lined all the streets.

We finally found the main part of town, about an hour later. They had alight all along the streets and ornaments hanging form the trees for Christmas, so it was beautiful. They definitely really get into Christmas around here.

In Colmar there is a section known as “Little Venice.” All the multicolored houses are built on the edge of the river, and there are a bunch of cafes that look out on the river. I also heard that they even have little gondolas on the water when the weather is nice. It is probably one of the prettiest places I have been since I have been here.

They also had their Christmas market going on. They had stuff set up in three different areas of the town, but it was still really crowded. The area was a lot smaller than the one in Mulhouse, so it kind of felt like you were just part of the heard moving along. Even though there were a lot of people it was still fun. They just have so many things on display at the markets.

We stayed until about 7 pm, so I got to see everything all lit up again. I will edit my pictures soon. I think I am too tired to do them tonight. Plus I have to finish preparing my lessons because my supervisor is coming to observe me in class tomorrow. I hope it goes well. Keep you fingers crossed for me!