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It's kind of surreal that I've been here about three months now and that there are less than two months left in my stay in Lyon. And these last two months are going to be busyyy! 

Thanksgiving is next week! And I'm going to this Thanksgiving dinner set up by the France-USA organization which I'm super excited about! The weekend after, I'm going skiing (for the first time) in the Swiss Alps with my Australian friend. Then, exams will be soon after that, though we're not even sure when since our administration is oh so awesome and on top of things. And then soon my parents will be here! :D Definitely looking forward to that! (Much of my procrastination time is spent planning where we'll be going :P)

On to the pics! :) Profitez! (Enjoy!) :)

I'll never get tired of this! :)

yumyumyummmmm! definitely came to the right country :P - LOVE bread

My sneaky picture of part of the street market

Cooking experiments :P

Vineyard - first stop of the wine tasting field trip

i like this tree 

Looking out from the top of the vineyard

see how much i like it? :P

the old people dancing and celebrating the 'beaujolais nouveau' day - new wine

nice old man who explained all the traditions that were going on, etc.

loving the outfits

wine games - apparently a tradition according to the old man i talked to

finally back!

it's been a while since i've blogged, but i've been busy trying to study since exams are less than a month away now. agh!! sooo scary. 

there isn't all that much to update about my life, since everything is pretty routine right now. although the last two days i finally got to talk to my parents after probably more than a month :S soo happy to finally be able to talk to them again :D 

and today, i went with some friends to a little town about 30km south of lyon which was fun. 

anyway, i'll just get to the pictures and you can read my updates through captions. sound good? cool. :)

the mediatheque near my apartment (basically a library) - been spending lotss of time here..

my first time at the ikea in lyon :P it's like a 5-10 minute walk from the tram, but pretty awesome that it's only like a 20 min tram ride away :)

ikea stuffed toys - not gonna lie, i was pretty tempted to get a carrot or a broccoli!

wine at ikea cafeteria :P

monopoly at mcds!! :P

christmas decorations already!

hugeee trompe l'oeil in croix rousse

inside a traboule in croix rousse

more stairs ;)

croix rousse

hmm these pictures so far are basically stairs or traboules :P another stair/traboule adventure basically. always fun :D

there's a BILLIARDS academy. crazy huh? haha

young girls 'martiniere'? no idea what that is...

shop where the make string instruments

inside another traboule!

wine tasting time! at the same stadium/hall where rihanna performed at ;)

sneaky picture of everyone bringing home crates of wine :P

just one row of wines! got a special wine glass for the tastings too! you could taste any wine for free! pretty awesome!

see how many stalls there were?! each stall is a different vineyard so at each stall there were multiple wines to taste. amazing.

salade lyonnaise

quenelle

tarte des pralines

some guy making paintings from spray paint

my first time cooking pork - not bad :P

home delivery of domino's pizza - lifesaver for rainy/lazy days

french mcflurrys are more like...blob of ice cream, some candy, and a whole lot of caramel or chocolate sauce... i miss oreo mcflurries :(

can you spot the justin bieber lookalike? ;)

fig macaroon on the left and green tea macaroon on the right

cathedral st-maurice in vienne (france, not austria..)

look what i accidentally found! :) - 'thomas jefferson = symbol of franco-american friendship'

sooo amazing - was really sad that we weren't allowed to walk in it :(

yummmyyyy

hugeee awesome amphitheatre - 2€ to get in, but the view from the top was amazing!

view of vienne from the top of mt pipet - pretty much a big hill