Unusual Events.

Life in France is very different to that in England. I don't know why, but things that would seem odd or unusual in the UK seem pretty normal here.

Take yesterday, for example. I woke up, and went to school at 07h30, as per usual. However, when I got to school, there was a van outside. But not a normal van. This particular van had exploded a couple of hours earlier, leaving a smouldering shell outside the school. I have no idea if it was a bomb, a gas cylinder or petrol-related, but i'm pretty sure it's not normal?! Plenty of people were walking past, but no-one seemed to bat an eyelid.


The sorry-looking remains of the van.

Then yesterday evening, I went with a couple of other assistants to see 'Alice au Pays des Merveilles' (no prizes for guessing the translation). We just missed the tram on the way back, so decided to walk. Halfway home, we suddenly became aware that there were rougly 200 people on rollerblades up ahead, skating down the road complete with police escort, at 11 o'clock at night. No idea why. Again, a pretty weird event, but apparently normal for France...


The stragglers from the rollerblading rabble.