21

It was my 21st Birthday yesterday. I'm officially old!

To celebrate I went out with 7 friends to a French restuarant near Place Monge, the student quarter. I had a great time and had a lovely meal.
I figured I'd better try the "escargots" for starters - I'd chosen a French restaurant for the cuisine after all. They were quite nice but to be honest there isn't really anything to them. They are quite small and you only really taste the sauce. The worst part was trying to eat them. I was given something resembling a dentist's tool to hold them (kind of a big, sprung pair of tweezers) and a little fork. The snails were followed up with roast lamb and then a "Mariage de chocolat". Delicious!

So, what's been happening the past month? Well, recently I've been (attempting) to write my work placement report. I've finally got it finished and sent off - it's quite a relief to have it out the way.
In other news my replacement has arrived. I don't actually finish until the end of June so it was a bit of a surprise to find that someone would be arriving so soon. 4 interviews were scheduled and so I had to explain what the new intern would be doing. Only 2 interviews were actually held, the first candidate phoned up saying that he had several other positions but really wanted this one and asked to have a response that day. He got the response - a Yes. Sounds like a good tactic to get a job. He's a nice guy and its good to be working with someone rather than just on my own. It's quite funny to watch his reaction when I tell him about how somethings gone wrong or how its not unusual to have to remind CIOs to send documents you asked for weeks ago.