Italian Week: World Cup (March 31st)

I played with team "America" as there was not enough players to do US, or Canada, or even South America in a single team... We did well (among other things, we took the Italians out with a 3-0 win)... We ended up losing in the finals against team "Africa"... It was weird, the Italians lost playing a very offensive (African) style of game and the Africans won playing a very defensive (Italian) style of game... All in all, great fun!

White and Tight at Villecerf (March 23rd)

The theme is pretty self explanatory... We were all a bit tired from the Dash but great party nonetheless !

The Dash (March 22nd)

What is it? A race through town, from the Chateau de Fontainebleau to school, with everyone dressed up... The house went there as "dirty MDs" carrying our beloved Boris the bore head (see if you can spot us)...

Six Nations Rugby: France - Scotland (March 17th)

Very exciting game! France needed 24 points difference over Scotland to secure her win of the tournament, just ahead of Ireland... They had a 25 points lead with 4 minutes left when Scotland scored to reduce the difference to 20 points... However, in the dying seconds of the game, France managed to dramatically score again and win it 46-19, thereby securing the championship...



The Scots were only smiling in the beginning (Scotland dominated the first half)... Left to right are Ian and Iain...


Other supporter and mediators were (left to right) Frederic (French), Felipe (Spanish/Basque) and Pipa (Argentina)...

Fontainebleau and PSG (March 11th)

The day was just amazing and we spent the whole afternoon walking around the grounds of the Chateau de Fontainebleau...





We then headed to Paris to watch Paris-St-Germain (PSG) face Auxerre in a French D1 game... Exciting atmosphere but unfortunately, PSG lost 1-0...




Notice that we were a bit late and I literally left the car in the middle of the street... :-)

Visiting Beaune/Burgundy (March 10th)

We got to Beaune just in time for lunch and had one of our best meals of the week in a little wine bar serving wine by the glass with a cold cuts and cheese plater...


We then went on to visit the famous Hospices de Beaune: l'Hotel-Dieu...



We continued with a wine testing session in the wine market... Beaune is still considered by many to be the wine capital of Burgundy, ahead of Dijon. Some centuries ago, both were the same size: around 20,000 people...



We concluded the tour with a little walk around the old town...

Visiting Reims/Champagne (March 9th)

It took a bit less than two hours to get to Reims and it rained the whole way there but, luckily, we did not have any rain once we got there. We first spent the afternoon tasting the champagne of Taittinger... notice that they sell to the SAQ!



We then went on to Piper-Heidsieck, enjoyed the tasty bubbles and the comfortable Piper lounge...





Finally, we could not miss the beautiful and famous cathedral, where most kings of France were baptized and crowned...

Visiting Paris (March 8th)

Exams are over, P1 and 20% of INSEAD is now behind me! On a beautiful Thursday, Tanya, who had arrived a couple of days ago from Montreal, and I went to spend the day in Paris... We spent a good portion of the morning and early afternoon visiting a fraction of the Louvre...


Hungry, we headed for Montmartre and had lunch just behind Sacre Coeur... And yes, we climbed all the steps we faced: in the metro and to get to the church... Proofs available below:


We concluded the day walking around the Marais and the Bastille areas before heading back to Fontainebleau with the train...