Pays de Where?

As Erasmus students, we are getting used to being immediately labelled as not French, just from little details like what we wear (no stupid back packs or beige trainers for us thanks) and how we speak (welsh accent? me?) So to help us blend in and improve our french the uni threw us a party where we were so generously given bright yellow wristbands to show we were International students. However embarrassing it was initially, it was actually quite fun as everyone swigged from concoctions they had smuggled in and got merrier and merrier as the night progressed.

Ellie, Claire, Annie and I started talking to some French boys called Vincent, Clement and Willy (LOL). They laughed at our french as we laughed at their English. Willy actually looked like Borat and said his name with some sort of weird Scottish accent, it was tres amusant.

Having been here a while now, I have realised that French girls stand at the hand dryers after relieving themselves until their hands are bone dry, no matter how long the queue behind them is. It's a bloody joke! It was ranting about this that we discovered that the word for 'queue' in french is exactly the same as the word for 'cock.' I couldn't understand why they found it so funny when I came back saying 'Desolée, il y avait un grand queue' until they explained. Way to look cool Jess!

*Prepare yourself for rant*
I know since uni and all the abuse I get their from the jealous English, I have become maybe just slightly too patriotic, but how can people NOT know where "Pays de Galles" is when they know Scotland, Ireland and England? (No jokes please). I genuinely am shocked and appalled. Even the guy in the kebab shop didn't know where it was when it turns out he lived in bloody Merthyr Tydfil for 3 years! Although, the fact he had lived in Merthyr said a lot (no offense intended). But seriously, the French better buck up their ideas before I send a stern-worded letter to the Minister of Education explain just how disgusting I think it is that they insist on making everyone here learn English yet don't teach them about Britain and it's FOUR countries. (I will probably never get round to this as I spend most of my free time catching up on crap American tv but still). HMPH. L-I-V-I-D.

That is all.