Eager for Easter: Rennesperience

As Easter was the beginning of my one week off from my Internship And because I was missing my Erasmus friends in Rennes, I decided to go back for Easter. On Friday the 6^th, after a hard day’s work, I took a Covoiturage, from Brussels all the way to Rennes, where I arrived around midnight. I was picked up by my former roommate Sebastian and by Mohamed Shams, both hadn’t changed a bit!

When we got ‘home’ to Avenue Winston Churchill 23, we met Silke and Anja from Germany. Happy reunion it was! We chatted a bit in ‘my old living room’ and then went to the city centre to stretch the legs. In ‘the-place-next-to-La Place’ we met Katie from Ireland and she guided us to La Place to meet up with Caroline, the other Irish Bitch! Some dancing and beers later we went back home to bed. The next day, Sebastian and me went to the supermarket to buy the ingredients for a delicious French brunch: Galettes!

In the afternoon I finally went back to ESC RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS to meet up with all of my other friends whom I hadn’t seen yet: Rob from Cyprus, Ollie from Wales, Matt from England, Jose and Steph from Mexico etc. We played pool, Wii and Fussbal because yes, all these games are available at ESC Rennes. Why do you think I miss it so much?

At night I ended up eating Mexican with the Mexicans (no shit Sherlock) and Katie going to a house party, at which I literally gave beer to all of my friends, well I had found the beer somewhere else, it’s not like I’ve been paying of it !

The next day, Sunday, was a chilling day. Relaxing with friends at home, Macdonald’s etc. Sunday night we went for a small drink in Rue de la Soif. Monda morning I finally got a hold of Arsène, our French Culture teacher, and together with Ollie and Katie we met up at Place Saint-Anne for a hangover coffee. Yes, he’s still as crazy as before. (note to myself: less saying home, more going out for a coffee, meeting with friends or just reading a book!)
Next quotes came up during an extraordinary meeting:

• Mothers are like terrorists: they're all fine and won't hurt you untill you come into their kitchen and stat ordering them what to do. BUT: the world would be totally different without them, we all agree on that!
• I lived and loved and laughed and left

For lunch we had Galettes, yet again, and together with Katie and Ollie, and the others coming in later, we looked at pictures and watched the Erasmus Rennes Fall 2011 - Family video. Remembering good times, almost bursting into tears when realizing these moments are forever gone. 

In the afternoon Ollie, Mohamed Shams, Abdelrahmen (one of the Shams twins (yes finally met up with him!)), Katie, Caroline, Ollie and Sebastian joined me to Gares to say goodbye to me as I went back by Covoiturage; 70euros return from Brussels to Rennes, not to bad is it?

An awesome weekend had come to an end. It was very nice to see the remaining friends again, but it was oh so strange to walk by certain places, such as Kennedy station, and knowing that you won’t see Laura, Chris, Anja, Silke, Cintia, Tjitske, Atli or Katie coming up to join you to the centre. Or being at home and knowing that Pablo won’t come over for brunch. Or being at Saint-Anne, not going into Sunset or Latino Bar… Not waiting for Wojciech, Justyna or Pawel(he was in Poland for the week)…

Strange feelings, but real memories, shared with amazing people from around the globe. Eager for Easter was a crazy weekend, but it will never be able to replace Erasmus Rennes Fall 2011. 

Thank you people who were part of it, I do not need to say all the names because if you’re hesitating if you were part of it, you probably weren’t… 

Thank you for this Rennesperience and I hope to see all of you again very soon!

It's not out of sight out if mind, it's out of sight into the heart !