Last Week of Finishing

How was your week?
Mine was good, enjoying last days.

THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012.

We had a Champagne Class. So we know champagne is a type of sparkling wine, but what is special about it?

- Champagne can only be called this if it comes from the Champagne region of France.

- It is formed by a special process but starts by following the same process of white/ rose wine with a 1st fermentation. Then placed into bottles and left to ferment a 2nd time with yeast and sugar to create Carbon Dioxide.


FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2012

It was my roommates cooking exam, I was invited as a guest.

Menu:
Appetizer: Cheese Quiche
Entree: Veal in Paprika sauce, Pilaf rice, Green Peas
Dessert: Fruit Salad.

After her exam I went shopping with some friends, wanted to get a dress for graduation next week.                          Mission accomplished :)

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012

We had a long weekend so we just went to Lausanne to relax for the day. ICE CREAM!

TUESDAY, MAY 29 2012

We had table decoration, I did flowers again :) We made a tree, cool huh? Yea! Theme: South of France.

 

We did some other flowers in little tubes to hand in the window.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 2012

We had cooking class :) Menu:

Appetizer: Artichoke Barigoule Style Style.

Entree: Vitello Tonnato (an Italian dish of cold, sliced veal coved in a creamy tuna and Mayonnaise sauce) Better than Expected :)

Rice Salad

Green Bean Salad

Green Peas and Pepper Fritata

Dessert: Lemon Custard with strawberries.. PURE DELICIOUSNESS!

 The last hostess and host exam, My Japanese friend's.



Graduation tomorrow! *excited*

Have a great week and Check in next week to locate the Jamaican Gal Lost in Europe!

Paris and Final Exam

How was your week?
Mine was awesome!!!

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012.

This is a public holiday is Europe called Ascension.

We went and visited the Arc de Triomphe and climbed to the top. We had an amazing view of the city of paris.





Then I saw The Luxor Obelisk. The egyptian Obelisk stands at the center of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. 

We then took a nice walk down the Champs-Élysées to Notre Damn.

Guess what they were also having on that day the Fete du Pain 2012 (Party of Bread). Apparently the bread at the event was the best in paris, baguettes, croissants, pain au chocolat, ect. 
Pure DELICIOUSNESS!


FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012.


We went and saw the Eiffel tower, but guess what it didn't end there we got the royal treatment skipped the lines (normally 4hrs) and toured inside right up the third floor. 

Well you know i'm with Aunty Katriona, so we had to have champagne on the eiffel tower at 2pm haha.


After we went to the Louvre Museum. It is one of the world's largest museums and the world's most visited art museum.


I saw the Monna Lisa (La Joconde in french), the famous painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci :)   


That night went to dinner at Jean-Yves brother and I got to see first hand what I have been studying about French table manners and eating customs/ traditions... differences between our customs and being british. The times are different, the way the cutlery is set is different, the eating style is different.  Pretty Amazing :)


SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012

We went to The Pere Lachaise Cemetery is thought to be the worlds most visited cemetary. All types of famous people are buried here, from writers, to scientists, musicians, ect. 

Then we went to Montmartre, Which is home to The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacré-Cœur Basilica. It is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France.


Guess my luck? It was Museum Night, all museums open late and are free.

Then we went to the Musée Rodin, it holds the works of French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The Museum has his famous sculptures like: The Thinker, The Kiss and The Gates of Hell, all displayed in the museum's huge garden. 

Around midnight we went to the Panthéon, where they have the Foucault pendulum hangs. It is a simple device conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. 

Thought you would wanna see where I get fresh morning pastry, baguette, pain au Chocolat, Croissants. Yummy :)

BIG THANK YOU to Jean-Yves and Aunty Katriona! you guys sure showed me a great time and I really appreciate it :)

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012

We had table decoration, but no tables today. We made a garland from scratch this week.

Some girls did this equestrian table which I found very interesting.

WEDNESDAY, MAY23, 2012

I had my final exam, hostessing. I had to decorate the table and do the flowers.

JAMAICA THEME!   

For my flowers I decided to go tropical, since tropical flowers we very expensive I went tropical with the style of the flowers and vase.


For the picture above i used a basket and mini pinapples. For this other 1 I hollowed out a pineapple and put a vase inside.

Finished the meal by serving Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and Easter Bun in the sitting room. 

Now Exams are over, graduation next week Thursday. Cant believe time is almost up ....

Sorry no food pictures this week, didn't have class because I had to set up for Exam. 

Have a great week and Check in next week to locate the Jamaican Gal Lost in Europe!

Confused weather and School

Im sorry for the late blog .. this is in relation to May 10-16

How was your week?
Mine was very good.

The reason for the late blog is I took a trip as you will see later on and I left my camera cord at school.

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012.

It was soo hot today, it was 83 degrees. But you know what hot weather calls for?

ICE CREAM! down by the lake


SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012.

Then we had what I want to call hurricane weather ... Crazy wind and rain! I just stayed at school and prepared my menu cards, gifts and name tags for my final exam, hostessing.

My roommate and my other japanese friend made a traditional japanese dish called Omurice (omelet filled with rice, chicken and ketchup).

SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012.

Decided to change up breakfast menu, my friends and I made a huge breakfast, Eggs and bacon and pancakes ... DELICIOUS!




TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012.

We had table decoration, theme Cooking ... kinda opening a cooking school.






I was in-charge of flowers and I did them in a silver pot :)





Extra flowers, so basket for the entrance way :)




WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2012.

We had cooking class. Menu:

Appetizer: Nori Maki (sushi), made with smoked salmon, cucumber and egg.

 Entree: Salmon and Leek Yakatori

Steamed rice



Japanese style salad/ Sunomono Salad.

Steamed Green Beans

Vegetarian: Stir Fried Soba Noodles with vegetables.

Dessert: Strawberry ice (snow cone with homemade strawberry syrup)

Then I hopped a train to Paris. Thursday is a european public holiday so school is closed Thursday and Friday. I will be staying with Aunty Katriona and her family. 


Seeing Paris ... well france for the first time :)


*EXCITED*

Have a great week and Check in next week to locate the Jamaican Gal Lost in Europe!