Monday 15 October 2007

magnanimous in victory

As some of you may know, England beat France in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup on Saturday. Marc watched the match here in college with a good few English people. In the main college morning meeting this morning, there was a notice commiserating with Marc and the French defeat, and a trumpeter got up and played "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) and someone else came and formally presented Marc with a bouquet of flowers (see below ... no, I'll have to put it up later as there is a problem loading photos this evening!). It's this kind of thing that not only brightens up what is essentially a meeting of notices for the week, but also makes us feel welcome and wanted here!

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