I just finished typing up a summary and comments on a reading for my France since 1944 subject. Initially i found the subject quite boring but after really getting stuck into the reading i'm a bit of a fan of it. This reading was about a march that took place in France on October 17th 1961 - exactly 46 years ago. About 30 000 Algerians, men and women peacefully walked into central Paris and 11 000 men were herded into a sports stadium and beaten and over fifty people were killed. There was a big cover up by the government and it is still a touchy subject in France.

In other news - we had a loss in five a side today but only 3-1 this time and we had plenty of subs and played well. Salsa this afternoon was good fun too, as was climbing with Jean (canadian) Ben and Andii. This was the first time we have done climbing on de Mawa ('the wall' in German - said in a deep voice it sounds pretty cool) and although we did not pass our test to do belaying as they are not allowed to teach us and we are not allowed to learn there (???!!!???) we had a ball climbing around the walls below a line about 5 metres up. Ben and I are trying to fit Jeans name into sentences such as 'so guys, what do you think about cloning...I mean what would you think if i cloned Jean right now so i had an army of Jeans...I guess if i killed them all it would be Jeanacide' But we have run out and all the obvious ones are taken. So if you have any ideas...

At Charles Morris we only get £6.38 to spent at the food hall each day and that equates to two meal deals, so i have breakfast and dinner. But dinner finishes early especially on gig nights (some wednesdays) so i have a pizza and garlic bread or a smallish wrap from other union run places. Neither of these options really fill me up, and at about this time 11:40 i get a little bit hungry - at least it's only a quick nap away to breakfast!