Parties at INSA

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Students have parties everywhere and France is no exception. Then of course exchange students have at least twice as much parties than other people...

Helena (on the right) hosted many evenings at her place, where we could also use the kitchen which was shared between two rooms. Having just one underpowered cooking plate set some limitations but didn't stop us from cooking. Sometimes I brought one of our plates to make it easier.

Everybody wanted to have their own group photos and sometimes you had to pose for a dozen cameras in a row. This is from Marius's birthday celebration.

Everybody knew David, our friendly Italian chef. On the side of studying he worked in the pizzeria of INSA. Often when the parties lasted until late David just said "Oh, you must be hungry, maybe I'll cook some pasta...". You can guess that nobody ever complained.
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MeltINSA (formerly CEI) was a group of French people who organised various events for exchange students. Every foreigner who so wished also got a French boy or girl as a "godfather" or "godmother". Mine was Marc, first from the left.

The computer science department had a big celebration to say goodbye to Yves Martinez, who retired after a long career as the head of the department.

The Gala of INSA was organized outside the campus and open to students, professors and former insaliens too.

It took about 20 minutes to get to the center of Lyon which of course had a fair number of bars and clubs to choose from. My favourite was the small techno bar Monde à l'Envers, "The world upside down". Beaujolais Nouveau is an evening to celebrate the local wine, beaujolais. The atmosphere on the streets is not bad but the product is definitely better after a couple of years in a barrel.

Vappu (the first of May) is especially important for Finns and thus we had a big party at INSA too, including a traditional outdoor picnic the following day.
Also available: 1168x1760 version.

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	Students have parties everywhere and France is no exception. Then of course exchange students have at least twice as much parties than other people...
	Helena (on the right) hosted many evenings at her place, where we could also use the kitchen which was shared between two rooms. Having just one underpowered cooking plate set some limitations but didn't stop us from cooking. Sometimes I brought one of our plates to make it easier.
	Everybody wanted to have their own group photos and sometimes you had to pose for a dozen cameras in a row. This is from Marius's birthday celebration.
	Everybody knew David, our friendly Italian chef. On the side of studying he worked in the pizzeria of INSA. Often when the parties lasted until late David just said "Oh, you must be hungry, maybe I'll cook some pasta...". You can guess that nobody ever complained. Also available: 1168x1760 version.
	MeltINSA (formerly CEI) was a group of French people who organised various events for exchange students. Every foreigner who so wished also got a French boy or girl as a "godfather" or "godmother". Mine was Marc, first from the left.
	The computer science department had a big celebration to say goodbye to Yves Martinez, who retired after a long career as the head of the department.
	The Gala of INSA was organized outside the campus and open to students, professors and former insaliens too.
	It took about 20 minutes to get to the center of Lyon which of course had a fair number of bars and clubs to choose from. My favourite was the small techno bar Monde à l'Envers, "The world upside down". Beaujolais Nouveau is an evening to celebrate the local wine, beaujolais. The atmosphere on the streets is not bad but the product is definitely better after a couple of years in a barrel.
	Vappu (the first of May) is especially important for Finns and thus we had a big party at INSA too, including a traditional outdoor picnic the following day. Also available: 1168x1760 version.