If I ever see Yeager, Brager, or any of my other college French professors again, the first thing I'm going to do is thank them for helping me get into this program to go to France. The second thing I'm going to do is apologize for speaking so little in their classes. Before this week, I had thought that long silences in class only bothered the ( Read more... )

Here are some details of my daily life here in France...

Breakfast here is my favorite meal of the day, because I always know exactly what I'm going to get. (Sometimes I can't identify what they serve for lunch and dinner, even after I've eaten it.) Breakfast is a stick of bread, an orange, a bowl of cereal, and a cup of orange juice. The cereal is ( Read more... )

I am going to try to update this journal every day until I get the hang of this keyboard.

I walked around the town a little today, and I found a small supermarket where I was able to buy most of the things I need. Not only do they not bag your groceries for you in France, but they don't even give you any bags. Fortunately I had forseen this and worn ( Read more... )

It looks just like an American keyboard, but all the letters are in different places, so I have to stare at it and search for every key I type. Very frustrating.

Anyway, I have arrived at my school safe and sound. I did get lost for about half an hour at Charles de Gaulle airport, which would have been very scary if I hadn't been too tired and jet- ( Read more... )