I can’t believe I’ve been here for over 3 weeks already! This is crazy. This past week was a little bit more relax then the weeks before. My classes have been fairly easy, they are super long, but not too taxing. I decided to take Economy and Sociology and Culture and Heritage as my two optional courses. So I have no class Monday, class 8-12 on Tuesday, 9-11 Wednesday, 10:30 – 7:30 Thursday (disgusting, but I do have an hour break) and then 9-11 and 1:30-3 on Friday. So it’s not too bad but Thursdays are rough for me, really rough.
I definitely think my French has improved! Especially my comprehension I just need to muster up the confidence to spit out a somewhat intelligent conversation with actual opinions not just:
“Bonjour”
“�a va?”
“�a va”
“Avoir”
“Bonne Journ�e”
I have gotten really good and ordering baguettes and croissants. I think I will survive.
Last week I went to conversation night at a pub to talk with some of the French students. They talked in English and we spoke in French. Obviously I’m not fluent, but we had a solid discussion about the insane prices of tuition at universities in the states. The french students were amazed considering they only pay like 400 euro a year.
Last weekend was a lot of fun! We started out Friday with Karaoke night at a bar where basically all abroad students in our group went. It was a lot of fun. A crowded bar filled with students screaming the lyrics to “Don’t Stop Believing” followed by numerous tracks of Adele. It was a great night besides the fact there wasn’t enough time for me to debut my rap skills by busting out Big Poppa by Biggie Smalls. I guess I’ll have to sign up a little earlier next karaoke night.
Right after karaoke I left will my friends to visit Corconne, a town (I guess?) in the countryside of Montpellier. So much fun! It was the same place I went to the first week where we toured the winery and ate diner my friend’s French family. It was great to spend the weekend there. We spent Saturday touring the winery, wine tasting, and a little hiking. We experienced a delicious french food “raclette”
Miam miam! You melt the raclette cheese with these little frying pans and put it on meat and potatoes. The cheese on the potatoes was absolutely amazing!
After a belly full of cheese, we ventured off for our hike. we even brought Luna, my friends dog.
In France dogs can drive, but they need a license of course. Luna can even drive stick.
Can you spot Luna?
After a wonderful day hiking, eating and drinking wine we finished the day with pizza, beer and some Fifa. Perfect end to a perfect day.
The olympics have started! Too bad I don’t have a T.V. in my apartment to watch. Even though I’m in France I will always root for Ameirca. U.S.A. U.S.A U.S.A.
Here is a link to a short montage of my experience so far! Montpellier
� bient�t mes amis!
Location: Montpellier, France
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