My Weekend!

Hi guys! My weekend was so much fun!! Definitely a GREAT way to leave France with a bang, so to speak! Even though I'm really stressed about all the stuff still to do, but at least I'm in a good mood cause of all the memories I'll have.

To start with, I took the train to Nimes to have lunch with Natasha, my English/Welsh friend who ( Read more... )

So I have been forgetting to check my friends' sites for pictures and today I did and I realised there were a bunch I could put up... Here are some from Ann's site:


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First, it's TYPICALLY FRENCH that we had our exam on Wednesday and not Thursday as we were told. Second, guess who got one of the highest grades in the class? :-D Crowden moved her exam to next week since we didn't have class Tuesday (she was sick), so now that means this weekend I must study for three exams, write a 7 page ISPL paper, write the ( Read more... )

Today was my next-to-last day at the College (school). I brought my camera to take pictures of the classes, since we alternate and so next Monday I'll have the other groups. And today I found out that these kids are going to break my heart and I will not know how to say goodbye next week, because when I said "Today is technically our last day ( Read more... )

So, definitely can't speak English anymore. Or spell either. Incredibly frustrating. These are exact quotes from either Jenny or me:

"I mounted the stairs."
"You parle sweetly."
"Regard the posters!"
"Above all..."
"How do you spell Table?"

ARGH. This doesn't even mean I'm good at French, either. So now I can't even speak my own first language!

                           "Please Open You Can The Door?"

Today at the College there were two incidents that kept me quiet and reflecting on the bus ride home, wanting to curl up against the window and, closing my eyes, think and find my answers. But I was frustrated because I knew I will not find my answers. I am leaving in three weeks and I ( Read more... )

Here's an email cut-and-paste 'cause Sophia informed me that I hadn't finished telling the Australian story ( Read more... )

Fact: Denying the holocaust is a crime in Austria which carries a sentence of 1-10 years ( Read more... )

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