well, i guess the touristic rush has died down and its now time to live the STUDY abroad life. i've had class for three days now. it's okay. it's tedious and my main teacher somewhat annoys me and each class is THREE hours long (which if you can't tell by the way i capitalized it is super long.) every day i have "regular" (grammar class), on tuesdays i have oral french, and thursdays i have phonetics, or how to pronounce french (my personal favorite but that which makes the other students gag.)
like i said before, i love having such an international class(es.) it's so fun, and also WEIRD that, even though the rest of the nationalities may know some english, the only language you really have in common is french. i made a breakthrough with a japanese girl today. she was actually willing to let me practice with her, which was nice. demo zenbu wasureteiru :( i'm forgetting everything :( the french-japanese accent isn't quite as pleasing as the english-japanese accent, because i have to strain even harder to hear and french is probably just about the opposite language that a japanese person would be able to pronounce. but they do it, and they do it fine. koreans too.
i went to montmartre in the evening today with jose and mari. it was really nice, and calm, and peaceful. very fun to people watch. there were people of all nationalities there. we were sitting on the grass watching a straight couple + a gay couple cuddle and kiss, and then later we sat on the hot concrete steps (along with 100 other people) watching a guy sing and play guitar. he was really rousing the crowd. just in the shadow of the basilisque. he was a really good singer. too talented to be begging for coins at montmartre. even though it was 8-9 PM, it was still HOT and the sun was just beginning to set. i desperately wanted the sun to set while i was there, but that will have to be for another time. the sun doesn't set until 10:30 or so, and it's not dark until after 11. freaking weird. you'd think that's sooo good, and it is, except days when i want to be out at night, i can't eat dinner, cause dinner is at 8-9. Oh, and I can't shower, because I have to shower before 10. basically i can't go out. homestay life :/ but whatever, i didn't come to france to get drunk and party. i'm actually quite scared of it.
brussels this weekend. i really have no idea what it's gonna be like. i'm excited though :)
there's a little two-story promenade a few streets down from my homestay, and ever since the first day i've wanted to go and take pictures there, but i'm always too rushed in the morning and too tired in the evening. i have to do it soon. i already sense a countdown til the end. the 2nd week is nearly over, and then there's only 3 weeks. by the middle of next week it'll be half over. i just want it to go as slowly as possible. i have too much to worry about when i get back. stupid teaching credential stuff...soooo stressful..... :/
tu ecris de peu en peu (si cette phrase existe :/)
ReplyDeleteyes, it gets dark very late. not to mention the metros can be really shady when it's late too. especially since a lot of times you probably have to go through chatelet. gare de lyon is pretty big too. the bigger it is, the shadier it is.
don't stress out too much about time counting down, but do put your mind on it somewhat so you don't come back with a panic attack like me :/