Once again I can only continue to say how much I love it here. Days are filled with endless learning but I don't even care. For me a standard day goes like this: Wake up, go to class and speak french, go to my room and study french/read Tintin (which is the greatest comic ever) in french and of course the occasional trip down to Collonges or Geneva which involves many broken-french conversations, and at night we either play volley-ball or watch a film with french subtitles (last night was Tangled).
Fortunately I think that I am beginning to understand the language thanks to multiple hours of class per day, the help of multiple high schoolers and theology majors here, and hours of reading Tintin. I am pretty sure I still look like a complete fool but not matter.
Weekends are full of good times (and french) too. This weekend included church, where I am still completely lost almost all the time, a hike up the Salève and Laser Game which is just laser tag but awesome nonetheless. There I learned many important phrases such as "je vais te tuer" aka "I am going to kill you" which has its moments where it can be useful. Unfortunately I have no idea how to be angry in french besides yelling nonsense... Classes just don't teach how to say things angrily.
Another reason I love this school... Surprise field trips. This morning I was informed that we would be going to Annecy this afternoon and handed us a map of the city. Does this mean I have to skip my afternoon class... darn (sarcasm). That is one thing I miss I can't be very sarcastic here, which if you know me is sort of what I do all the time. Here everybody just assumes us americans don't know what we are talking about so its pretty hard to joke around, but oh well I guess becoming serious isn't the worst thing that could happen to me this year.
Well thats about it for now. Pretty soon I'll have something to actually talk about once the next break comes up and we all go to Paris, then Ireland and England. Should be exciting. Thanks for the feedback and enjoy.
Haha! Can so relate to the whole sarcasm thing. I couldn't be funny in French for ages. And I still find it hard.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it though :) and are learning so much.
See ya soonish I guess
ciao
~Bee~
Loving the blog and the pictures. Can't imagine you without the sarcasm though. hmmmm.....
ReplyDeleteLove and miss you!
Mom
So much fun to hear about! I am glad you are having such a great time. I am just going to guess that your roomman is too :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you like it there and are learning the language! Yes,one does feel like a fool while learning it, but--go for it! Enjoy! I love your blog!
ReplyDeleteMaddie C.
Sounds like so much fun! Enjoy the surprise field trips! Keep talking . . . you'll find the more you talk the easier it gets.
ReplyDeleteDerek,
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to go to school there, so enjoy it for me! Debby Edgerton