Here's my mailing address for anyone that is interested:
c/o IES
77, rue Daguerre
75014 Paris, France
Today was the first day for everyone to go to the IES center. Apparently there are about 140 people in the group this semester so they had to split us up into two separate groups. Hopefully that means lots of opportunities for friends! Unfortunately I can already see cliques starting to form, just in the first group. Some people already know a few others, and that's never fun for anyone. However, seeing as today was the first day that I met any of them I shouldn't start passing judgement right away. I had lunch with a group of about 9 girls and it was pretty fun, a little expensive though. I'm going to have to figure out how to do lunches so it doesn't start costing too much.
This evening Lucie and I had dinner together and got to sit around a talk for a little while. It's really fun getting to learn the differences between the two cultures. She's going to take me around Boulogne tomorrow afternoon, so we'll go shopping and to the library and the museum. It should be a fun afternoon.
I'm almost completely settled in at the house. The family is really nice and very accommodating. I think that they've done this at least once before. I had the chance to walk around a little bit of Boulogne this afternoon when I came back from the center and it's really nice. I bought an orchid plant for my room, so hopefully I'll be able to keep it alive for the next few months.
I'm still trying to figure everything out with my phone, so when I do, I will let everyone know the phone number they can reach me on!
It's really nice finally being settled in one place; I think that's where most of my home sickness came from.
We don't actually start classes until September 22, so until then we have orientation pretty much everyday (minus weekends and next Friday). It doesn't look like anyone has classes on Fridays, so that will be nice when I decide to travel...or have a lot of studying to do. ;)
The weather has actually been quite chilly and very rainy and windy. Laurene said that it's not normal though, so hopefully it will pass soon and be nice outside for a little while!
Hope everyone is doing well!
1 comment:
your awesome... i am so proud of you, I mean you are stinking brave being half way across the world surrounded by people who speak a different language! Amazing. Thanks for posting and letting me in on your life this semester. Love you friend, miss you!
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