France 2012

Time to say goodbye

It’s officially our last day. It finally hit me today that this will probably be my last time in Paris, and even my last time seeing some of the people here. We had a good-bye “party” this morning; the school brought us breakfast. We started eating...

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Last rally

Business class was cut short today since we had a French rally in the afternoon. I am not a fan of these rallies. They are intended to help us learn French, but really all they do is make us look like idiots in the streets, and then make us go home with swollen feet....

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le lundi finale

Today is the last Monday of classes. I am a little nervous since I haven’t gotten enough of my project done. It is also the second to last French culture class. All of us are pretty excited for that class to be over. I know it’s kind of mean, but our...

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Today I don’t feel like doing anything…

I wanted to go to church today, but after looking into it last night I decided it was a little too far. I would have had to take 3 trains and then walk around 20 minutes from the last train stop; not to mention, anyone who knows me, knows I am great at getting lost. I...

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Versailles

We went to Versailles today. It was very large. We fed some ducks by the canal. We named them Marie and Pierre.  I got burned.

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La Defense

Since we walked so much yesterday, I woke up limping today. My foot was in so much pain, so I skipped out on business class. Luckily, I was feeling better in the afternoon, so I joined the others for French culture class at La Defense, which is basically like downtown...

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Routine

The days are pretty much falling into a routine, which is why my blog entries keep getting shorter and shorter. We briefly continued talking about accounting for a little bit, and for lunch we stayed in Sceaux. I finally bought some watermelon which I have been...

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Pantheon

Today was the first day I had trouble staying awake in Dr. Zarb's business class. He was talking about accounting, which worries me since I will be taking accounting with him in the fall.  We met our French culture teacher at the Pantheon for class. When we...

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