This week has been one of the best weeks I've had since I've been in Montpellier. I feel my French getting better little by little, especially my comprehension. My speaking has become more natural and I have to translate a lot of the time, but less and less, so that's comforting. I find that the most difficult time I have speaking and understanding the language is over the phone. :P
My classes are all going really well, and my favorite is definitely France au Feminin. The only complaint I have is that for my integrated class, for which there are two parts, one of the parts (the discussion aspect) of the class is a pain. I have a different professor for this portion of the class, and he is much harder to understand, and on top of that, he smells really bad and it's very distracting. But hopefully it'll work out, I am going to try to switch discussion sections tomorrow so I have the professor I like.
On Tuesday, I made crepes with several people from the group at the office. After that, we went to salsa lessons and dancing, where I got to talk to a few French people, which was a lot of fun!
The rest of the week was pretty normal, and my host mom showed Jerome and I their DVD collection. Majority of the movies were American films dubbed in French. She had a collection of several Woody Allen movies, and then a lot of newer blockbuster- type movies.
Friday was the nicest day, weather-wise, since I've been here. I spent a couple hours reading for my classes and people watching at a park that is a couple blocks from my house, and that night I spent the night playing Taboo and hanging out with some friends from the program.
Saturday, a group of us got up early and headed over to Setes, a little fishing town that's about 20 minutes away from Montpellier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8te It was so much fun to explore a new city for the day. While there, I ate out with a couple other girls, and we had a delicious meal. I ordered Tielle (like a seafood pot pie) for the first course, Mussels with a Roquefort cream sauce (kind of like Gorgonzola sauce) and fries, and chocolate mousse for dessert. The meal also included a free glass of wine :). After getting back, I hung out with my best friends from the program the rest of the night, and spent the night talking and taking a late-night walk around the city.
Today will pretty much be doing a little homework and just relaxing!
My classes are all going really well, and my favorite is definitely France au Feminin. The only complaint I have is that for my integrated class, for which there are two parts, one of the parts (the discussion aspect) of the class is a pain. I have a different professor for this portion of the class, and he is much harder to understand, and on top of that, he smells really bad and it's very distracting. But hopefully it'll work out, I am going to try to switch discussion sections tomorrow so I have the professor I like.
On Tuesday, I made crepes with several people from the group at the office. After that, we went to salsa lessons and dancing, where I got to talk to a few French people, which was a lot of fun!
The rest of the week was pretty normal, and my host mom showed Jerome and I their DVD collection. Majority of the movies were American films dubbed in French. She had a collection of several Woody Allen movies, and then a lot of newer blockbuster- type movies.
Friday was the nicest day, weather-wise, since I've been here. I spent a couple hours reading for my classes and people watching at a park that is a couple blocks from my house, and that night I spent the night playing Taboo and hanging out with some friends from the program.
Saturday, a group of us got up early and headed over to Setes, a little fishing town that's about 20 minutes away from Montpellier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A8te It was so much fun to explore a new city for the day. While there, I ate out with a couple other girls, and we had a delicious meal. I ordered Tielle (like a seafood pot pie) for the first course, Mussels with a Roquefort cream sauce (kind of like Gorgonzola sauce) and fries, and chocolate mousse for dessert. The meal also included a free glass of wine :). After getting back, I hung out with my best friends from the program the rest of the night, and spent the night talking and taking a late-night walk around the city.
Today will pretty much be doing a little homework and just relaxing!
The name of the town is Sète. Sorry about the typo.
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