It’s Friday night in Montpellier! Or at least it was two days ago. We finished our first week of school and celebrated in the traditional student way: Going out on the town. The two of us and seventeen of our friends hit up a wine bar for several bottles and great conversation. A few of us went for dinner, Kebabs Yum! We returned to the bar to pick up the rest of our group and went to a Discotheque. We all danced to a strange combination of American music from the 50’s thru today. I hadn’t ever been to a European Discotheque and it was kind of a weird experience. Much like the US there are slimy guys, drunken girls and sweaty dancers but this was a totally ‘foreign’ experience. The music was awful and everyone was dancing and having a wonderful time.
School has gone really well for both of us so far. Linn already took a trip to a vineyard (he’ll post about that soon) and has had 9 hours of French so far. He has had his English/French dictionary in his hands since Tuesday. J He has met all of the people in his program and enjoys them all. There are 3 Germans, 4 Americans, 1 Italian, 1 Bulgarian, 3 French, 1 Polish, 1 Spaniard 1 New Zealander and 3 Greeks. It is quite a mix but should make for interesting conversation and relationships. A good number of his classmates live in the surrounding residence halls so they get to see quite a bit of one another and have already started hanging out and making plans.
My French classes started Tuesday and have gone pretty well. It is intimidating since it’s taught in French. I have a total of three instructors, none of whom use any English unless absolutely necessary. I have class four out of five days with Wednesdays off. I’ve learned quite a bit in my first three days and I’m feeling more comfortable every day. There are students from all over the world in my classes as well. 5 girls from Mexico, 2 people from Bolivia, 2 Americans, 3 Japanese, 4 Chinese, 1 from Lithuania and 1 Turk. We have covered a lot of vocabulary and have started on the conjugating of verbs. I’ve discovered that there are a lot of exceptions and irregularities in the French language.
The pictures above are from our Friday night out. They are poor quality but the one big group picture is a fun one to have.
2 comments:
My French teacher in high school spoke only French all three years of class as well - it gets easier! Or you get better at guessing what they're talking about. I'm sure it was nothing close to taking it in France! Looks like you're having fun!
one week and you guys already have 17+ friends??? geez, charmers...
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