Yesterday was my one month anniversary in France! Sometimes I feel like I have been in France for years othertimes I feel like I have only been here for a few days. Anyways...


Yesterday I had my first Translations class with our actual teacher, and I think that the class will be harder than I first guessed. The teacher is a French woman who learned English in London, which causes problems for the American students because of the difference in syntax. For example, I would translate one thing as "she took a bath" where as the teacher would translate the same sentence as "she had a bath". It seems like it is the same thing, but for translation purposes it is completely different and my version is wrong. So in essence the American students have to translate the French into American English and then the American English into British English which I do not know. It will definitely be an interesting semester - at least I have friends in the class!

The other course that I had yesterday was the lecture component of Modern History of the XXth century. I really want to keep this course because it would go toward both my French and Political Science degrees- but the course is really kicking my but- hard core. Every time I leave this course I feel the need to hit up the nearest happy hour. This could be bad.

Today I went to the bagel shop near API for lunch, and I will soon be heading out to Diderot to actually register for classes. Tonight we might go to Breakfast in America - a restaurant that serves every kind of American food that is unavailable in France ( milkshakes, pancakes, burgers, chicken fingures, bacon, breakfast sausage, etc)