Posted by Steven on 18 October 2009, 11:29 am
Since arriving in France I have eaten nearly every dinner with my host parents. As a result, I have plenty of face time and talking time with them. My host parents are an older couple who live in an apartment...
Posted by Steven on 8 October 2009, 6:30 am
I joked with friends before I left that it would be a lot easier being an American abroad now than before the 2008 election. However, this has proven to be somewhat true. On a number of occasions, when I have...
Posted by Steven on 4 October 2009, 1:09 pm
This last week was a vacation week before real classes start. As I mentioned before, this past month was an intensive month of French called the 'le stage' and our real classes start tomorrow. For our week-long vacation, the Willamette...
Posted by Steven on 18 September 2009, 9:06 am
As I mentioned in my last post, the most difficult piece for me thus far about being in France is the language. Having only taken one year of college French, I am finding myself often at a loss for how...
Posted by Steven on 5 September 2009, 2:26 pm
So I've now been in France a little under a week and am beginning to settle in finally. I am living with a retired couple who live in an apartment building in downtown Angers. I live in the top story...
Posted by Steven on 28 August 2009, 9:32 pm
Hi All-
I'm heading out tomorrow morning, bright and early at 8:30. I've got a good couple days of travel before I actually arrive in France, but the adventure begins tomorrow. More to come later!