June 7th, 2012

Today, I was able to watch the season premier of Dance Moms. I absolutely love that show back home and I finally was able to find a link that would play in Europe. It was fun to be able to catch up on what I had missed on Tuesday.

June 6th, 2012

Today, I had intentions to just laze around the FIAP and maybe go run an errand or so. A pretty laid back day with no class. Instead, I ran into some friends who invited me to explore the city with them. I have to say it was nice to be walking at our own pace talking about anything and everything rather than the boring day I had planned.

June 5th, 2012

Today, I reveled in the fact that all the photos I have taken of Paris so far have been with my iPhone. Even though I brought a camera, I haven't needed to use it because my iPhone is taking some pretty spectacular photos! It's nice to not have to carry around a bunch of stuff when we're going on excursions, especially in some of the gypsy-filled squares. Since it all stays on my wrist there isn't a problem!

June 4th, 2012

Today, our program director approached me asking if he could interview me to assess my oral proficiency in the French language. How cool is that? He knew that I spoke French well enough that he wanted to actually see my proficiency! I thought that was extremely neat and can't wait to find out how proficient I actually am!

June 3rd, 2012

Today, we went to a little cafe close to where our building is for lunch. It was so quaint and we were able to sit outside. There was a group of five of us and it was Italian food they offered. I had this absolutely amazing ravioli in a cheese sauce...it was so magnificent. Like something I had never tasted before! I absolutely could not believe the flavors inside, it was just simply delicious.

June 2nd, 2012

Today, I realized that I will never tire of people enjoying hearing me speak French. I had to make a phone call to the reception desk because we were not given towels today (they're changed every other day) and none of my roommates wanted to make the call in English. So I made the call in French. Each one of them was staring at me, jaw agape. I suppose this trip, even though I feel I'm not learning anything, is showing me that I do know more than I give myself credit for, as well as build my confidence to speak the language.

June 1st, 2012

Today, I noticed that on my blog URLs I typically go through the blogger.com homepage and such, so I don't type in my URL very often. Well I went to copy the URL to put on Facebook, and I noticed that instead of .com, it's now .fr . I know that's for French websites, but I hadn't realized it would do the same thing for publishing things in French!