January 2010
14 posts
spoons
French words I learned but couldn’t remember today:
la cuillère- spoon
la frontière- border
souhaiter- to wish
vérifier- to check
Things I have said that don’t make much sense:
Oui, je peut faire le nettoyage dans ma chambre. Yes, I can do the clean in my room.
Je pense que les autres étudiants étrange… I think that the other strange students (Instead of the other...
“where do you want to go?”
L'Arc de Triomphe
A not so flattering picture of the AdT
Today I ventured to the top with my fellow Sweet Briar comrade Craig. It was a good stair workout to say the least. This is the view of Montmarte from the top.
aujourd'hui
I woke up feeling sleep-deprived for the first time in a very, very long time. Last night’s “outing” wasn’t what we planned- the ferris wheel at place du concorde- but it was nice to be out anyway :)! This morning I had Atelier D’Ecriture (the awesome Sweet Briar grammar class where we learn French idioms through translation) and then my course meeting. I’ll...
Dla Mamy :)
Tak to czekolada…
You don’t want to know how much it cost…
musings
The literature consultant for Sweet Briar (ie the person who will help me with the things I don’t understand in my big lecture classes) is Cecile Bocianowski. She’s POLISH. This made me super happy today, when I got to talk to her a little bit after her info session.
to be continued..I should sleep now and I can’t remember what the dish I ate for dinner is called. Point is-...
“Tu as vingt ans! Tu es à Paris! La Vie Est Belle!”
VERY IMPORTANT
Please take note: My dentist is actually ROMANIAN.
Major misprint.
an attempt at writing in a blog...
I feel like Paris is a prettier (french-er bien sûr) version of New York City… The metro is a great example of this. I feel almost at home as I see commuters reading the Metro newspaper…the same as in NYC subways. The roasted peanut vendors, along with the two men asking me for directions today (for those of you who have been with me in ny you know what I’m talking about) gave me...
PARIS!