Day 10

Day 10:

Monday, March 30, 2009: Today was the first day of classes! Well really just one class – grammar with Christophe. The day began at noon with all the students and their host families meeting at the university for authentic Provencal cuisine and wine! An aperitif, en Francais.

After meeting, socializing, and mingling (and getting a buzz to help my language confidence) we began class at a later time. He gave the syllabus and book list and called it a day. There is also the Résistance class about World War II but I was not taking it because it requires a higher level of French. I’m taking everything else – 20 hours this quarter!

So Katy (Christophe’s squeeze), Jenny (the grad student assistant), Shawna, Kelby, Lance, Melissa, and I went into town to buy the books. We are reading three plays by Marcel Pagnol, set in Marseille. They cost 16E. I skipped lunch.

The group gradually broke apart and we were left with Lance, Melissa, and me. We walked to see Lance’s house because he and Kelby live in a guest house in their host family’s courtyard. It is really cool, but no internet here either. France might be behind with the wifi service. I walked Melissa home and went home for dinner.

We had a casserole with cheese and the leftover sausage from last night. We also had leftover cauliflower. I watched the news again then had to do grammar homework. Grammar is two hours on Mondays and Tuesdays, not what I am used to.

(Google proper nouns that you do not know.)