and it's sunny and beautiful but not hot today. It's lovely and I love it.
And this afternoon before class, I went with Elise to the Catacombes. It's something that's been on my to-do list for forever, so I finally got to it my last day in Paris.
29 May 2009
A don't actually have much to do.
So I'm writing a blog entry to celebrate my last internet access in France.
I just got out of my last class period of my year in Europe. It was phonetics, so the exam was oral and about 15 minutes long, and then she corrected it for me before I left, so I know my grade. I got a 19.5! Yes silly people. That's good. French grades are on a scale of 1 to 20, so that's 98%. Plus a 15 is still considered an A. So I'm quite syched about that. Doubt my Français écrit grade will be as good, but it doesn't affect my GPA in any case.
Dude! It's over! My nine months in Europe are over!
We have a farewell dinner tonight at a restaurant on rue Mouffetard, which should be fun. Then I'm leaving the house around 9:30 to be sure I've got plenty of time to get to my 11:15 train at Gare du Nord. An afternoon in London which I can barely think about. Then an early-morning tube ride to Heathrow for an 11:30-long flight to LAX.
You know that my grandma's coming out Sunday, too? Emily's graduating on Tuesday.
Anyone have any jetlag-reduction tips?
Ciao tout le monde,
-Ganchi
I just got out of my last class period of my year in Europe. It was phonetics, so the exam was oral and about 15 minutes long, and then she corrected it for me before I left, so I know my grade. I got a 19.5! Yes silly people. That's good. French grades are on a scale of 1 to 20, so that's 98%. Plus a 15 is still considered an A. So I'm quite syched about that. Doubt my Français écrit grade will be as good, but it doesn't affect my GPA in any case.
Dude! It's over! My nine months in Europe are over!
We have a farewell dinner tonight at a restaurant on rue Mouffetard, which should be fun. Then I'm leaving the house around 9:30 to be sure I've got plenty of time to get to my 11:15 train at Gare du Nord. An afternoon in London which I can barely think about. Then an early-morning tube ride to Heathrow for an 11:30-long flight to LAX.
You know that my grandma's coming out Sunday, too? Emily's graduating on Tuesday.
Anyone have any jetlag-reduction tips?
Ciao tout le monde,
-Ganchi
28 May 2009
My last week My last days
I was going to write this post earlier in the week, but as things are wont to do when you're about to leave the country, things got too busy.
This week has been full to bursting, but mostly with the kinds of things that are errands because you're doing them hurriedly. Normally, trying to get to the Catacombes while they're open would be a fun thing, but that's the attitude that got them pushed to my last day in Paris in the first place.
I also had three tests and three papers this week. One test was this morning, one is in about 15 minutes, and the last is tomorrow. And I just have to correct two sentences and email the last paper when I get a spare minute.
In other news, typing is difficult because I've been too lazy recently to change from the French layout to the American one, so as I type this in the American layout, my fingers feel like uncooperative noodles.
In even other news, the weather in Paris is being unpleasant again. I don't mind though as long as I'm not outside when it rains harder than a sprinkle. I've already pretty much seen the outdoor stuff. And anything else is scratched off my list in a frustrated Bic green already.
I climbed the Eiffel Tower on Sunday and visited Lisieux on Monday. I think I'll hold off on a more detailed description until I'm home with: A. a computer that likes me, and B. a cable for my camera. Yes folks, I will eventually put up photos from the last several months. There are hundreds.
Did I mention that I have jury duty Wednesday?
OK, people. I'm officially not thinking about it, so you didn't hear it from me, but I'm leaving Paris Saturday morning, and arriving in California Sunday afternoon.
Can't wait to see you!
Gros bisous,
-Ganchi
This week has been full to bursting, but mostly with the kinds of things that are errands because you're doing them hurriedly. Normally, trying to get to the Catacombes while they're open would be a fun thing, but that's the attitude that got them pushed to my last day in Paris in the first place.
I also had three tests and three papers this week. One test was this morning, one is in about 15 minutes, and the last is tomorrow. And I just have to correct two sentences and email the last paper when I get a spare minute.
In other news, typing is difficult because I've been too lazy recently to change from the French layout to the American one, so as I type this in the American layout, my fingers feel like uncooperative noodles.
In even other news, the weather in Paris is being unpleasant again. I don't mind though as long as I'm not outside when it rains harder than a sprinkle. I've already pretty much seen the outdoor stuff. And anything else is scratched off my list in a frustrated Bic green already.
I climbed the Eiffel Tower on Sunday and visited Lisieux on Monday. I think I'll hold off on a more detailed description until I'm home with: A. a computer that likes me, and B. a cable for my camera. Yes folks, I will eventually put up photos from the last several months. There are hundreds.
Did I mention that I have jury duty Wednesday?
OK, people. I'm officially not thinking about it, so you didn't hear it from me, but I'm leaving Paris Saturday morning, and arriving in California Sunday afternoon.
Can't wait to see you!
Gros bisous,
-Ganchi
18 May 2009
I feel like I have very little new to tell you
I saw Michaela yesterday, though. She's here, specifically, Versailles, as an au pair, and to "study" art. She has Sundays off, so she came into town to see me, and to see Paris, but it was raining, so she basically just saw me. It was really good to chat again. It's been a year, I guess.
Yeah. It was raining. Whoever's in charge of the weather here is a total idiot, cause I've only got one more weekend left now, and there's not a lot to be done in Paris when it's cold and wet.
But I've got to be studious for a couple of days anyway. I've got a bunch of homework due tomorrow, then two final exams on Wednesday. A couple prayers? Thanks!
I finally realized last night not just that I'm going home in two weeks, but that I'm leaving France in two weeks. That I'm leaving Europe in two weeks. This life-changing adventure I set out on nine months ago is almost over.
I'm still excited to see you all in the US again though.
A tout de suite!
Yeah. It was raining. Whoever's in charge of the weather here is a total idiot, cause I've only got one more weekend left now, and there's not a lot to be done in Paris when it's cold and wet.
But I've got to be studious for a couple of days anyway. I've got a bunch of homework due tomorrow, then two final exams on Wednesday. A couple prayers? Thanks!
I finally realized last night not just that I'm going home in two weeks, but that I'm leaving France in two weeks. That I'm leaving Europe in two weeks. This life-changing adventure I set out on nine months ago is almost over.
I'm still excited to see you all in the US again though.
A tout de suite!
15 May 2009
We believe that time runs at a rate of sixty minutes per hour...
...because that's what they've told us all our lives. But what's to say we have to believe them, when we have all this evidence on our side?
I'm a day away from the two week mark, with the end of the month approaching ever faster and faster.
Life is all a blur with time throwing me for a loop and nothing in focus but
School, in its interminable three-hour chunks,
A slowly dwindling "to tourist" list, sadly dependant on the uncooperative weather,
The light at the end of the Chunnel, my imminent return to California May 31.
But there's stuff that goes on. 3 euro movies during the Cannes festival, Museum night, veillées at Sacré Coeur, days spent hanging out with long lost friends, metro rides, museums, landmarks, metro rides, monuments, museums, bus rides, monuments, metro rides, and museums,
and through it all, I'm getting pretty good at the Our Father in French.
I'll acknowledge but not appologize for this post's speculative nature. But what else can you expect at this point in my nine month European adventure?
Plus, it's raining.
I'm a day away from the two week mark, with the end of the month approaching ever faster and faster.
Life is all a blur with time throwing me for a loop and nothing in focus but
School, in its interminable three-hour chunks,
A slowly dwindling "to tourist" list, sadly dependant on the uncooperative weather,
The light at the end of the Chunnel, my imminent return to California May 31.
But there's stuff that goes on. 3 euro movies during the Cannes festival, Museum night, veillées at Sacré Coeur, days spent hanging out with long lost friends, metro rides, museums, landmarks, metro rides, monuments, museums, bus rides, monuments, metro rides, and museums,
and through it all, I'm getting pretty good at the Our Father in French.
I'll acknowledge but not appologize for this post's speculative nature. But what else can you expect at this point in my nine month European adventure?
Plus, it's raining.
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