And so began my first day of French language class. I arrived late after the train took longer than I expected, and I was slightly later than that because I couldn't get the door open (you have to open it as soon as you push the button, apparently, and not a moment after), but I arrived and saw nothing but a teacher and females. Yes, it makes sense that a class geared towards au pairs would be primarily female, but I didn't expect to be such an overwhelming minority.
Of course, as my luck seems to be going, I did in fact have to buy a book(even though the teacher who registered me told me I wouldn't) that I didn't have, but luckily it was the first day so we didn't do much. Actually, let me revise that: we did nothing. I've never sat through a two-hour class before (three times as long as my high-school classes), and we accomplished very little. That might have been because we had a sub on our first day, which isn't very convenient. It's also inconvenient that I really liked him, and won't have him. Oh well.
I then went to my next class, which I was shocked to learn was a philosophy class. I thought I was only taking a language course, but I suppose this was included in package. I thought it was interesting (I've never taking a philosophy course before), just very unexpected. This time there were about 40 people there, and two guys. I was at the front, so the professor made me an example a lot. How fun!
Afterwards, I met up with another au pair who live on Ile St. Louis, and she showed me around. I took some pictures, which I'll post below. Over all it was an interesting day, and I'll see how this French course goes. At least I have the right book now!
-Ian
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| Outside the St. Paul metro stop |
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| Palais Luxembourg | | | | | |
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| Jardin Luxembourg (rainy weather unfortunately) |
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| The backside of Notre Dame (less iconic than the front, but arguably more beautiful) |
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| So excited for this! It's great that the word for "minion" is the same in French. |
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| Not from today, but I thought I'd post it. A view of the Seine while waiting for the tram. | | | | |
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Bonus:
http://enabledbydesign.org/reviews/CoolCrutches.jpg (It's what all the crutches look like here. How odd!)
from Uncle Herb:
ReplyDeleteI would say your first day of school was very good. I think I would find it hard to concentrate especially in philosophy class. Anyway have a great weekend and look forward to more in your blog.
Some day, Ian, if you've not already seen it, you might want to see "The Day of the Jackal" (the original 1973 movie, not the American remake) to find out what really unusual things you can do with those euro-style crutches in a pinch. (And it's a great film to boot.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blog entries and the pictures. Enjoy yourself!
-- Grandpa Walter