Hey ya'll! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I couldn't get onto my blog at home without going through a few loop holes (i.e.--hacking my own computer, an activity I'm not overly fond of) and I thought that was a decent excuse.
Now there's so much I want to tell you about, now that I'm deep in the heart of le republique Francais and "livin' the dream". Yet, I don't not want to flood your poor inboxs with every little croissant I eat and new word I learn.
Today was my 2nd full day here in Nantes-and I'm already getting a feel for the city. I have yet to be 100% which way is north (a strange sensation for me) but I can find my way to the center and back from here!
Today I had my first "real" conversation with a random french person! I was riding the bus for the first time when a girl about my age came and sat next to me all innocent like. Little did she know that she was going to be the first victim of my first attempt at french conversation (besides asking directions!). If a pessimistic person were reviewing the dialouge they might have deemed it a train wreck or "the Titanic of 2010" however, because I'm Tamsen, I believe it was a great success! We were able to smile at each other and ask a few questions and communicate a few things about ourselves. I keep on reverting to Spanish! If I'm supposed to be speaking a foreign language my mind jumps in and says "have no fear, I know what to do--just insert Espanol here!" Not so much. My typical sentence consists of a couple words from all three languages. All I care is that it worked, and I was able to interact with a french girl my age!
Please comment if you're reading this at all! Love you guys!