Aujourd'hui a Montpellier!

Today in Montpellier. I though you guys would like these!

A little social dancing!

the observatory!

A quiet weekend..

This weekend was not so busy, and probably necessary to be honest! A walk in the park, some shopping, a challenge for myself to complete...et c'est fini!
For those of you that need to practice your letter writing and need something to do in the holidays, my postal address is:

Suzette Ipsen
Chez D. Ranson
6 Rue Jules Ferry
34000 Montpellier
France.

Ordered this myself at a cafe! Impressive eh! 

A walk in the old town

A cool bridge

Homework! 

Last night I went to a language exchange thing in a bar, 6 minutes in French, 6 minutes in English, a challenge! 

Excursion a Saint Guilhem.

après l'autre matin difficile à l'école, I was off on another excursion to Saint Guilhem! WOW... just
wow!

Tomorrow, being Friday I will be having a test again, this time another essay describing things, and also, asking questions. pas de probleme. ;-)

saint guilhem - click here for link.

My life right now

Week 2.

Its a challenge. Just when I think I've got something, and gain a little confidence, wham...something new comes to invade my head!

This week, my goal is to each day write sentences using the words I have learnt in class...but, I learn so many!

feminine, masculine, both feminine and masculine!
ta-ton-tes, ma-mon-mes, sa-son-ses

But wait, then there are the exceptions...and there are so many!
:-)

So I plod along, one verb at a time!

The simplest things seem so complicated! Today I did manage to go over to the laundromat to wash my clothes with a little assistance.

Each new thing is such an achievement, I am finding that I can only concentrate with one task at a time or it is just too much!

Todays questions to ask around the class (hence the 'ta')
Quelle est ta profession?
Qu'est que tu fais dan la vie?
Quelle est ta (etc, etc)

Simple stuff but so, so tricky!

Each day I try to set a simple goal so I have something to work towards, today it was doing the laundry. C'est tout!

Week-end de Pâques à Nancy

This weekend I've been on a big adventure from Montpellier to Nancy on the fast train. One of my goals for the scholarship was to have the courage to get on a train and go somewhere.

 To be fair, it kind of freaked me out, especially 1/2 way through the journey when the train announcement said next stop Strasbourg, which was the OTHER train that was attached to the one I was on! Slight panic attack occurred! Apparently according to a kind gentleman, it was a mistake! PHEW! 

So, I have spend a lovely few days in Nancy, we had lunch with family and I have learnt lots of things about the history of the area! 

I have also been practicing j'ai, tu as, il a, nous avons, vous avez, ils ont ( avoir, to have) and je suis, tu es, il est, nous sommes, vous etes, ils sont (etre, to be) 

So, I have been immersed in French culture today and have discovered the pleasures of a long Easter lunch and 'family French vocab'

We also spent time trying to read a French newspaper, it was kind of cool to be able to understand the article from interpreting the headline! Not that I agree with the story though! Pfft 

Week One...c'est fini!

I've made it through the first week of lessons! 

Phew...to be fair I'm in a pretty simple french language class, but it is not that easy for me, if you understand! Today the 'test' was to write an essay type of thing about your daily routines for each day. Umm, I didn't think it meant say la meme each day! la meme tour jour! 

So, thankfully I managed to come up with some stuff and apparently I even managed to use past, present and future tense...goodness knows how!  Prue, you'll be pleased! This week, 2 classes per day, 2 A's!

This is my test for week 1... I think next weeks goal is to daily write a journal to practice tenses...in French...

And for not getting on the next plane home....

An afternoon at Aigues Mortes

Today I went on a wee trip with Jean Paul (the School tour guide) to Aigues Mortes...The history in France is totally amazing and seems incredible that things can be that OLD. This fortification was built in the 13th Century. Yes, that old! 

Apparently at some stage in the history of this fort  their was a battle between the Protestants and the Catholics, the Protestant were rounded up (much like the Jewish people) and the men were put on the old ships to row, the women were put into the jail (fort) with around 50 women per room. One woman was known to be in this fort in horrible conditions for over 30 years.  People really are quite horrible at times! 

Jean Paul sang in this room. The acoustics  are amazing, bought a tear to my eye.