It looked drabby today so I stayed in and did an Insanity workout, devotional, and made my own lunch. Nutella, jam, and banana sandwich :) I'm becoming French, though, since I followed up with bread, cheese, and yogurt! Then I went a little eary to the school so I could get some paperwork from Dave. Since we're in the intensive French immersion program, we have four hours of instruction on French language on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Wednesday, we have a cultural class where we have the opportunity to choose and put in our preferences. I put mine in and we'll see what I get! That starts next week. Then I met up with my classmates and we started class! Today we started off with a dessin (a cartoon) of a French caricature. I included a picture and it literally had every "typical" thing one would associate with the French. We identified them, described them, and explained why they seemed significant in groups.
Everyone is so friendly in class, I love it! I can totally get used to this. We then watched a cartoon video of the practice of (faire un bisou), where the French kiss each other on the cheeks as a greeting. And really, unless you're family, they just do cheek-to-cheek. It was hilarious because it explained where is commonplace to do it, the number of times that is normal, etc. We had to fill out answers as the video went on and it spurred on a conversation about our first reactions to it. For my professor, she said it is normal for kissing on the cheek as a greeting and it's bizarre to give a hug as a greeting. Haha, I told her the opposite for the US. After discussing our stereotypes for France, we had to write a short poem on one of the items in the cartoon and make it into a drawing of the item. Of course, I automatically chose the frog (la grenouille) because with all the spirit posters I've done for my company back at WP, I know how to do a decent sketch. :) My classmates asked me to help them draw a snail and mouse (for cheese) once they saw my artistic abilities (ha...). We also did some oral/written comprehension with a workbook for a little bit. I loved class today. Man, if all I could do was study French--I'd be a happy girl. It's nice to not have to worry about things I could care less about, like IT305/EN302/etc, etc. :)
After class I asked my teacher about the family vacation next week. I told her I live with a host family and I was invited to spend next week with them skiing in the Alps and she said no problem, that's fine. Am I DREAMING?! When I explained it to my host family, they said it's normal because I'm here to learn French and so the teachers understand there's no better way to learn French than to spend time with your host family. Now I'm worried about the skiing part. I can count the times I've gone skiing on one hand and the duration in hours on one hand as well, lol. That's a worry for another day, though.
Also, tonight was a success at dinner! I was able to explain everything that happened today. We had the typical salad, bread, yogurt, and fruit. For the main dish, it was Greek cuisine. I can't remember what it's called. But if I understood correctly, it was like a casserole of beef, eggplant, tomato, and other vegetables. It was really good and I actually got too much on my second round, but of course I finished my plate. That's one thing, the family always cleans off their plates (as in, uses bread to literally finish all the sauce from the plate). I've done so as well. Also, for each course, they wait for everyone to finish. I'm a slow eater, so it's made for some awkward moments haha. But they're nice and I'm not always the last one to finish. I definitely appreciate having home cooked meals and being able to really indulge on traditional French cuisine!
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| The cartoon, some notes, and my frog poem! |
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