I've been living with my host family for 9 days. It feels like I have been here in Paris a lot longer. At the same time, I am still adjusting quite a bit. It's the little things that really are the hardest to adjust to, like not having the pencils that I normally use, while the bigger things, like using the Métro, are much easier to get adjusted to. That might sound odd, but I've found that to be true no matter where I go, weather it is Paris or Monterey. But I digress. I've been living at 16 rue Denoy
ez for 9 days and I really enjoy my host family a lot. The man, Jean-Charles, is very friendly and helpful. He speaks better English than Anne, my "host-mom". For those that don't know, one of my goals in coming to Paris was to meet an Algerian. Well, I am living with one! Anne is Algerian and actually lived in Algeria during the Algerian War of Independence. Alot of Westerners don't know much about this war, but it is very significant and it's eerily similar to the current situation in Iraq. I highly suggest reading the Wikipedia article on it, if you're not familiar with the war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War -- My classes started this week. I am taking French Civilization, Architecture in Paris, Impressionism and Symbolism and the Cultural Formations class which is about the relationship between France and America before, during and after both World Wars. It's a very interesting class, and we take lots of day trips and weekend trips together as a class.. We are travelling to Normandy this upcoming weekend as a field trip.
* The pictures are the apartment I'm living in. *
ez for 9 days and I really enjoy my host family a lot. The man, Jean-Charles, is very friendly and helpful. He speaks better English than Anne, my "host-mom". For those that don't know, one of my goals in coming to Paris was to meet an Algerian. Well, I am living with one! Anne is Algerian and actually lived in Algeria during the Algerian War of Independence. Alot of Westerners don't know much about this war, but it is very significant and it's eerily similar to the current situation in Iraq. I highly suggest reading the Wikipedia article on it, if you're not familiar with the war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War -- My classes started this week. I am taking French Civilization, Architecture in Paris, Impressionism and Symbolism and the Cultural Formations class which is about the relationship between France and America before, during and after both World Wars. It's a very interesting class, and we take lots of day trips and weekend trips together as a class.. We are travelling to Normandy this upcoming weekend as a field trip.* The pictures are the apartment I'm living in. *
