Practically ALL of Europe has travelled to France for the soccer competition.
Red, blue, and white can be seen everywhere . . .
This logo is EVERYwhere. Even on the toilet paper.
. . . in the cathedrals . . .
. . . and in store windows.
On a side note, I decided to stop at Starbucks today to have a real coffee. It seems that instant coffee with chicory is the café prefèré these days at French houses. In the way of going with the flow, I’m drinking it and also adding the cocoa meant for the 16-year-old Swiss girl who is also staying at this house. What I discovered this morning at Starbucks is that they actually have a separate reading room with complementary books to read. There was even a Harry Potter there en francais. Pretty cool for this Harry Potter fan/nerd. ;-)
Yesterday marked the completion of week one at ALPADIA in Lyon.
What does that mean exactly?
That we each got to have a complimentary croissant.
That we were to take a test covering this past week’s topic: le subjonctif.
And that we were to play a game of guessing WHO or WHAT someone or something was.
“Such as?” you ask.
Name at least 3 French présidents. I wrote Charles de Gaulle and Mitterand. A teammate wrote Sarcozi. (Must have been right because we got a point : )
Who is this French singer? Someone one of my teammates knew. Pas moi.
Who’s playing the guitar? Jimmy Hendrix
Etcetera.
We were to give our team a name. Three guesses what our team was called.
And on a side note: the French verb rater is a clue, BUT it didn’t really apply because in French rater means to miss or to fail . . . ;-)
So . . . with that I shall sign off. Enjoy les photos!
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Not sure how much she’s learning; she may be waiting until we get to Spain since Spanish is her native language, but she definitely helps keep me on track.
For example, she just reminded me to set the timer on my iPhone so I don’t forget to stop and go for a bike ride.
