Megan & I have moved in! Check out our first french "dejeuner" (lunch), above. We recently purchased a bottle of seasoning that makes everything taste French--parfait!
As you can see, our balcony is petite, but cute, eh? Check out more photos of our apartment here.
On Monday, I officially begin my first day of teaching. On Friday, we officially begin our first (10-day) school vacation, Toussaint. Sucré. 'Considering heading down to the south of France: Montpellier, Marseilles, Nice, maybe even cross over the border to Monaco. It's not hard to do.
France is treating us well. It's been in the 30s and 40s, but bright sunshine all day, every day (though I see some clouds moving in right now). We found the cheap French Walmart, called Auchan, where we got all our kitchen towels and candles and home comforts. We've so far succeeded at speaking French together about 1/2 the time, and then English about 3/4 of the time. Only one bag remains unpacked on my tile floor. Tomorrow we go to Ikea to get throw rugs and then maybe catch a French flick at the film festival in Lyon. I've tried to get a French cell phone six times now, and our land line isn't working yet. Yesterday, we put up a friend of a friend though we had just moved in 20 hours before. We finally figured out how to turn the hot water on. And I now am in possession of a pillow. C'est la vie francaise!
good thing you're teaching english and not math.
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