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Alright...almost finished I promise! The second to last stop during my week touring France was Caen, in Normandy. There's really not too much special about Caen except that it is the closest semi-large city to the D-day beaches. Libby and I are both big history buffs so of course, this stop was a no-brainer. We arrived in Caen at 8:30, April 24. Upon arrival we walked outside of the train station, looked at the hotels across the street, and picked one to stay in for the night. After leaving our stuff there, we hurried back to the train station to catch the next train out to Bayeux, the closest city to the American D-day beaches. We got to Bayeux and looked for the bus line that takes tourists out to the beaches. We found out that ... read more

Wow, quite the gap between this post and the last vacation post. Sorry. A lot has been going on lately...most importantly, exams. Our exams were Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday was from 8-12 in the morning and then my oral exam was at 6...I was not a happy camper. All went well though (I hope). We aren't really sure when we'll find out our scores, but next week is the make-up week if you failed or missed an exam, so the scores should be up now. But yeah, back to the point of this entry....Nice. After leaving Italy, we went to Nice in the south of France...this is prime tourist country. It was really frustrating throughout our time here because nobody would speak French to us. All of the shopkeepers and restaurant workers spoke English. Even if ... read more

I'm finally updating! I know you are all very excited. Monday morning, Libby and I got back from our last vacation. We were gone for two weeks, so I will put up many posts...be patient with me. For this vacation we decided to do a little "tour d'Italie et tour de France". Our first destination was Rome, Italy. We left Perpignan around noon, Friday April 11. We had a couple of layovers in Montpelier and Nice before getting on our night train to Rome. We got into Rome around 10 on Saturday the 12th and headed straight to the hostel. It was difficult to find because it wasn't really labeled...I swear we walked past it fifty times. Finally we found it and checked in. Our rooms weren't ready yet, but we left our luggage and headed ... read more

Here's installment #2 of my latest vacation! Monday March 17, we took a train from Salzburg to Füssen, Germany. We got to the little town of Füssen. It was raining. We found the tourist information office to find a place to stay. There was a youth hostel, but check-in time was not until five. We had about four hours to do nothing in the rain. Since we were in Budapest, I had wanted to buy some cool European boots. Finally, I did just that. It is a good thing I did too, because it started snowing soon after. When it was time, we went to get rooms. After settling in, we went to a Chinese restaurant. Ordering Chinese food in German is quite difficult. When we got back to the hostel (which by the way, was ... read more

Today was a major turning point in our French lives. Hahaha, its really nothing serious, it just really cracks us up. In order to get the point across well I have to explain some things first. I've been meaning to make a post about my daily/normal/boring French life, because I know you are all so interested. Bear with me on this one, I'm doing this mainly for my mom and little cousins, so the post will be very randomly detailed. First, here's my class schedule. Monday: 1-2 CDL (we sit around on computers learning grammar) 2-4 Ecrit (writing) 4-5 Oral (we usually have to write up a little speech to present) 5-7 Phonetique (a student criticizes our accents) Tuesday: 4-6 Civilisation (the best class ever with Yavanka who calls us her American friends. Its probably impor ... read more