Hello all!!! I am so excited to finally be sitting down to tell you about what I've been doing. Alas, poor Internet connections up until the past few days and intensive rehearsal time has prevented me from doing it sooner. I have thought of my family and friends very often and miss you like crazy! I arrived in the village of St. Yrieix, where the Franco-American Vocal Academy is stationed, at about 6 p.m. on July 6. The trip from Cleveland to Paris and then by train from Paris to Limoges to St. Yrieix was grueling, but I arrived safely, and there were no mishaps. I met my roommate later that night who, it turns out, goes to Ohio State and is going to be in the chorus for the opera. Her name is Lyubov (pronounced
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