Blogs from Languedoc-Roussillon, France, Europe - page 58

Bonjour! So Tuesday was my first day of classes here in Montpellier and it should be an interesting semester. I have about 3hours of french everyday except for Wednesday when I have no classes and then 2 electives in French and another class called "Laboratoire" which I'm not quite sure of what it is yet...donc on verra! lol. And then there is my service class that goes with my volunteering which is 2hours a week. Not a bad schedule. Monday I also started my volunteer service with Pharmaciens sans Frontieres. I work with older people, who are all in their 60, 70s, and 80s, and then there's a French kid named Frederic who's 21; but they are very nice and only speak french, so its great for me because I am forced to speak french...yeah! lol ... read more

So yesterday we went to the town of St. Guilhem le Desert which is located i think in the beginning part of the Massif Central in France. In 804 Guillaume, Earl of Toulouse, came to the Valley of Gellone and visited and two years later decided to become a monk and live in teh Gellone Valley. This village became a part of the route for the pilgrimage to Santiago de Copeostella. It was a cool little town in the middle of mountains and we spent the afternoon there and had a guided tour. Later, we had time to go hiking up the mountains. It is here that the cloister museum in New York comes from because an american bought part of it (i believe 148 pieces form here) and they are now the centrepiece of the ... read more

So this weekend was my second weekend in France and first official weekend in Montpellier. Last night I watched the movie WHAT WOMEN WANT with Perrine and Luci and discovered that there is wireless here in the house but i can only get it in Luci's room so voila.... Today we went to see the movie HOODWINKED but in French. They spoke really fast so I didnt understand everything but it was a cute movie. Afterwords we stopped at the Creperie and all bought crepesi chose nutella. yummmy, lol Tomorrow I have my oral and written exams so they can find our level of French for our classes. Wish me luck! My mom has been sending me photos of home and all the snow so I hope everything is going well and enjoy the snow for ... read more

So today I ventured off to the town of Nimes which is about 20 minute train ride or so from Montpellier. We got there around Noon and spent the afternoon walking around. Nimes is ancient town and has many roman ruins. Near the train station there is a big arena that looks to me like the colleseum and its where they had bull fights etc. It was really cool and I took many photos. We also around the Jardin de la Fontaine and walked to the top. It was a very nice day. I went with Amy, Joy, and Erik. It was a fun day and I'll post more photos when I can! TOnights dinner was "MacPam" ...like "McDonalds" but my host mom added her name! lol. It was very good. Oh and last night I ... read more

So sorry about my entry from yesterday. I started writing it before we had to meet up for our guided tour of Montpellier and ran out of time. Voila, the tour of Montpellier was nice although very very cold. It's amazing how cold it is here. Although today is pretty nice so far so let's hope that continues. I didn't understand everything the tour guide was saying since it was in French but I understood the majority. I took a lot of pictures and once I figure out how to post pictures on this thing I will put some pictures of Montpellier in here. Last night everyone was home again for dinner so it was a big crowd. Dinner was very good and Ive come to the conclusion that I'll probably think every meal I at ... read more