So I've recently realized how amazing the power of immersion is. Like, thinking back to how horribly I spoke when I came here, I really don't know how I managed to find someone to offer me a place to live! I must have sounded like a complete idiot! But now, in less than 2 months, I think I can truly say that I am already somewhat fluent in the language!
I realized this after last night...My friend Robert, from Riverside invited me to hang out with his roommates (Thierry, French, and Laura, German) so I did, and you know what?? I don't have to think before I formulate each sentence! It's amazing how much I've improved - how much all of us Californians have improved!
It's super. And it just makes me excited to think about how much better I will get, and how much easier all my French classes will be, not just next semester, but next year when I go back to SB! Also, I really want to learn another language sometime soon (it seems like a lot of people here speak German, but I still think it would be more useful for me to learn Spanish) because everyone here speaks AT LEAST 3 languages! It's crazy!
Anyway, nothing new going on on this side of the world. the exchange rate is awesome right now because apparently in this worldwide economic crisis, Europe is sucking the most, so the Euro is dropping rapidly.. when I checked yesterday the rate was $1.36 for 1€.. it was $1.50 or so when I got here!! I'm thinking I should probably convert all my money to Euros cheaply now before they figure out some way to fix it! ha ha. Anyway, I'm pretty excited because I'm going to Paris next weekend to meet up with Michael, a friend from UCSB that I've known for the past 2 years, and one of his friends...Michael is studying in Madrid for the semester and his friend is in London. I'm going on Thursday night and staying until Sunday morning, so I'll get a lot more time this time to spend seeing all the stuff I missed last time!
1 year ago
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