Madelyn's Blog

Umm…make that 5 days…it’s 1am again. So, Alex made me this blog so I can keep everyone updated on my daily activities and misadventures while I’m in France for July. Thank goodness for a boyfriend with computer skills…my plan was to use one of those generic blogging sites, but I never managed to open an account and he took matters into his own hands. Voila, blog.

For those of you who don’t know, I’m studying abroad for 5 weeks to help with my minor in international French. I’ve taken French since 8th grade, and I hope to come back from this trip nearly fluent. I’m staying with a family in Pau…they have 5 kids and a dog, and my new mother’s name is Cecile. That’s about all I know right now. I will have class 5 days a week, and it’s said to be pretty intensive as far as the language portion goes. In addition I’ll have a class on the history of Haitian film and hopefully a 1-credit art class.

The to-do list of things to do pre-France is growing…and my time in the US is dwindling. In the next few days I have to study for and take a final exam for my summer class at MTU, somehow pack 5 weeks worth of worldly possessions into one suitcase, and tie up a few dozen other loose ends here in Houghton. I don’t know if I’m more nervous about going to France or the next week before I go to France.

Anyway…I’m off to bed and hoping for an early start tomorrow.

Bonne nuit!