second week

Monday 02-22-10: we went to la commerce for dinner and we had the cordon blue for and I had never had it before so when i tasted it i told the lady ((tres bonne)) which means very good in french. after dinner we had dessert which was ice cream(( glace)) it was strawberry....when I went to go pay for everything this weird man was like talking to me and told me he would help me learn french.... he also begged me to taste this french drank.... well i just thought of it being friendly....but in france by laughing and smiling while talking to them is a sign that u like them....so now i think the man thinks i like him....ugh!! lol

Tuesday 02-23-10: well i met my host family on this day. well my host family hardly spoke any english the women and the children didnt speak any english and the man speaks a little english. they took me to see their little boy footbul game which is soccor is france. they took me to there house and taught me to say rouge which is red and i read english books to their little kids

Wednesday 02-24-10: went back to la commerce for lunch and saw the same creepy man and when me and my friends started to eat he was always staring at me i promise he could be mii grandfather lol. i dont think i learned any french that day.

Thursdays 02-25-10: i called up mii host family and spoke to them in french i said bonjour...cava.... them i told them that i wanted to come over for friday vendredi .....they told me oui oui....i couldnt wait to show them things from and about america.....

FRENCH MINI ADVENTURE!

so this week we had to watch a French film about the singer Edith Piaf called Le Vie En Rose. ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES EVER! it kinda makes me wish even more that i was french. it was basically about Edith's messed up life. my fav part has to be when Edith wanted Marcell (the guy she was having an affair with wink wink) to fly to Paris to spend time away from his wife and kids with her (mmmmmmm). so she wakes up the next day to him stroking her face and immediately she's all lovey dovey and she's trying to find his watch that she got him as a gift. her entourage is in the apartment and she's wondering why they're there. her manager tells her that he was in a plane crash so she dreamed his whole appearance and everything. (tear) after that everything in her life just went downhill. was REALLY REALLY good!

one week two days

Its been un week and deux days since I have been in France and I already found my way to the Blois Hospital. After three days of being in beautiful France I found myself with a sore on the side of my finger. A day later it started to become mildly painful. Next day swollen and turning green..Next day swollen, red/purple and highly painful. I had told Gabe and Jessica about it but it seemed like a job for some hydrogen peroxide and some neosporin. We were very wrong.
First I went to the local docotor in Pontlevoy, Jessica assured me he was very good, he used to be her host family Dad. He quickly told me he could not help me and showed me the way to nearest hospital. This is when we arrived in Blois; Gabe and I waited Quatre hours in the emergency room before we were finally called in. We were thinking maybe some antibiotics, possibly draining my infection. We couldn't of been more surprised to here the Doctor tell me I would be taken to the OR and be put under anesthesia and then preped for surgery...
I have never been so scared. The doctor explained that they would be removing the infected part of my finger and if it had spread through my nail they would have to remove it. Its not like I have never had surgery before but never in a foreign place and so unexpectedly. I couldn't understand the nurses and doctors at all. Not during surgery or after. It was very difficult for me to ask for water or medicine when my finger was in pain. It was all an adventure in the end I suppose.
At the end of the day I spent 1400 dollars on my hospital bill, I have to bandage my finger for my remaining time in France and it will fully heal Quatre months from now.

Hopefully the worst has already happened, right?

-Jacelyn Tebia

WEEK 1

That was such a challenging week, it snowed a couple of days after arrival and we were all very busy. Let's see what French you've been learning in class and using outside. Share your comments about this town, its people, the food...