New Classes, New Adventures

Hello friends! This week has been a lot of things; exciting, stressful, fun, to name a few. We have started the real fall semester this week and that means we get all new classes! However that meant that Monday I had to take another placement test (boo!) but only the “superior levels” had to take it so I guess I should be flattered my language skills are considered “superior.” (Woo!) The test really wasn’t too bad though so I can’t really complain. There are five superior levels, 331, 332, 341, 351 and 411; I got placed in 332! So that is fun and we get placed in a lot of the same electives as the other superior levels so that’s fun to switch things up.

            We have to take at least 18 credits but we can take up to 21 for the same price and this week we got to sit in on as many (or as few) as we’d like, so of course I went to as many as possible! It was really hard to decide but I have finally chosen the following: Langue (required), Theatrical expression, English-French translation, History of France, History of Art and Socio-cultural studies. 21 credits total, because I couldn’t resist! Here is a copy of my new schedule:

            Next week I will be going on my next excursion with the school to Mt. St. Michel et St. Malo!! I am so excited!!!! I have wanted to go here since I did a project on it in high school (thanks Mme. Kelly!)! And the week after that I am going to Barcelona!! And the week after THAT my family is coming and I’m meeting them in Paris!!! These next couple of weeks are going to fly by and I can’t wait to tell you all about them!! Hurray for exciting times!! Here are a few pictures from Nantes:            In travel news, I went to Nantes for the day yesterday with a couple of friends! It was so fun! We saw their castle which is currently a museum of the history of the city and an exhibit on the World Wars. It was so emotional to see it as the French do. For Americans it was a huge war we helped fight in for our allies but for the French it was a fight for their lives and for their country. It was really moving to see from this new perspective! We also saw the Nantes Cathedral, seriously stunning, the Gallery of Machines, a very interesting place full of machine versions of animals like elephants, birds and bugs, and finally a beautiful garden near the train station! We had a great day!