4-5-08
Hello, everyone! Well today was less intimidating as far as language barriers go. I decided to commit to taking new risks in conversation and took my handy "Conversational French in 7 Days" book along, which turned out to be very useful. I was supposed to meet Ozi and Stephanie at the grad's hotel, but got kind of lost on the way, went to two hotels before I bumped into our French teacher who pointed me in the right direction. When I finally found the hotel, I discovered that the entrance was locked. Luckily I was able to tailgate into the building and find Kevin eating an amazing breakfast. Chad and I went out later, walked through a really cool open air food market, and then visited the Musee de Beaux Arts, which was incredible. Chad and I then went to get lunch at a kabob place. The owner of the restaurant saw my book, told me that French was impossible to learn in seven days --to which I gave a hearty "Oui" -- and then told me the most important words to know: Bonjour, Merci, and Merdre. Okay, enough junior high diary crap. The performances tonight were even more astounding than last night's. Unfortunately, I am too tired to type it up right now. I'll do a video journal on it and then either translate it to text or post it online. Good morning to all you stateside! I'm going to sleep.