Okay, so update number 2 without internet. (Un petit paranthèse: I’m getting used to the French notion of the “Internet”, which is always capitalized. It takes real self-control to write it the American way now.) It’s amazing how much more time I feel like I have now that we don’t have internet readily available to us any time I want it. It’s actually been really good for my productivity level, and I haven’t felt guilty about not being in contact with everyone at home while I’ve been busy doing other important things. I have begun to miss home a little bit, though.
Yesterday we had our first civilization class with M. Pelopidas. In the two-hour timeframe he was given, our teacher somehow covered 3000 years of French history in detail. It was amazing! Anyone who can get that much done has to have a high energy level, and M. Pelopidas never lost his enthusiasm. It was a little difficult to show as much excitement for it as M. Pelopidas did, but it was really interesting. Today we covered French politics since World War II, and I have to say, I find French politics way more interesting than American politics. It definitely helps that I took an amazing culture class last semester that seems to have covered every major topic anyone has mentioned to us. Our teachers keep making references to events, and I know exactly what they’re talking about. It’s kind of cool because I’ve been explaining some of it to my classmates when they get a little lost. Like today with the French political parties.
After class today, I went with some of my classmates to get our bank accounts set up because we all wanted internet, and the only way to get it is to have a bank account. So we went to the bank, got all that taken care of (I deposited a whopping 30€ in my account), and then we took off for the phone/internet store. We signed all the papers, got everything in order, and then I asked if anyone would be coming out to set it up, and the girl just replied, “No.” I thought maybe she would ask if I wanted someone to come out, but it looks like we’re on our own now. I just have to wait for them to text us that our internet and phone lines are working before I can set up our box.
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