Monday, June 13, 2016

New Blog With Photos

Ma famille et mes amis
I can't sinc this blog with this phone that I have.  I have created a new blog on which I have added photos.  Please go to the new blog from now on:

ed3weeksblog.blogspot.fr

It ends in "fr" for France.  I created it as a .com but when I got over here I had to put in a SIM card for France.  When I signed up for the new blog all of the instructions to create it are in French.  Someone please type in .com instead of . fr and let me know if that works, too.  Hopefully this work around will work!  This techie stuff in French is giving me a headache.



Sunday, June 12, 2016

Thanks, everyone for your comments! It's nice to know I'm not traveling alone.  Merci a tous pour vos commentaires.  J'aime que vous voyagent avec moi.  Merci a Edouard, m'inspiration francaise Pamela et ma tante Wanda.


Saturday, June 11, 2016

Arrival

Greetings Everyone!
I have arrived safely.  I got to the Harrisburg train station and caught the train to Philly and transferred to the local SEPTA airport line with 3 minutes to spare.  Because the flight to Chicago was extremely full the one bag that I cleverly packed had to be checked on through to Paris.  Fortunately it made it there!  Strikes are still ongoing in France.  As a result the train line that I was planning to take in was disrupted.  I didn't want to pay $65 euros for a taxi.  I managed to get a bus in and then took a taxi to my B&B.  I am staying on the rue des Martyrs down the hill from Sacre Coeur.  I have been having difficulty connecting hopefully I have the issues resolved!  It is difficult to understand these I phones in English let alone in French. I need a " Stephanie or Aaron here to help me! I will now try to post photos.

Friday, April 22, 2016

I was interested in finding a smaller residential program in France in a town that wasn't too large.  I came across the Ecole des Trois Ponts in the Roanne/Riorges area of France, about an hour by train outside of Lyon that appealed to me.  





I have enrolled in a two week program.  The first week will consist of general French lessons in the morning followed by cooking classes in the afternoon.  The second week I will concentrate entirely on intensive French.

Before I begin my classes I will spend five days in Paris staying with a French couple, and then three days in Lyon.  Once my classes have ended, I will return to Paris for two days.

                                               Église et place Saint-Étienne à Roanne

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Salut!

Je vais en France pendant trois semaines cette Juin afin d'ameliorer mon francais.  Accompagnez-moi a travers ce Blog!

I'm going to France for three weeks this June in order to improve my French.  Travel with me through this Blog!  I will try to write in French for mes amis francophones, as well as in English.  I am new to Blogging and my French is not perfect, so hold on for the ride!

Chaque mardi soir, je conduis au Frederick, Maryland pour etudier la langue francaise avec la estimee Dr. Odile Chapman et mes amies Carol et Christine.  Quand nous sommes en classe, nous parlons en francais, mais quand je rentre a chez moi je n'ai personne avec qui je puis parler toute la semaine en francais.  Donc, je vais a une ecole en France pour me plonger dans la langue.

Every Tuesday night after work, I have been driving down to Frederick, Maryland to take French lessons from Dr. Odile Chapman and my classmates Carol and Christine.  We speak French in class, however, when I return home, and throughout the week, I have no one with whom I can practice.  So, I have decided to go to school in France and immerse myself in the language.