Three days now... no internet, no phone, no TV. I've tried everything to hook up the system. No connection. I go to the Orange store. Three times. They test the equipment and charge me 9 euros. They keep insisting that I must call the help line, 3009....
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So, today I get up ready to tackle the washing machine! I squeeze the two sheets into the teeny machine, throw in the liquid detergent (who cares about the red "A" tab, anyway? ") and 6 1 / 2 HOURS later the clothes are still wet! The "dryer" uses COLD...
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Moved into my new apartment with the help of a friend. One suitcase at a time. Printer, food, books, xrays ... so much stuff! Exhausted! Went to get into my bed and no sheets! New floors, new kitchen, new bathroom, new furniture including new bed ......
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A mushroom / egg / goat cheese crepe; something that I would NEVER eat !!!!!!
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A picture is worth 1000 words, right? Well, picture this. It's midnight. I'm going to take a quick shower and get to bed. Six hours of class tomorrow, you know! But then, the bathtub is filling up with water and the drain doesn't seem to be working. So...
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This is one of the pictures in the French textbook(!) and when I asked the students to describe the picture they all said that the woman was American "because Americans eat a lot of junk food, are overweight, and a French woman would never go out of the...
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Today I took the train to the shopping mall at La Defense, went into my first hypermarche, and brought all of my groceries home in my new chariot. Je suis tres francaise!!!
