Adrienne in Lyon: School

So this has been my week so far:

Monday we took our placement exams. It was a little difficult because I forgot a lot of the grammar. The classes are numbered 1-7 (1 the easiest, 7 the most advanced). I thought I would be placed in group 3 or 4 but I'm in group 5!!! I guess I know more than I thought! For the rest of the day, our group walked around the city and explored it.That night at dinner, I had my first complete conversation in French! Oscar and Pauline were gone so it was just Chantal and me. I'm getting better.

Tuesday was our first day of class. Andy and I are but in group 5. Yay! Our teacher has crazy red hair and is nice. She speaks fast paced but I can understand most of it. The first day was a little hard. We did listening exercises and talked about politics, not my favorite things. Late that night, Pauline came home because she just finished taking her bac! (a really difficult exam, for her it was about law) So we broke out the wine and celebrated!

Wednesdays we do activities with the school. This weeks was a quest around the city. We had to walk around to different places and find information. My group ended up speaking English because it was easier for everyone. There are tons of nationalities at the school: korean, chinese, japanese, italian, colombian, mexican, arabic (from Iran, Pakastan, ect.), polish, and american. So many of them speak English!
For the rest of the day, we visited a musuem and hung out. This dinner was just Pauline and me. She speaks really fast but slows done for me :)

Today we had class from 9am to 5pm! Class was a lot easier today. We just did some speaking and grammar lessons. Tonight's dinner was Oscar and me. This converstion was a little more difficult but we worked it out. He really likes helping me I think.