Tours!
Posted October 27th, 2009 by Michelle
Salut!
So, it seems strange, but my 3 weeks in Tours is almost over! It has been flying by. I am really excited to go to Paris. Tours has been fun, but I am ready for the big city. It will also be nice to be living in a dorm. Living with a family here in Tours has been a good experience, but I am ready to live on my own. I am also really looking forward to seeing my dorm, which is in the smack dab center of Paris! Anyway I’ll have more to write about that on Thursday.
Here in Tours I have been going to class and hanging out with my friends. It is amazing how much my French has improved. I can now carry on full conversions with my host mom. Although some times I still have to resort to pantomiming 
Last weekend we went on an excursion to Poiters and Rochelle. Rochelle is a really beautiful coastal town. My friends and I took a boat ride, and saw this really old fort that was out in the middle of the ocean. We actually had more fun just being on the boat than seeing the fort. It was a beautiful day and, of course, many rounds of “I’m on a boat” were sung.
Last week I took a class on French wines, and got to taste 5 different french wines. The presenter was really cool and invited my friends and I to come to a wine tasting at his store on Friday. We went and rubbed shoulders with French people then went out to eat, then went out to the clubs. It was a really long, but awesome night. My favorite club in Tours is this outdoor place, that is right on the river. On Friday there was a band playing crazy hippy music. We hung out on the bank of the river and listened to the music. We have also been seeing movies in French for fun. I saw Inglorious Bastards and District 9 in French. The dubbing is surprisingly good. It does suck though when you can’t understand parts.
Anyway- 4 days ’till Paris,
until then, Aurevoir!!
