Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
lundi et mardi
bonsoir!
donc, Monday was our first day at l'IUFM. But first we had to get there. Felicity and I figured out the bus system on sunday evening. We were very proud of ourselves, although it is rather simple actually. We had a silly misunderstanding that evening with Travis and we ended up being on our own to figure out the buses. Ce n'est pas grave. C'est la vie sans les telephones. But we met Monday morning and went to our bus stop and made it to l'IUFM. We met with Anne Petit and she talked to us about our schedule. Each of us will be going to a different school. The first week we go to le lycée (highschool), after that middle school, then elementary school and then basically kindergarten. I am really excited. Anne also is helping us plan our weekend, we are planning a trip to Paris and the other weekends are still in the process of being planned. After we went over the schedules, she took us to where we can charge our "carte moneo" which is basically an OU ID with meal points and exchanges. After that we had lunch at l'IUFM. Then we met our prof de conversation française, Mme Guyot. She is really nice and it is really fun to talk to her. We get the opportunity to ask questions about how you say certain things in French that we aren't sure about, and she also helps us learn new phrases that might be useful for everyday life in Amiens. We meet with her everyday this week.
Today, we met with Anne at 9:30am and had a bit of coffee and then we walked to le centre-ville. We went into a bookstore and looked at a lot of childrens books and then also books that are used for teaching beginning level French.
After the bookstore, we went to the museum of Amiens. It had a lot of artifacts from other places but also things that have been found in Amiens. It was really interesting because it helped me put into perspective just how old this town really is. It's amazing.
We went to l'IUFM after the museum and met with Mme Guyot and had another few hours of conversation.
I am super excited because tomorrow Mme Guyot is meeting us by la tour perret and we are going to take a petite tour of Amiens on bikes! And we also get to go to the house of Jules Verne. Tomorrow should be a good day. I am going to try to take tons of photos on the bike tour. Lets just hope that my bike riding skills are good enough for me to multitask.
I think I will do an entire post just of photos soon. Maybe after the bike tour.
Okay, well yesterday I kinda of forgot to post this entry, so I'm just going to continue with this one and talk about today, wednesday.
Today we took a tour of Jules Verne's house. He was actually a very interesting person. I didn't know much about him before today, other than that he was a writer. He wrote "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," "Around the World in Eighty Days," and "A Journey to the Center of The Earth." He wrote others, but those are his most famous. It was really cool because the tour of his home was completely in French and I could understand almost all of it. Maybe a few words escaped me here and there but other than that I completely understood. I can feel myself becoming better with the language. I love it. After we visited his house, we had a little lunch and then met Mme Guyot to rent bikes.
The bike ride was absolutely incredible. We want to rent them again and just ride around Amiens exploring. Mme Guyot took us to a part of Amiens that is absolutely beautiful. It is along the river, and there are boats and houses. The path is called "un chemin de halage" and it is always along a river. In english it's a "towpath" and it is used to pull a boat down a river. She took us to see "les hortillonnages" which are floating gardens. It was a great afternoon. I have a ton of photos to share.
Now we are just relaxing after a busy morning and afternoon and then we are having dinner at 7! I will post a entry of photos soon.
xoxo, à bientôt!
donc, Monday was our first day at l'IUFM. But first we had to get there. Felicity and I figured out the bus system on sunday evening. We were very proud of ourselves, although it is rather simple actually. We had a silly misunderstanding that evening with Travis and we ended up being on our own to figure out the buses. Ce n'est pas grave. C'est la vie sans les telephones. But we met Monday morning and went to our bus stop and made it to l'IUFM. We met with Anne Petit and she talked to us about our schedule. Each of us will be going to a different school. The first week we go to le lycée (highschool), after that middle school, then elementary school and then basically kindergarten. I am really excited. Anne also is helping us plan our weekend, we are planning a trip to Paris and the other weekends are still in the process of being planned. After we went over the schedules, she took us to where we can charge our "carte moneo" which is basically an OU ID with meal points and exchanges. After that we had lunch at l'IUFM. Then we met our prof de conversation française, Mme Guyot. She is really nice and it is really fun to talk to her. We get the opportunity to ask questions about how you say certain things in French that we aren't sure about, and she also helps us learn new phrases that might be useful for everyday life in Amiens. We meet with her everyday this week.
Today, we met with Anne at 9:30am and had a bit of coffee and then we walked to le centre-ville. We went into a bookstore and looked at a lot of childrens books and then also books that are used for teaching beginning level French.
After the bookstore, we went to the museum of Amiens. It had a lot of artifacts from other places but also things that have been found in Amiens. It was really interesting because it helped me put into perspective just how old this town really is. It's amazing.
We went to l'IUFM after the museum and met with Mme Guyot and had another few hours of conversation.
I am super excited because tomorrow Mme Guyot is meeting us by la tour perret and we are going to take a petite tour of Amiens on bikes! And we also get to go to the house of Jules Verne. Tomorrow should be a good day. I am going to try to take tons of photos on the bike tour. Lets just hope that my bike riding skills are good enough for me to multitask.
I think I will do an entire post just of photos soon. Maybe after the bike tour.
Okay, well yesterday I kinda of forgot to post this entry, so I'm just going to continue with this one and talk about today, wednesday.
Today we took a tour of Jules Verne's house. He was actually a very interesting person. I didn't know much about him before today, other than that he was a writer. He wrote "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea," "Around the World in Eighty Days," and "A Journey to the Center of The Earth." He wrote others, but those are his most famous. It was really cool because the tour of his home was completely in French and I could understand almost all of it. Maybe a few words escaped me here and there but other than that I completely understood. I can feel myself becoming better with the language. I love it. After we visited his house, we had a little lunch and then met Mme Guyot to rent bikes.
The bike ride was absolutely incredible. We want to rent them again and just ride around Amiens exploring. Mme Guyot took us to a part of Amiens that is absolutely beautiful. It is along the river, and there are boats and houses. The path is called "un chemin de halage" and it is always along a river. In english it's a "towpath" and it is used to pull a boat down a river. She took us to see "les hortillonnages" which are floating gardens. It was a great afternoon. I have a ton of photos to share.
Now we are just relaxing after a busy morning and afternoon and then we are having dinner at 7! I will post a entry of photos soon.
xoxo, à bientôt!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
First weekend
Well, we made it through the first weekend. It was very relaxed. We met with Jenny, who was one of the girls who came to Oklahoma, and she gave us a little tour of parts of Amiens. We walked through the older parts of Amiens, and we went inside la cathédrale. It's so beautiful, and it's massive. I couldn't take a photo of the whole thing, I could only get a majority of it. She showed us the popular parts of Amiens where a lot of people do shopping. It was good to get out and venture into the city more with someone who knows the town.
The restaurants for the students are closed on the weekends so Felicity, Travis and I went out on our own and found a place to eat. I love restaurants here because you sit outside and eat. The weather is wonderful here, not too hot or cold. There is always a nice breeze, I could sit outside for hours and just people watch or talk. It's lovely.
Today was quiet. I slept in a little more than I had planned (still getting over jet lag). We met up at 5 and had dinner at la gargouille which is right by la cathédrale.
Tomorrow we start at l'IUFM and we get to take our first shot at the bus system. We think we have it down, but fingers crossed.
J'ecrirai plus lundi ou mardi. À plus tard, bisous!
The restaurants for the students are closed on the weekends so Felicity, Travis and I went out on our own and found a place to eat. I love restaurants here because you sit outside and eat. The weather is wonderful here, not too hot or cold. There is always a nice breeze, I could sit outside for hours and just people watch or talk. It's lovely.
Today was quiet. I slept in a little more than I had planned (still getting over jet lag). We met up at 5 and had dinner at la gargouille which is right by la cathédrale.
Tomorrow we start at l'IUFM and we get to take our first shot at the bus system. We think we have it down, but fingers crossed.
J'ecrirai plus lundi ou mardi. À plus tard, bisous!
Friday, May 20, 2011
I made it to Amiens! The flight was a little rough. But, I managed to get through the 9 hour flight without getting sick. I watched High School Musical approximately 3 1/2 times, CSI:NY, CSI, and CSI: Miami and most of this was while I was in a dramamine induced high.
I got to the airport and got my luggage and because of my state of mind, I just figured that when Felicity landed she would go to the same baggage pick up area. False. I was in a completely different building. I had a real life "Taken" moment when a guy asked me if I wanted a cab ride. I think I just squeaked no and looked at the ground and walked faster. Anyway, I used my reasoning skills and went to the information desk and asked what terminal the British Airways Flight that landed at 9:40 was. And it was in a completely different building that required me to take a train. After that, I just walked around aimlessly, and then these French police officers with scary looking guns started putting up Police tape and wouldn't let anyone cross. So, thats when the "Emma, only use your cell phone for emergencies" became real, and I called Felicity. Finally, I just went outside and stood under a large sign that said Terminal 2D and they found me. Monsieur Denizot drove us to Amiens and we went and had lunch.
Then Anne took us to our dorm and we filled out all the papers and such.
We took a little walk around Amiens to go grocery shopping. And now, here I am sitting in my dorm room with the windows open and I can see the Cathedral and hear the bells chime.
Now, its almost time for dinner. I'm not that hungry, mostly I just want to get out and walk around for a while. I need to stay awake for another few hours.
xoxo mes amours, je t'aime de tout mon coeur. à plus tard.
Emma
I got to the airport and got my luggage and because of my state of mind, I just figured that when Felicity landed she would go to the same baggage pick up area. False. I was in a completely different building. I had a real life "Taken" moment when a guy asked me if I wanted a cab ride. I think I just squeaked no and looked at the ground and walked faster. Anyway, I used my reasoning skills and went to the information desk and asked what terminal the British Airways Flight that landed at 9:40 was. And it was in a completely different building that required me to take a train. After that, I just walked around aimlessly, and then these French police officers with scary looking guns started putting up Police tape and wouldn't let anyone cross. So, thats when the "Emma, only use your cell phone for emergencies" became real, and I called Felicity. Finally, I just went outside and stood under a large sign that said Terminal 2D and they found me. Monsieur Denizot drove us to Amiens and we went and had lunch.
Then Anne took us to our dorm and we filled out all the papers and such.We took a little walk around Amiens to go grocery shopping. And now, here I am sitting in my dorm room with the windows open and I can see the Cathedral and hear the bells chime.
Now, its almost time for dinner. I'm not that hungry, mostly I just want to get out and walk around for a while. I need to stay awake for another few hours.
xoxo mes amours, je t'aime de tout mon coeur. à plus tard.
Emma
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Amiens
As you may know, I am studying abroad in Amiens, France from the 19th of May to the 26th of June. I wanted to be able to keep my friends and family updated on what I am doing. I am very very veryy excited. This is something that I have been dreaming of doing for years. I will try to update this blog as much as possible, especially with photos.
au revoir,
emma
au revoir,
emma
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