Well, what a difference a day makes! Yesterday I found a place to live...YAY! It is really big. It has three bedroom, a living room, dining room, kitchen, a balcony and...furniture!
It is located right in the middle of town, and it is right next to the train station. It may be a little loud, but I can deal with that. I am just so happy that I now have a place to live! When we visited it yeterday we were really surprized to find that it had furniture (although it does look well used). Now if people want to visit they don't have to bring furniture with them!
Mandy, Sarah and I are going to move in on Friday, which was really good timing because we had to leave the hotel by Saturday morning because it is completely booked this weekend. The lady we are renting from is also a taxi driver, so she is going to help us move all of our luggage across town. We kind of lucked out with that one.
Now I can do everything else I need to do like set up a bank account, get my long stay visa and apply for housing money from the government. That will all be next week I guess.
Today we went to the French version of Wal-Mart, LeClerc, and found sheets and stuff for our beds. The French do bedding a little different than we do in the US. They don't sell sheets as a package, so you have to buy everthing individually and none of the colors match. So I have a pink fitted sheet, yellow top sheet, and a blue pillow case! I guess I am really living like a Frenchie now!
Yesterday I also observed my first class. It was the oldest students I will be teaching. This is their third year of English. It was really helpful, and I learned a lot in just one day. The kids were really eager to learn English and really seemed to enjoy it. They thought it was great when they heard that I was from the US. One little boy asked me in French if I liked the rapper "50 Cents." I had to try so hard to keep from laughing! Then there was another little boy who was leaving and he said "Hello!" It was so cute. They definitely know quite a bit of English and they are only 10 years old.
Well I am off to try to collect all my stuff for the move. It is amazing how big of a mess I have made in a week and a half at the hotel. I have a lot of work to do!
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