Well, yesterday for some reason I didn't have internet, so I will have to make up for it.

Yesterday was my first day of class, it was good and seems to be the right level. There is only one other American from Boston in my class-the rest are chinese, japonese, spanish, italian, and brazilian. Our common language is French so its all French! We have four hours of class that are separated by a language lab-we wear headphones and microphones and repeat things and do dictees, then we can go back and hear what we said and work on pronounciation and rewind to listen to things better. Its really great and I think it will really help me but it takes a little getting used to since I have never done anything like that before.

Since I got done with class at 4:30 yesterday, nobody was around. I decided just to take the train back home. However, the train station near school is much bigger with many more trains than I am used to. I was very confused and didn't know where I needed to be or what train I needed to get on. I asked someone, but they said that train wasn't coming for a while, so I just decided to take the tram and figure the train out some other time when I was with someone who knew. Today, actually, I had to take the bus because the trains were on strike (greve) for the day. They use their right to protest and strike very often. The tram ride yesterday was quite long, but I got to see the sun setting over the mountains which was very pretty. No matter where you are or what direction you look here, you can see the mountians. They are surrounding the city, although Grenoble is the flattest city in France.

Yesterday was La chandeleur, a Catholic holiday that the French celebrate by making crepes! So thats what we had for dinner and they were delicious. After dinner, with Nathalie's friend, we sang a little bit of kareoke-mostly in French although there were some English songs.

Today was a good day in class, and after some friends from the program and I went to this delicious sandwhich shop called Natural Deli, which was very good and will probably become my favorite place to go for lunch. Right in the doorway they also have a crepe stand, which we went back to later to eat crepes after sitting in a cafe for a while, walking around in the nice weather, and sitting in a park for a while.

All in all it was a very good day! Tonight we will have lasagna for dinner and then I have homework ; )