Corsica part 1: Ajaccio

Hooray for vacances scolaires!!!! Ah France, the land of having plenty of time off. I decided to go to Corsica and then Berlin during the break since geographically, it makes lots of sense (just kidding). Things I knew about Corsica before arriving: 1. It is an island in the Mediterranean. 2. It is now part …

Classroom shenanigans part 1

I have now met all my students in all my classes. And next week, we have a two week vacation starting Wednesday afternoon. Bienvenue en France! I have been given classes in almost every age group and English language level one might expect in 11 - 18 year olds in France at my collège and …

La foret noire + Updates + Help my cousin

Updates from the Black Forest (the one in Germany): It is not, in fact, black. It's much more gray and green: I think the only other place I've encountered such thick, pea-soup fog was on top of Mt. Davidson in San Francisco on one of the foggier nights. I joined the local chapter of the Club Alpin Français so I …

Week 1 updates

Bonjour! I now have a bit of free time and internet in my lovely dorm room, so I will update you all on how week 1 went. First impressions: Strasbourg is lovely. French people eat a lot of bread. I had the best white wine of my life last night (Alsacien Pinot Gris), and the …