Partie Deux

Well ladies and gentlemen, I am officially on to round two of my stay in France. My classes with USAC are finally completed, and now all I have are my French language courses. I've had one week of these new French courses, and I really enjoy them so far; I have four professors, who all seem more fast-paced and on top of things than my last professors. I am the only native English-speaker in any of my classes, which is pretty cool

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Today is the last day in Pau for my Americans, which is an incredibly sad statement. I've built such wonderful relationships with them, and I can't believe that I have to tell them goodbye -- it came far too soon. We're hoping to organize vacations in each region where we live back in the US: San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, and Idaho are the destinations. We hope to be able to see each other each year or every other year...gosh that's depressing compared to the every day that I see them here. 

So it's a mix of exciting and sad; I'm stoked to be taking up my classes again and excited to continue learning, but I'm sorry that I have to say goodbye. C'est la vie.