I spent most of today doing research for my senior thesis at
the Emile Zola library in the Antigone district. The library’s collection was very impressive
and I found a number of good sources, including one book that I may end up
purchasing from the bookstore in town to bring back to the states with me. I am looking forward to doing research in the
National Library when I’m in Paris in a month.
I took a study break at one point to peruse the library’s extensive
collection of bandes déssinée, French
comic books. Study break well spent, in
my opinion. I also got quite a bit of
homework done in the library’s café.
I am finding that I am getting better at French. When I went out the other night, I
communicated nearly entirely in French, even though most people present were fluent
in English. I find that being in a
social situation I am under less pressure, which helps me stay relaxed and
reduces the number of times that I blank out in the middle of the sentence and
forget what I’m trying to say. It is
also easier to understand the people I hang out with as they do not have the accent
of Southern France, which is just different enough to throw me off when talking
to various people on the street or in stores.
So yeah, getting better all the time.
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