Sorry it's been a little while since an update. I'll try to remember what all I've done since then.

President Sarkozy spoke on TV the other night. It had a much more interesting format than the US State of the Union. Nine "ordinary" citizens got to participate in a round table discussion with him and had pre-recorded a mini-segments on national problems facing their particular job. It was really interesting, but it was very tiring to listen to that much French for that long.

Friday night a bunch of us went out to eat at this really cute Italian restaurant overlooking the Seine and Notre Dame. It was so nice just to go out and order some familiar food.

Friday we had our first day of French class. We had taken a placement test and were placed into levels with a ton of other international kids. I'm not sure how well I like my class so far, but I don't really think I can switch professors, so we'll just have to wait and see.

Another one of these days, we went to visit Montmartre. It's a hilly neighborhood above Paris that used to be a monastery. It's beautiful and is home to the Moulin Rogue and the Sacre-Coeur basilica. It also has some of the best views in Paris.