First REAL day of school

So today we went to school!!!
It was so cool to be in that setting again. It was hard, since we have already missed a whole week. But the people tried hard not to make us feel stupid and by the 4th hour we were all pretty into it. Its immersion French, so no matter what, if we were talking to the teacher or to another student, we have to speak in French. The boys and I were able to speak together in English, but other than that, French was the only common language in the room. Cool, no?
We had 3 hours in the morning, starting at 9:30. It seemed a tad early to be thinking in a foreign language, but none of the other students seemed to be perturbed by it. In fact, it seems a little weird that we are all in the same class; all the other students seem to be able to communicate pretty well in French, while the boys and I have a hard time doing anything in it! But we will see. When I was looking at the exercises it didn't seem that bad... so pray for me!
We had about a 20 minute break after the first hour and a half. The teacher looked at us and was like, "une petite vacance" and then left the room. All the other students started to get up, and the boys and I just looked at each other. After we met out in the common area we thought we would have MAYBE 15 minutes. We ended up having upwards of 20 minutes! It felt like SUCH a long break. We thought maybe it felt so long because no break in ANC would ever have felt that long.
After the break we had another hour and a half, and then an hour for lunch. Unfortunately that meant that we had barely enough time to get back to our dorm, eat, and be on time for class. We are so used to the Bryn Athyn style (the dorms being about 3 minutes away) and we are aware of the cost of a lunch on campus without a school ID (which we hope to be getting in the next few weeks), so we thought we would be fine to go back to the dorms and eat the food that we had in our rooms. Tomorrow I may just pack a lunch...
After lunch we had a new teacher. That hour, I really enjoyed. The teacher was really energetic and she was totally having fun with us! She started out by coming into the room and telling us all that we all had to sit in a circle... which meant crowding the small room with the tables lining the walls. I don't know if I can describe it well, but once everything was set up no student could get out of their chairs easily except me, the girl next to me, and on other boy at the other side of the room. The other complication with this circle plan was that each table had too many people at it. They were designed for 2 people at each table.... there were at least 3 at each one :) So I had a good try at a conversation with the girl touching elbows with me and Jeremy was on my other side. Then the teacher asked us to introduce ourselves to the class, and left the room. We were all SO confused! She just pointed at me, said "Comment tu s'appelle?" and walked out. So I turned to Jeremy, asked him, and started the class going around the circle, each asking the next person their name. It was quite a sight. We were all laughing at the end, at one thing or another.

So that was it. The hour went by very quickly and once school was over we all felt a bit better about being here. Another nice thing about France is that their texts books are so cheap! The 3 that I needed combined cost less than any text book that I have ever used in the States. It was nice to see that come up on the register.

Tomorrow we have the same, though this time for 5 hours. We start at 10:30 and go until 4:30. Intense right?! But again, I think it will be great.

We already know that we are going to have a 2 week break in February! 2 WEEKS! And school has barely begun! Starting the 16th of February we are free until the 2nd of March. What do you think I should do with the time? I was thinking Italy... but it all depends on travel/cost, that sort of thing.

Well, I think that is it for now.
I love hearing from all of you, so keep it up!
Bon nuit!