Well it's been a while since I last wrote, so I thought I'd give everyone an update on life in Paris. This week was a lot different than last week. Most of the excitement of being in Paris has rubbed off and now we are actually living in France. This has been a bit of an adjustment for a lot of people in the group. I feel that I am doing a pretty good job of adjusting to the French way of life and following their standards, but it's hard to get a group of 40 college students to all behave.
When people say that Europeans refer to Americans as loud, they weren't lying. By French standards, Americans are very loud. The French speak in a much softer voice than any Americans and what we consider normal talking level they would consider loud. It seems that most people on the trip have become good at talking at a softer level, but there are still some people who have a hard time keeping their voices down.
Overall, I'm having a great time in Paris. We just got done with class for this week and I'm very excited for the weekend. In class this week we visited the Conciergerie. The Conciergerie is the prison that was used during the French Revolution. It is the prison that Marie-Antoinette spent her last few months before she was beheaded. I thought the Conciergerie was really cool because it was different than any other place we have visited. We also worked on our group projects this week, which I feel we are doing very well on. We have a lot of ideas of places to visit and things to do, so I will be writing soon with the weekend story!
When people say that Europeans refer to Americans as loud, they weren't lying. By French standards, Americans are very loud. The French speak in a much softer voice than any Americans and what we consider normal talking level they would consider loud. It seems that most people on the trip have become good at talking at a softer level, but there are still some people who have a hard time keeping their voices down.
Overall, I'm having a great time in Paris. We just got done with class for this week and I'm very excited for the weekend. In class this week we visited the Conciergerie. The Conciergerie is the prison that was used during the French Revolution. It is the prison that Marie-Antoinette spent her last few months before she was beheaded. I thought the Conciergerie was really cool because it was different than any other place we have visited. We also worked on our group projects this week, which I feel we are doing very well on. We have a lot of ideas of places to visit and things to do, so I will be writing soon with the weekend story!
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