Today was the last day of orientation for me and classes begin on Monday. I had to give a ten minute presentation on Genetically Modified Foods today (sounds like fun?!?!?). It wasn't a big deal, just practice before classes start. Orientation consisted of two classes: methodologie, a course introducing the French university system, and French lessons. This is a picture of my methodologie class. The class was originally ten or twelve people, but people stopped coming after the first week. My classmates from left to right are from Singapore, Sweden, and China.
This is my French class. My classmates are from Brazil, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, US, and Canada.
On the last day of French class we had a cheese party in which each student brought in a different variety of French cheese. I brought in Comte which was really good, but my favorite was Cantal.
Today I went to Heaven. Seriously. I went with some friends from my French class to the "Salon d'Agriculture", it was somewhere between a country fair and a farmers market, but huge! People from around France bring their best wine, cheese, meats, and produce for people to sample and buy. It was in an enormous warehouse type building that went as far as the eye could see. There were two floors of venders that were arranged by the regions of France. Each booth was giving out multiple samples of their products, mostly hams, sausages, and cheeses. I probably tried around fifty different sausages. I actually made a whole meal out the samples, and we didn't even see half of the vendors. I was stuffed! Most of the vendors would just slice off a piece of their ham or cheese and hold out their knife for you to take the piece. I could go on and on about this....here is a pic of one of the sausage booths:
This is my French class. My classmates are from Brazil, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, US, and Canada.
On the last day of French class we had a cheese party in which each student brought in a different variety of French cheese. I brought in Comte which was really good, but my favorite was Cantal. 
Today I went to Heaven. Seriously. I went with some friends from my French class to the "Salon d'Agriculture", it was somewhere between a country fair and a farmers market, but huge! People from around France bring their best wine, cheese, meats, and produce for people to sample and buy. It was in an enormous warehouse type building that went as far as the eye could see. There were two floors of venders that were arranged by the regions of France. Each booth was giving out multiple samples of their products, mostly hams, sausages, and cheeses. I probably tried around fifty different sausages. I actually made a whole meal out the samples, and we didn't even see half of the vendors. I was stuffed! Most of the vendors would just slice off a piece of their ham or cheese and hold out their knife for you to take the piece. I could go on and on about this....here is a pic of one of the sausage booths: 
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only you would take AND post pictures of cheese and sausage....
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