My extra attempts to hang out with French people are really starting to pay off
December 31, 2013
A lot has changed since my last blog post – I have decided to stay here in Bordeaux but I have been offered an internship so I sadly left KEDGE last week. It does mean that I get the best of both worlds however as I get to improve my French in a working environment …
Picking up good and bad linguistic habits in Bordeaux
December 30, 2013
The thing about living in a foreign country is that you don’t acquire the sort of language suitable for fourth year essay writing. Unless, of course, the department decides to set an essay about the numerous swear words that are profligate in France. I like to think that I have learnt more than a handful …
Making friends in Bordeaux
November 5, 2013
In just under week, I will have been in Bordeaux for two months. I have met a great deal of people, visited and been to a whole heap of places and had to tackle lots of problems on my own. Although some has been a challenge, I am actually looking back thinking where has the …
First words in Bordeaux
October 20, 2013
The first words in French are, without a doubt, the hardest. “Excusez-moi, où se trouve l’arrêt de bus?” were specifically my first French words to a real live French person (the lady at the helpdesk at Bordeaux-Merignac airport, to be precise.) It’s a bit like getting into a swimming pool really. You can dip your …
Life in Bordeaux…I’ve never felt more popular in my life
October 13, 2013
What a busy three weeks it has been; finally I am able to sit down with a cup of tea and say a little ‘bonjour’ from Bordeaux. I hope that everyone is doing well. It’s amazing here. I’d love to say that all the clichés and stereotypes about French people are wrong, but I can’t… …
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