Today we had our placement tests to decide what level of french classes we can take this year. It was at 10am, so i met up with a couple of friends and we walked there early in the morning. We got there with plenty of time to sit and have a nice cafe au lait (coffee with milk) and then we walked into the courtyard outside where the test would be. and there were like 80 other people out there waiting, and they were serving free coffee and biscuits (like a type of cookie). man that would have saved us each 3.50 euro. but anyways, we all find seats in the auditorium, and the speakers tell us what will be happening, and they did it in 4 languages (French, of course, Chinese, Japanese, and English). this was pretty cool to here. the test was like 15 pages, and actually not too bad. it covered everything from comprehension to grammar to listening and writing. mostly basic stuff i think, or at least my answers were pretty basic.
after the test, which took about 1h30, we had 3 hours to kill until we had to go back for an individual verbal test. so my friends and me went to a cafe on main street and got some food for an hour. i had a croque madame (bread with ham and cheese toasted on it and an egg sunny side up on top) very good! then we just walked the streets for the next hour or so, and even checked out a big cathedral, which i actually remember visiting in '06. so i t was a lot of fun for all of us to show each other the neat places we had found since we have been here.
the verbal test was only like for a few minutes each with one of the professors. they asked simple questions like about family, college, and life in aix so far. it wasn't too bad. i think i will be put in a middle level of classes, which sounds perfect. we get our results on Friday morning.
well Thursday i am turning in some paper work in the morning for my resident permit, and then doing laundry. in the evening i have an international student party to go to. there is supposed to be like 400 people. so it should be a good social. i am thinking of wearing a nice sports jacket. and after this party, i am going to a friends apartment in down town to watch the premiere of the Office! so it'll be a good night.
talk to y'all later
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Man Caleb, I just read all your posts about your adventure. I had no idea you were keeping a blog. It sounds so exciting. I still can't believe you went out there all by yourself, but it sounds like you are doing awesome and meeting a lot of people. Hit me up on skype sometime, my name is shift7havok. Now that I know you'll be on from time to time, I'll try and stay logged on more often. So what's the deal with the cell, would it be super crazy expensive to call you? I can't wait to read more!
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