So today has been a bit different...for one thing, we've actually had some rain!! It hasn't made a massive difference but it's a little bit cooler and it made us all feel at home...! :P Also, I've not been feeling amazing and everyone else is really tired so we ended up coming back 'home' at about 5ish instead of the customary 730pm... I've had a little wander around this part of town but not massively - it's mostly just houses and roads and my sense of direction is horrible so I didn't want to run the risk of getting lost...!
I'm really having a lot of fun here - yesterday afternoon and the one before, we went to the beach. It was soooo good - firstly, it was a like having a bit of home because I'm so used to going to the beach whenever I fancy it and secondly, it was so good to have a swim! It's a shame really because I think there is so much to see and do in Montpellier, but it's so hot that it's very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything because everyone feels so ill when we're out in the sun for too long...so the beach definitely seemed like the ideal solution! I think we will be going again on Sunday and I'm really looking forward to it already :)
Feeling as though my French is improving a little although not anywhere near as quickly as I was hoping...we are all trying to speak some French during the afternoons but it's just so difficult because obviously we only have certain vocabulary (all of which we've learnt together!) and also speaking with non-native speakers makes it so much easier to just drop back into English when we get stuck...I think it's so difficult to motivate yourself, especially when it doesn't feel natural to be using a different language with people.
I'm pleasantly surprised as well at how well we are all getting on...although there have been a few minor issues, overall things seem to be going fairly smoothly...it's a shame that our group is splitting a bit but to be honest, I think that it is the others who are less interested - they can be a little unfriendly at times (or maybe we are and it seems the other way around, who knows?) and also they seem to have different interests (ok, they want to do other stuff instead of going to the beach!). There are some people as well who just seem to complain about everything and I think that gets annoying after a while - especially as this trip has been funded for us all... :/ Ah well, c'est la vie!
I'm really having a lot of fun here - yesterday afternoon and the one before, we went to the beach. It was soooo good - firstly, it was a like having a bit of home because I'm so used to going to the beach whenever I fancy it and secondly, it was so good to have a swim! It's a shame really because I think there is so much to see and do in Montpellier, but it's so hot that it's very difficult to motivate ourselves to do anything because everyone feels so ill when we're out in the sun for too long...so the beach definitely seemed like the ideal solution! I think we will be going again on Sunday and I'm really looking forward to it already :)
Feeling as though my French is improving a little although not anywhere near as quickly as I was hoping...we are all trying to speak some French during the afternoons but it's just so difficult because obviously we only have certain vocabulary (all of which we've learnt together!) and also speaking with non-native speakers makes it so much easier to just drop back into English when we get stuck...I think it's so difficult to motivate yourself, especially when it doesn't feel natural to be using a different language with people.
I'm pleasantly surprised as well at how well we are all getting on...although there have been a few minor issues, overall things seem to be going fairly smoothly...it's a shame that our group is splitting a bit but to be honest, I think that it is the others who are less interested - they can be a little unfriendly at times (or maybe we are and it seems the other way around, who knows?) and also they seem to have different interests (ok, they want to do other stuff instead of going to the beach!). There are some people as well who just seem to complain about everything and I think that gets annoying after a while - especially as this trip has been funded for us all... :/ Ah well, c'est la vie!
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