Heather Foeh

I had a wonderful week visiting Paris! I was able to do some sight-seeing on Sunday afternoon and Monday and in those two days I covered a lot of ground. I found a yarn store, I visited two beautiful churches, I walked through the grounds of the Louvre, I visited the Musée de l’Orangerie where I was able to see Les Nymphéas (which were beautifully presented), I drank chocolat chaud (twice - it was cold!), I shopped, I visited the street where our apartment is located for our June family vacation, and on and on and on.

I think the highlight of my trip was getting to hear so much French spoken around me. The class I was teaching included people from Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and the UK. We conducted all of our training in English, however each night at dinner the conversation slipped into French. I could understand 95% of what was being said and that thrilled me. I answered mostly in English with a bit of French. I probably would have been more willing to try French had the group been smaller, but being surrounded by six French speakers was a bit overwhelming.