Last Day of Class!

Today we had our last CIW class (though the field trip to Chambord tomorrow technically counts for it too) - class seemed to be a bit more interesting last week, but by now it has gotten a little repetitive. But no worries because now it's time to move on!

I took the oral portion of the placement exam for the next course - I'm a bit upset because I couldn't understand the last question at all and probably will get placed in a lower level because of it. Maybe not - a lower level is not necessarily a worse thing, but I'm still a bit mad at myself. But from now, in a typical French manner, I will refuse to blame myself and instead blame everything else - the accent of the professor, the room temperature, whatever...

After the tests, we went to the "gangette," a nice outdoor bar next to the river that offers free game-playing in the afternoon. We played this schweet game in which the object is to move your piece across the board first but you can build wall things to block other people. Very interesting...and I won the first time, so of course I liked it. :)

So I bought new Converses for the trip (to look slightly more European) and I am not convinced of their supposed "comfort": everytime I wear them, they hurt and squeak incredibly loudly - making people stare at me funny. They better get worn in soon...

Though I have given up on the whole "look like a European" thing a bit - I refuse to not wear my neon orange, $0, plastic sunglasses. Classy.

For now, I just finished my last homework assignment for the course and will probably take a nap before heading out tonight for a bit with the homies...