Lausanne Tomorrow!

Well today we had our first two tests of the new class - one was expected and consisted of reading an article (about the show "Friends"?) and answering some questions. Not too bad. The other was a pop quiz on oral comprehension - listening to a tough piece and trying to answer questions. Much harder. This class is not the breeze I thought it might be...
After a long day of classes, I went home and worked on getting ready for the trip tomorrow (to Lausanne, Switzerland!!) and attempting to buy tickets for the Eurostar back to London just before I leave in early August. But of course it didn't work - I got so close to booking and then, long story short, my credit card didn't work and I am blocked out of the system. I guess I have to call either Eurostar and/or Visa soon to figure out what's up. Booooo...unneeded stress.
I had a long, 1 1/2 hour discussion with my host parents tonight about many things, including my Polish heritage, my plans in life, etc. It really was great, and now that the kids are gone, it's just me and them and so I can really work on improving my speaking ability. But we are getting a new visitor (who is evidently in her 60s) who is from the German part of Switzerland and is evidently here to learn French as well. So we'll see how that goes...she gets here when I get back on Sunday night.
As for the Lausanne trip, I leave tomorrow at 12:29pm, have 3 hours in Paris to explore a bit, and then go Paris-Geneva; Geneva-Lausanne, where I hopefully will meet MT and her friend Anne Marie (who we are staying with) at the train station around 10:15pm. I plan on bringing only a backpack and no laptop, except this time I think I will actually get a bed, or at least the ground inside, to sleep on. :)
We get back Sunday night around 10pm - in the meantime, I hope to hike a bit in the area, maybe around Montreux in the outskirts of the Alps!! Can't wait! I will update again after the trip!