After a month of trying to get into classes at the language school in Cogolin, I finally did it. As stressful as the process has been I have to say that it is definitely not worth the 20 euros a session that I have to pay to go and therefore I'm not sure how long I will keep it up as that drastically cuts into either the spending money I have for weekend fun or the money that I am saving for when Ricky gets here so that we can really see Europe before returning to the States.
Sigma Formation, as this school is called, is actually more of a post-lycee training center. Kind of like community college. They offer a bunch of different classes, including a French language class for foreigners (me). This class is much more diverse than the class in Draguignan. There are a few Asian women and Muslim women, a couple Tunisian gents, two Brits and three other Americans. Yasmin and Julia (the British and German au pairs) also apparently go on Tuesday but they were not there today.
Today I took care of the usual bureaucratic stuff- filling out forms and taking the placement test. The maitresse seemed impressed with my results but again, I am back to starting with passe compose. While it is something that gets me out of the house, I'd rather go to the beach and translate magazine articles. Or sit at home and translate magazine articles. At least that is free. But I said I'd be back next week, so we'll see how it goes. Christine even said this morning that it's not important if I go or not. I really just needed to get the letter from the school for my dossier.
This past weekend, le meteo had forcasted rain all week but that cleared up right away Monday morning. It's been a little foggy still and super dark when I get up, especially with daylight savings time (in France DST started this past Sunday). The bright weather should be sticking around through the end of the weekend which will be wonderful for the activities I have planned ;)
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