Well, I've been so shell shocked by my defense and my new life that it took three months to get back around to writing a blog.
Many of the corny things people say about Paris are true, at least at certain times, but the personality of the city and the culture of the people are really much much more appealing than I had expected.
My acculturation improves rapidly in tandem with my absorption of the language. I say absorption, because so far it has been impossible to find a beginner's French class in Paris which is not 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. I managed to study enough on my own to get into an intermediate class which meets only 2 hours, one evening per week, starting tonight.
Halloween was not really a holiday here, although I saw some people dressed up and I know some kids took advantage of the opportunity for free candy. All Saint's Day is a public holiday, though, and I got to have dinner with my host family and take a walk to enjoy the beautifal fall weather-- it'squite warm for this time of year.
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