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well, we just put the capstone on our apartment. we did it, we got a television. not because we can't live without television, but because we need to learn french. honestly, that's the real reason. our first ten days here that we were forced to live in a tiny hotel room had one benefit we were not anticipating, that is, our french comprehension shot way up from all the tv watching we were forced to do. after that the learning curve dropped sharply. and while we are immersed here in language all around us, beyond overhearing conversations, making out signs, buying groceries, and saying ca va? to our neighbors there is a limit to how much we pick up in our daily life with the amount of french that we know now. we are always upping the bar the most minute amount, and we learn just a little bit more each day. but unfortunately, unlike corey, who by the way is surprisingly well equiped in decent street/conversational french, neither of us are very adept at going-out-there-and-meet-the-french. we want to, and we hope we will by the end of this sojourn, but we are worried, as corey said it -- well, we sound like we're about five years old. that is the language level that we're at. and who would really want to hang out with a five year old? so our language is a slow aquisition.

so in the meantime, we bought a french friend. one who does't listen that well and talks a lot of garbage, but who at least will talk.

by the way, did you know jodi foster speaks french? we didn't, but we just bought the tv and turned it on and there she is, speaking french on a talk show. crazy.