My "American Day" in Lyon

Today was my first day of real adventures in Lyon. (I'm writing this as it's almost 10:30pm in Lyon, but in the middle of the day back in the Midwest.) I went to the university for the first time and met the on-site director of the study abroad program from Oregon (which is how all of my stuff was arranged for my time here). I spoke English with her most of the day (which was a nice relief, but also a little bit weird to switch back), and then had coffee with a couple other American students who are in Lyon for the year. When I told my host parents about my day, they said that it was my jour américain in Lyon! And also that today was my last jour américain here. :)

I've had a few accomplishments in the last couple of days - the first was that we made crȇpes for dinner last night as a family - each person made their own - and they were delicious, of course. Then, today my host mom took me to the school for the first time, but after that I got to wander in the city by myself for the first time ever! I found two petits marchés and bought shampoo, soap, a notebook, and pens all by myself! I'm a big girl now! And at the end of the day, I walked back through the city to get home. And I didn't get lost!

Classes at the Lyon 2 University don't start until January 21, so I thought that I was going to have to find something to do to occupy myself for two weeks (rough life, I know...), BUT I found out today that I'll be taking "stage" classes, or orientation classes, in the language institute. They'll be over French language and culture. It should be nice, because SLU doesn't accept the credits, so they don't count for anything really, but I can get accustomed to the language and the school and such. Donc, my first day of classes is demain (tomorrow)! We'll see how that goes! Oh, and I have to get to school by myself tomorrow. I got home today, so my hope is that it will go smoothly.

I still have yet to take any pictures... I'm working on it. (And don't particularly want to be too touristy around here.. gotta fit in. haha) But my camera is out on my desk, so hopefully I'll remember to take it with me soon. :) A bientȏt, tout le monde!