- 5, because that's the number of full days I have left here.
5 things I'm going to miss when I leave:
1.) The cheese. Oh my goodness, the cheese.
2.) Being able to practice my French all the time.
3.) Professors who don't feel the need to assign homework.
4.) Restaurants that don't have a single spicy thing on the menu.
5.) Nutella.
5 things I always have in my purse (that I don't usually)
1.) Umbrella
2.) French/English Dictionary
3.) Camera
4.) Tiny Notepad (for new vocabulary words)
5.) Photocopy of Passport
5 things I learned about the French school system:
1.) Even though the grading scale is out of 20, no one will get anything higher than a 17. Ever.
2.) When French students take notes, they copy every word the professor says. With color coding.
3.) Some professors will scold you when you're late. Others will happily waltz in a half an hour after class should have started every week.
4.) If you actually want to hear the lecture, you need to sit in the first three rows.
5.) Deadlines don't really matter.
5 phrases I hear frequently:
1.) "Á table!" ("Come to the table!" AKA "We're in for some tasty eatin's now!")
2.) "Prochain arret: Barrière Judaique." ("Next stop: Barrière Judaique." I'm pretty good at imitating that voice now.)
3.) "Tu viens d'ou?" ("Where do you come from?" They all think I'm French... until I start talking.)
4.) "Elle n'aime pas le café, elle." ("She doesn't like coffee." This comes up like every other day; I don't know why.)
5.) "S'il vous plaît!" (Literally "Please!" but the French way of telling a class to quiet down.)
5 things I'm looking forward to when I get home:
1.) Chips and salsa. I don't know why that in particular, but I've had this craving all semester.
2.) Being able to walk to class.
3.) Knowing what's going on.
4.) Not thinking about the exchange rate every time I buy something.
5.) Seeing all the people I've missed.
Oh man, I wish I could like some of these!
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