First day of school/ first days in Wittelshiem

Bonjour Everybody,

It is my second day in Wittelsheim and it is absolutely beautiful! My host family is so nice, even though we have a pretty hard time communicating, we are all giving it a lot of effort so it makes things a lot easier. My french is already better than it was in paris 2 days ago and I can kind of understand some stuff when people speak to me. It is pretty stressful right now because I really don't understand and it's hard to say what I want to say, so I do feel like a baby that hasn't learned to talk yet. But i'm trying really hard to keep a good attitude and not get discouraged!:)

My host mom renata is an amazing cook and she makes very good meals. Yesterday the meal we had for lunch looked like it should have been in a restaurant. hahahaha!! Lèa my host sister showed me this really good trail yesterday when we took isador, the dog, for a walk. So I think I'm going to go for a run in the evenings on that trail. It's a large loop and is a good distance!:)

Today was suppose to be my first day of school and Renata and I went this morning to get my schedule and talk to the people, they gave me my schedule, but then they said that it would be better if I came back in the afternoon. So we left and went back home. Then we went to a store that is basically the french version of a home depot to buy a shower and I bought some school supplies!

My schedule is a little weird because french high schools are not like american high schools in the since that everyday you have class at the same times.

On Lundi/ Monday I start school at 8:45 and end at 3:35.
On Mardi/ Tuesday I start school at 7:50-8 and end at 3:35.
On Wednesday/ Mercredi I start school at 7:50-8 and end at 11:45 and thats it.
On Thursday/ Jeudi I start school at 7:50-8 and end at 5:30.
On Friday/ Vendrei I start school at 8:45 and end at 3:30.

As you can see it's very weird and the actual paper schedule with classes is even worse. I'm going to be very lost. Hahaha. I should be playing basketball like 1 day a week I think, which is good, So ill see how that goes.

(So this is my schedule but, I just got home from school and it turns out I don't have 4 of the classes that are on that sheet and instead I have nothing. This means I'm a VERY lucky kid and have a light class load!!!:) It also means that I might have less homework. hahahaha!! I got really lucky because the classes that I ended up not having are after lunch so that means I have a 2 1/2 hour break on thursday for lunch! then on friday I don't have a class before or after lunch, so I have a 3 hour break for lunch!)

The first class I had in my french High school was...... FRENCH. It was a 2 hour class and I took about 4 pages of notes and now I have to translate them and then translate the text book pages I have to read for homework. sounds fun right! LOL NOT! I did meet some girls in my class as well as outside of it and they were all very nice to me! One of them even commented the nicest thing on my last blog post. It was funny today, because as I was sitting outside this one girl was talking to her friend and they looked at me and the girl asked her friend a question. Then they looked at me again and said american and then continued to look at me. I ended up talking to them because I saw them talking about me, so they came up to say hi! It's like I'm an animal they have never seen before! hahahaha, but in a way I totally am that foreign creature that is walking around in their territory!

So far everything is good, stressful and kinda confusing, but good! I think because it's hard to understand what's happening I feel a bit home sick, but I hope as I feel more comfortable and start to understand what's happening the home sickness will pass.
This is a Picture of me in la duche (shower) today while renata, wojtek and I were shopping for the shower. Renata made me get in all of them and tell her which one I liked. hahaha

This was the dessert Renata made me for lunch the first day I arrived! This gives you a glimpse at what most meals look like.... they are very pretty! hahahaha!:)

This is the view from my bathroom window

Love to everyone,
Grace <3