The French don't care what they do actually, as long as they pronounce it properly.

The past couple days have been relatively uneventful. Well, except for the fact that no matter what, I'm still in Paris. Which, is an event all in and of itself... Right? Yesterday we went to Pere Lachaise; which turned out to be kind of a bust because we got there right as they were closing, I will have to make another trip on a weekend, or by myself, where I can move at a faster pace than 10 people! Although, I wasn't as bummed as others because... I've already been there. But it really is an amazing place just to see, even if only for a few minutes.

Today the group went to Sacre Coeur. As we were walking Jenna (our group leader, in case I haven't mentioned that before) asked me if I ever get bored during the group events because I've done them all before. I thought for a second, and said "No." I don't think I could ever get bored! Each time I see something, I have a different experience! No matter how many times I take the SAME picture of something, such as Sacre Coeur, its still going to be just as magnificent as the first time I saw it! Maybe because we really don't have anything like it at home, or maybe I'm getting soft in my old age; but seriously, every time I see one of these "touristy" sites, I'm still filled with a lot of joy and even excitement! Then we walked to one of my favorite parts of Paris. Touristy? Yes! Beautiful? YES! Its the part right behind Sacre Coeur called Place du Tertre where all the artists set up shop to sell you their paintings; mostly of sites around Paris and a lot of portrait artists. I wonder if they get bored painting the same things over and over again, or maybe they have the same attitude as I do. No matter how many times they do it, they will find something different each time that might strike them in a way they never thought possible!

I've had lots of school work, which is not terribly difficult but not terribly fun at the same time. Our teacher is really great though, so it makes it a lot easier to get up for five hours of class every day. The phonetics hour in the middle of school is always a favorite of mine. We do 1/2 hour of reviewing the sentences and sounds we will "work" on for the day, and 1/2 hour recording and re-recording ourselves saying it. As our teacher comes over our little microphones and say "Its not e... its EEEE" And you try, and she laughs. It struck me really funny today because, the phonetics teachers care SO much more about attendance than the regular class teachers do. Hence the "My Fair Lady" quote; for all of you who caught it, as my title. They really care more about how things are said than about what's BEING said! Its great. Our teacher comes on the microphone with her smokey Parisian voice correcting us and telling us that our mouth isn't in the right place or we are speak-ing-too-slow-ly. As she mocks us through the headset.

Tonight I had a nice dinner with Jenna and Jess (a girl in the program). Very relaxing, then we went for a walk by the Seine. We stopped a looked at the sun going down, making all these awesome orange colors in the sky by the Eiffel Tower; such a beautiful view. A lovely evening. Dad told me to post something and I replied "I have nothing to say!"... After this post, looks like I had something to say! Hope you enjoyed.

Bisous
Amy