I'm now only two days shy of being here a whole month. I can't believe how quickly the time has flown. It has been a trying month at times, quite stressful and frustrating. It's also surprised me of how much a culture shock it was to move from England to France. I always had the view that it would be quite simple (apart from la langue, bien sur), considering that France is so close to us, it's a European country that I have visited on numerous occasions etc. But really, it is a completely different way of life. It's so strange to come to live in a town where nothing is open on a Sunday. We have spent the majority of our Sundays sitting in McDonalds because there is really not much else to do. I've also sincerely struggled with the amount of time it takes to get anything done! Like I said, I have been here nearly a month and still not sorted all my paperwork. I have to tell myself to take a deep breath and calm down.
I do feel quite settled here though. Although I'm having trouble meeting French people and speaking French, I don't feel as homesick as I thought I would. I think it's helped having met people that I get on well with, they've almost become my little family here. I feel I am understanding people a lot more but I still need to get over this confidence thing of not speaking French. It's making me feel very frustrated. I want to improve but I'm finding it so difficult.
So, over the next few weeks, my goals are to obviously speak more French and to take more photos!
