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Good morning everyone! I hope this posting finds you all doing well. 

My French classes started on Monday morning and are going well.  For some reason they put me in the intermediate level, which is very challenging to say the least.  Many of the students in my class have already been in France for weeks, months, or years, and can speak quite proficiently.  My vocabulary is very limited, but I can understand a lot.  Still, it's unbearably frustrating not being able to express myself.  Hence the therapeutic value of blogging :)

My hostess is nice, albeit strange.  A retired woman of 64, she has a charming little apartment on the 4th floor of an old building in the center of Lyon with a room she regularly rents to students.  She's quite busy; I haven't really spent much time talking with her.  Although we did briefly talk about food (she's feeding me two meals a day), at which time she informed me that she doesn't like cheese.  Or butter.  Or garlic. Please tell me why my school put me with the only woman in the entire country that doesn't eat cheese?!?!  Crazy!  So I went out and bought my own chevere at the local market and ate it for dinner.  And then again for breakfast this morning, which my hostess found quite amusing (she did actually giggle at me).  Oh well, I don't really care, I think she's the crazy one for not eating cheese.  


I finally slept last night, but am still waking quite early in the morning (4 or 5 am).  I'm not used to having to adjust to a new time.  This afternoon I'll go on a walking tour of Lyon with my school, should be good.  In the meantime I continue my studies while listening to French radio.  Wishing you all a very happy Tuesday!  Much love,  Caro

 Le pain au chocolat.

This stuff is awesome.  However, my hostess quickly corrected me and said I need to buy it only at bakeries (I bought this at a corner marker). I tried to explain that I'm working up my courage to go into stores, but I don't think she understood.  Maybe tomorrow :)

 Les endives au jambon

(I think that's what she said, not 100% sure)

The cheese, cream, and ham were delicious, but endives quite strong!