Well today is September 11th. It is been seven years and I can still remember what I was doing and what I was wearing. I'm sure all of you have similar experiences. I have been told that it is the equivalent of the Kennedy assasination for my generation. Even though we have all moved on, I am certain that we will always remember.
On a lighter note:
-There is a commercial for pizza huts "chicken sausage pizza." It sounds disgusting but it cracks me up everytime a I hear it.
-I was blocked in the driveway for a few minutes waiting for the garbage man to move. He came up to me and said "you speak english." I always seem to get offended that people assume that just because I am an american that I only speak one language. I guess its not a big deal and they just want to be nice
-There was a dog this morning that seemed to know how to cross the street correctly
-I think I met the only french woman who does not like wine
-"Laissez le bon temps rouler" or "let the good times roll" does not mean ANYTHING in french-its just something that our culture did to sound clever
-Audrey thinks its strange that I have to wash and blow dry my hair everyday-I can't imagine it any other way
-Everyone is surprised when I tell them that the US does not have an official language and that we have all kinds of people-I guess they think that all americans look like me
Yesterday was just another day of work-nothing to exciting. I went to this excellent restaurant near the office for lunch with Alex and Stephanie where I had steak and frites. I went home to find out that Nicolas' (the other intern that lives where I do) grandparents were in town and coming over for dinner as well as spending a couple of nights here. We had traditional mauritian cuisine for dinner-curried chicken, rice, some sort of vegetable native to the area, spinach, and sausages in some sort of red sauce-it was delicious! They were very impressed with the fact that I am an american and that I can speak french and asked me all sorts of questions about the US as they had never been.
Thank you so much to everyone who has been reading along and posting comments! I'm so happy that this blog is getting such good reviews! I miss you all and please keep the emails and blog posts coming!
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what do you call a person who speaks three languages?
trilingual
what do you call a person who speaks two languages?
bilingual
what do you call a person who speaks one language?
american- my roommate was told this joke from some african on the train-apparently it's a pretty common joke and your blog post reminded me of it-glad you're proving it untrue!(can't say so much myself)
haha!! i've heard that one before and I love it!
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