bonjour mes amis...well its been a while since i last update you guys on whats going on...well im settling into my classes. my schedule usually consists of getting up around 7 or whenever the earliest person decides to take a shower...i generally walk to school (unless it is raining which is almost all the time) which is like 45 minutes...and then i commence school at 8:30 and have class till 12. i then go to madame claudette and monsiour claude`s (another house) for lunch. they are really good cooks...they used to own a restaurant and now are retired...every meal is perfect for a restaurant...crazy. after lunch we have workshop at 1:30 where we use what we learn supposedly. but we don`t really. but things are changing in the class and we are being split up and stuff so i don`t know what to expect anymore. workshop ends at 3:30 and i will either check my email or go home to bed till super. the nights are open to ourselves...either to do homework or visit friends or go to the bar or shoot some pool or dance or whatever. often the school puts on events for the students; some mandatory and some not. so far i took a trip to a maple syrup place where we toured the place and then ate a picnic lunch and then had sugar and danced to traditional folk music...i won a prize for musical chairs...except old school style where each guy had to lean on one knee and be the chair for the woman...wow. i was the last guy standing...my knees were shaking for hours after that. vanderveen knees are bad already. some girls were nice and kind of hovered or lightly leaned on you...some just fly into you full force trying to get onto your knee. but whatever...i won a block of sugar for it so hey...sunday night the town choir sang...kind of boring but okay...last night this famous french musician thomas jehnson or something like that had a concert here...he has really cool beats...but kind of revolutionary/extreme for me...everyone is like dancing to his songs cheering while he talks about dying poor people and corporate america ownership and stuff like that. the problem is i don`t understand much french and the speed at which he sings it was beyond understanding. anyways so that was okay. otherwise the school puts on movies and sports and stuff so there is always something to do. my family is great over here...they are trés chouette. (very cool). i have this thing where im trying to learn french slang, yet there seems to be no word that equals that of sketchy. so ive made it my goal to adopt sketchy into the french language....anyways, we are planning a trip for quebec city next weekend with a whole bunch of friends...it should be good. otherwise thats all for now...see ya

Glad to see you're having 'tres bon' time! Enjoy your last few days there and I'll probably see you when you get to the 'Peg in a couple of weeks.

Hey Craig
Glad to hear that you're having a great time. By the way Quebec City is great. Make sure you try some of their crepes. Anyway, all's well in Carman, but the weather sucks. Rain, Rain and more rain. It's like I'm still in Ontario!
ttyl
Hannah