Showing posts with label Info. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Info. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2011

INFO about host family and school

I realized that i hadn't written any info in the blog on my french family or my school so i thought it was about time! I will now try to give you all the interesting info that i have on my year in france :)
(oh and i love parentheses just so you know)

Family:
So i'll be living in a normal (at least i hope they're normal ...) french family with two parents (Marc and Corinne) and a 17 year old son (Baptiste ,lol it's ok to laugh because i certainly did ^^). The son goes to St Dominic which is the french school that my swedish school is connected to. Its a bit complicated i know. St Dominic is a catholic school but i'll write more about that later ;). He apparently likes music (plays the piano and the drums) and has a music studio in the basement (AWESOME).

They live in a suburb of Paris called Nanterre. My school is in the neighboring suburb called Neuilly sur-seine (this is like 4 stations from L'Arc de Triomphe).

My school:
I'll be going to a SWEDISH SCHOOL in Paris. I say this because a lot of people thought that i was going to a french school. I mean i'm flattered and all but seriously guys? All of my subjects in french? Thinking with our asses are we?
My school is a part of the french catholic school St Dominic. This brings me to my biggest concern, dresscode. This is very unusual in Sweden where everyone strives to be "unique" and "different" and "special". Weird vintage clothes arn't something strange. 

But in Fraaaance:
1. No shorts or short skirts (i have no clue how they define"short" but i'm pretty sure this rules out ALL of my skirts -.-)
2. no "plunging necklines" aslo known as no major boob-idge 
3. No long dresses (maxi dresses of all sorts)
4. Nothing to strange/freaky/weird = everythingthatstandsout-clothing

I have like 4 t-shirts and one pair of jeans that i can wear to school. Super

I got 100000 papers sent to me about rules and etiquette. Which draws me to the conclusion that swedish teens obviously cant behave themselves because some of the stuff was just stupid.
"You cant bring your dinner into your room and eat it there".. WHAT!? Thats preposterous!! :O

I have also finished my packing list (for my clothes, nothing else *sigh*) and i was very pleased untill my mom said that we had to read it over and remove some things... 
If she starts taking away my favorite stuff i will cut her.

I realize this became a really long post but i felt obligated to fill people in :) So if you're still reading, you're awesome, and now you know aprox everything that i know.
SO MANY PAPERS AAAAAHHHH!
Love you face, i'll write again soon!
BAI

Saturday, August 13, 2011

You gotta start somewhere...

I literally havn't had a blog since i was like 13 and seriously ended every post with "Ciao". Oh good lord...

My reason for writing in english is not me all high and mighty thinking that people from all over the world are going to desperatly want to read my blog. Ehh no... Even if that would be wonderful.. No. My reason is that i just love writing and expressing myself in english!
Problem? Then google translate the page... It is not that difficult

This blog is maybe first and formost for my friends in Sweden but also a way for me to remember the year that i'm going to spend in Paris.

So this is it. I'm probably going to change the background over 9000 times before im completely happy with it, and the layout, and my profile, and my picture, and my header.
The only thing thats staying the same is the name.

So good night, love yo face and i'll write again soon
BAI