Culture Classes

Whew! We just finished two days of culture classes. I thought two days was going to be a little excessive, boy was I wrong. We could have been there for several more days learning about the French culture. During the session we Skyped a cultural representative in Paris, who talked about everyday life in France and conducting business as well. It's all about relationship building. While I believe that George will have no problem building relationships at work, the French conduct business activities much different that what we Americans are accustom to. It will be an adjustment just like everything else that is ahead of us. Patience is our friend.

Learning the Language

Our language classes have started. A tutor comes to our home once or twice a week. Right now we're learning greetings, numbers, family members, and next is food. That's good because as far as I know, the French like to eat horse and while I am an adventurous eater, horse to me is a pet, not something you think of eating. Our tutor is patient, George is learning fast, me, I'm a little slower at understanding it. I guess everyone learns differently. We are almost at the point where we can start to have small, short conversations.