Author Archives: thall

(I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, then somehow didn’t post it) For all of those NPR-listeners out there (hey, Mom and Dad), the following will not come as a surprise: France is currently on strike. From the beginning … Continue reading →

Well, I almost succeeded at writing two blogs this last week. Almost. It’s becoming more and more difficult, as we enter my second month in France, to sum up each week’s events in a few hundred words. I end up … Continue reading →

Again, apologies for the lack of posting the week before last due to a plethora of technical difficulties. This week, however, I’ll be writing a couple of blogs. Even in post-grad life, make-up work has its place. Lucky you. My … Continue reading →

(Apologies on the late posting. The internet has been utterly inaccessible up until now). Well, here I am, established at a foyer in Lille. After a couple of weeks of apartment and house hunting, I opted to go down the … Continue reading →

And we’re into week two of my stay in France. (What?) This last week and a half has been a blur of touring the collèges (middle schools) where I’ll be acting as an English teaching assistant, meeting the twenty or … Continue reading →

After months of paperwork, preparation, and packing, I’ve finally arrived in France (!), where I will be a language teaching assistant for the next seven months. The long-anticipated day of departure passed with only a few hiccups. It was a … Continue reading →