Bonjour!
This week was so packed with school! And I didn't have much time to do anything other than homework…but I promise in 2 weeks when we have our huge festival I will have a better post!

I realized that I only have 2 months left! I have grown really attached to my French family and friends and it is going to be very hard to say goodbye. Today, one of my friends from Canada left! She had a shorter stay than me, but it just shows how fast time goes by. So this week, I am going to write kind of a "bucket list" along with my goals of the things that I want to do in my last two months.

1.  Master French completely. I can confidently say that I can understand 99% of things being said. Occasionally there is a word that I am not familiar with, but for the most part I can understand everything. My problem is writing and talking. My talking has improved a lot in the last month, but I still have problems conjugating verbs while I write. I want to get that done!
2. Read a book in French—I'm thinking a classic, like Madame Bovary or Candide.
3. Perfect my accent
4.Learn how to cook a typical French meal. And I mean everything from the first course to the dessert of homemade Creme Brulee.
5. Cook that meal for my French family!
6.Go to the Cannes Film Festival (which is already being planned :) )
7. Visit the Northern regions of France—my liaison is trying to get me a week in Bretagne with another host family during summer
8. Visit Paris and Versailles
9. Have a French sense of style—this involves tights, trench coats, hats, scarves, etc.
10. Visit 10 museums—so far I have 6!
11. Enjoy every day more than the last!

I have been talking with some of the other Americans in different regions and we are trying to plan visits to stay with each other so we can see more regions in France! I might be going to stay with my friends Hannah and Mika who live in Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur. And then I will go and see my friend Grace who lives in Midi-Pyrenees and then Noe who lives in Clermont Ferrand.
I don't know when the next chance will be for me to come back to France, so I just want to enjoy every second I have left and see as much as I can!

Aside from that, yesterday was the final election! It was Nicholas Sarkozy against Francois Hollande, and my family's wishes came true as Hollande was elected the new President. In celebration, Montpellier's main esplanade was full of people and Dj's and drinks and parties! We all went and I have never seen anything like in regards to an election…

Tomorrow, I have a holiday! The family and some of our friends are going to a camp ground and having a picnic lunch. I will be sure to take lots of pictures, and have less boring blog updates soon :)

A dimanche (ou Lundi)!