Zut Alors!

French. So we went out with a whole bunch of Americans the other night. It was a really good time, but it was striking how few of the people actually spoke French. They sort of just did what I've been doing - rely on the goodwill of people walking around with you. For some reason this annoyed me. This is totally hypocritical; I've been doing this since I arrived in France. Maybe it was the idea that they weren't even trying despite the fact that everyone around them was speaking French. Maybe it was scary to see the stereotypical American in the context of a foreign culture. I don't know. Anyway, I'm now pretty determined to learn this damn language.