I know absolutely nothing about sports. In fact, when friends try to talk to me about teams or events, they know by now that they have to specify which sport it is. But it is so easy and so fun to get into football (soccer!) matches here. I feel like what's going on is pretty straightforward, it's fast paced, and if all else fails, just yell when everyone else does. A couple of weeks ago I found myself in the Solferino Bar in downtown Lille, cheering on LOSC with my friends and all of the Lillois that could fit into the place. It was packed wall to wall and the last 8 or so minutes Lille turned it around and won. I think that is what they call a good game, the more exciting ones. Either way, it was a great night. And if I am not mistaken, that game set them up to play Liverpool sometime in the next few weeks.


I don't think I ever listed my class schedule:

Monday:
Geography of the Countryside
Geography of Deserts

Tuesday:
Lit- Racine and Molière

Wednesday:
Translation- French to English
Irish Literature

Thursday:
Translation- English to French
Francophone Literature

Having no classes on Friday is pretty awesome. I decided to watch Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis. It is really funny, but I am glad I waited to watch it until I'd been here for awhile, because now I actually understand it (for the most part) and the jokes. I know so many people who could very well be in the movie. In particular, when my neighbor's boyfriend doesn't understand something he'll do the "HEIN?!" thing.

I feel like there have been more sunny days in March than in January and February put together. It's awesome! In celebration of this I went out and got myself a monthly pass for the metro. It was 30 euros with my young person discount card (carte viva), but I really think it will be worth it. I won't find myself thinking at any point "Well I WOULD like to go downtown and just walk around, but I don't really wanna spend the three euros for the metro ticket".

Time for food, more to come later!