French Lessons

After a few weekends in a row of travel Dena and I decided to take a break and we wont travel again for a few weeks. So we have not had many things to write about in the blog. Dena has not had any more bad spills on the bus. So instead I have decided to post a picture of my French tutor.
Her name is Madame Lilian Torchet and she is a very nice and enthusiastic French tutor. She waves her arms around a lot and makes the funniest facial expressions. I have only had 5 lessons so far but I have many more to come. I meet with her at 8am on Tues. and Thurs. each week. So far we are just getting through the basics. I am learning how to say my name, where I live, what I do, etc. Very elementary stuff but I need a lot more practice. The other day I was on the bus going to work and this guy standing next to me pointed out the window to some trees and rambled on in French and the only word I could make out was "citrus". I figured out that he was talking abut some fruit growing on a tree but I am not sure why he was talking about it. I just nodded my head, smiled and said "oui" (yes in French). I was totally faking it and pretending I understood what he said and praying that he didnt ask me anything else because then the gig would have been up and I would have had to confess that I didn't speak any French. Luckily for me he got off at the next stop and I was in the clear. So hopefully after many many more lessons from Madame Torchet I will be able to understand a little more and I don't have to fake it. Au revoir!