I leave for Paris in two weeks. The last time I went, I had to write in a journal every day to be turned in at the end of the semester. In true freshman fashion, I waited until the last week to do three weeks worth of entries. I sincerely hope I can commit to the cause.
In any case, I will be in Paris for 2 months to learn French and French Sign Language (yes, they have their own. no, sign language is not universal). There is a cafe in Paris (http://www.cafesignes.com/) owned and operated by Deaf Parisians. In the best french translation I could muster up, I believe that I read the restaurant was established with for the purpose of providing deaf and hard of hearing people an opportunity to work. I plan on spending a lot of my time at this restaurant to learn as much LSF and meet as many people involved in the Deaf community as possible.
Also, I will be interning at the INJS (the Parisian School for the Deaf) for the same purpose. Meet people. Learn things.
I found an apartment in the 3rd arrondissement. I will call 9 rue Vertbois my home for the next two months. Feel free to visit.
I'm dead tired right now - 9 hour shift at the pool and I have to be back to open at 5 a.m. Ouch. In the mean time, I have a lot of packing and planning to do before I leave for Boston on Friday.
More to come soon!
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