Maybe I should do this gradually, cuz I know when there's too much to read I never read any of it...

Here goes! (btw the "Anne" mentioned is my french exchange partner)... and this comic is TOTALLY not mine, I found it on Toothpaste For Dinner

Oh, and do any of my e-mail pals have the e-mails I sent them from France? Cuz it's not easy sorting through the replies and attempting to format it right... thanx, u guys r lifesavers!

Here is a big group message to get everyone up to date... 
everyone, that is, provided I spelled your e-mail address right...

So... I'm a lot more rested now that I've had some sleep 
(didn't get any on the plane, but I did talk for 3 hours 
straight with the guy beside me... excitement must make me 
unshutuppable). Saw Paris yesterday (Eiffel Tower a lot 
bigger than I expected) but I was a bit zombie-like as the 
day wore on, and I slept for a half hour on 
the boat tour of the Seine. I was eating a baguette under the 
Eiffel Tower... how very french!

Typing is hard and slow cuz french keyboards aren't QWERTY. But 
I'm learning. They have unlimited internet, so I'll learn fast.

We went shopping today and I bought Becky's gift: a t-shirt, belt and
bracelet. I also bought myself a necklace and a bracelet "à la mode".
I would have bought a shirt for me too, but it's so hard to find 
stuff with french writing. Imagine all those french people wearing 
shirts with english words they can't understand on them! Anne says she
knows a good store with shirts that have french writing on them.

I've been speaking french the whole time with Anne, except when
she's curious about what the word is in English. Yesterday I didn't 
speak much french cuz I was talking with Daniel, who speaks 6 languages
(not including gibberish). I don't have much trouble with people speaking
fast in french, but mostly that they aren't speaking very loud. 
On this keyboard, the a and q keys are switched, the m and , keys are 
switched, and the w and z are too. Well, if it works for them...

Anyway, time for more french food... gotta run!
Bisous

A apprécié lu mon ami et regard en avant au prochain acompte. Oui j'emploie un programme de traduction pour faire ceci qui, si vous pouvez lire des Français OU avoir le même logiciel vous fera tellement aussi ! Si pas je faisais ceci TOTALEMENT sur mes propres.... mais de l'autre côté si vous biseauté LISEZ ceci que le point est DISCUTABLE ! Ayez un GRAND WEEK-END !

Ah, votre emploi du français me fait mal. Et bien, c'est pas grand chose. Qu'est-ce que j'aurai dû attendre, quand je parle le français depuis l'age de cinq ans et vous... bien, je ne sais plus. Ces traducteurs ne sont jamais exactes, mais je comprend quand même. Et un bon week-end à vous aussi!

Here in Quebec ' are illegal b/c they're not French. Or b/c they're english.
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ha!

OMG Quebec can get really paranoid and stuck up about the preservation of the language. Their 400-year-old version of the language!