The First Entry

This will be a chronicle of my spring 2009 semester in Montpellier, France - four months as I try to make friends, explore, become better at French, and get to know a new city an ocean away from everything I know. This is partially for my own benefit, and partially for ENG 399: Travel Writing, a directed study under English professor Rachel Hall at SUNY Geneseo. I don't leave until Jan. 1, 2009...I'll update more then, and with pictures, naturally.