in french class today i felt discouraged
everybody else's french is about a thousand notches above mine
craving a 'c'est bien' from madam rocca
although i heard everybody else practiced/did lessons over the summer
while i spent summer watching korean shows

still, i made some new friends
made a good dinner for myself
in the afternoon i ate kebabs alone in centre ville and felt okay
two years ago i would've been so embarrassed to eat alone
but now it is so natural to me
feels mature

over the weekend ji eun and i went swimming
the sun was blazing hot but the water was freezing cold
we swam and tanned for ~3 hours
some really hot girls came down and i felt bad about myself & my body
so we went up and cooked pasta for dinner
then i did laundry

been skyping with Gus whenever i can
and writing him e-mails
he hung out with my sister & ate dinner with my family yesterday
which i really appreciated
he says his mom wants to send me food but the problem is
i have negligible cooking abilities

i have been listening to french resources online to practice my listening
people speak so fast sometimes i cannot understand
although i think now a week has passed and it is getting better
it's true what they say, when you are immersed in the culture of hte language you are learning
your progress goes 'tres, tres vite' 
i am doing maybe just one 3 hour lecture in french a week

lastly, it is so difficult to plan weekend trips
because Grenoble is a smallish city
anywhere i want to go i have to go to the airport of another city
train tickets are expensive
and long

i want to visit vienna very badly