Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Annabelle Chan @ Grenoble Ecole de Management , France (from CityU) Jan 9, 2012 - Jan 13,2012
January 9, 2012 ( Monday )
It’s my second week in this lovely city. Though France maybe one of the most wonderful countries as you can see, administration work is particularly complicated here. Today, I am still dealing with documentary work. Luckily, my host school has opened a welcome desk for us in these two weeks. As I need to open my electricity bill account, I go to the welcome desk in the morning for asking help. Finally, a student come with me and help me to phone the electricity company as I don’t speak French. My advice to students who are going to France is learning as much as French you can! Nothing here is in English including all contracts you signed.
January 10, 2012 ( Tuesday )
Today, I finally get some cooking utensils. Thanks very much for CityU students who studied here exchange last semester. They left the utensils to their friends and passed them to me. It’s my first time to eat some hot food here. Really the best meal I have had here.
January 11, 2012 ( Wednesday )
My host university hold an activity to all exchange students today. We gather in a classroom and 5 in a group. We get into a train and go to play bowling together. There are almost a hundred students so we need a long time to wait for changing shoes. Drinks is also offered for us, what a warm welcome to exchange students.
January 12, 2012 ( Thursday )
We have a Facebook group for winter semester intake students. Today, we have dinner with around 30 students. They took us to a traditional French food restaurant. Actually, I think the dishes like the American one rather than the French one. Anyway, it’s really a good opportunity to meet friends from different countries.
January 13, 2012 ( Friday )
There is no class in this week. I and few of my friends from Canada go out and have a dinner in a really tasty restaurant. It is useless to give any signals to waitresses in France. They will serve you when they think it is a suitable time. So what you should do is being patient. Normally, we need 2-3hours to finish a dinner. That’s French style! For the dessert, I order the most original French one. French people drink coffee even at night. Coffee in France is served in a tiny cup. For HongKongers who used to drink grande coffee in Starbucks or Pacific Coffee Company, you can definitely finish it in a minute. French coffee is one of the best coffee in the world, for coffee lovers, you must try when you come to France!
Labels: 2011/2012 Semester B
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