Well, American Girl in Rouen…but it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
I’m excited to announce that I was accepted into the Teaching Assistantship Program of the French Embassy. I will be teaching English to students in Rouen, France starting in October of this year.
I will leave for France mid-September, and will come back between April and June, depending on the specific program I am assigned to.
Rouen Fun Facts:
- Where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake
- Birthplace of Gustave Flaubert (author of Madame Bovary)
- 80 miles from Paris, 233 from London (across the English Channel, of course…aaaaand I just figured out why it’s called the Chunnel)
- There’s a museum devoted entirely to blacksmithery: Musee Le Secq des Tournelles. Basically just locks and keys…how exciting!
I can’t wait to start this new adventure. I still plan on returning and eventually working in marketing/advertising, this was just an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. And don’t worry, I’ll keep blogging from France!
Woohoo! Even though I have no desire to go to France ever, that’s exciting stuff. If I randomly find myself there sometime between September and April-June, at least I’ll have someone to complain to while I’m there!
Hope it all goes well. And I hope you learn some secret French marketing tips you can bring back over to America. I’m sure it would be valuable information here in the U.S.
Thanks Mikey. I like how you just know you would be complaining if you went to France…I’m almost insulted.
That is so exciting, Kristen! What a great opportunity. I have a friend doing a similar thing in Japan (I don’t know if it’s the same organization) but she’d never learned Japanese before. Anyway, October seems like a long time away, doesn’t it?
The UMNL will have to unite before take-off at least once.