Another Day Home

Today the weather is great again, and I have been doing a lot of things since I returned home that I couldn't do in Paris like going to the beach and watching TV in english.  Although I thankfully never had to drive in Paris I am so glad that Americans are more cautious drivers on the roads than the French.  When I went to France I realized that there was no way I could have done half the stuff we did without speaking French.  Without the planning and Professor D and Victoria translating, I would have eaten at McDonalds most of the time and might have made it to the Eiffel tower and Versailles within the ten days of the trip.  The next country I travel to probably will speak English or Spanish because I like being able to speak english and not just point to things I want.  The trip was great and luckily my lack of French caused no difficulties, but now I know that I definitely need to learn a second language.