Il faut parler français.

France seems to be a good time so far; however I'm with American students all the time. We have a lot of fun, but we tend to not speak French with each other. It's fine for a while, but if we don't start speaking French all the time, we won't be fluent by the time we leave. I'm starting to wonder if 6 weeks is long enough to become fluent. It's definitely long enough to become very proficient, but totally fluent, je pense que non.
Last night was June 21, the summer solstice and the longest day of the year, for anyone who didn't know. There was a huge music festival in Grenoble, so we went to it. There were random bands playing on the streets everywhere, from weird hymnal chants to French covers of The Eagles, U2, Alanis Morisette, and Usher, Lil Jon, and Ludacris, and everything in between... Yes, I heard the French version of "YEAH".
I ended up at Café d'Espagne with a few friends. We drank some Sangria and talked to the bardtender - he was hilarious. Malheuresment he made fun of our accents, but it was fun nonetheless. After Café d'Espagne, we went next door to find a huge group of girls from the program sitting at a table taking shots. We, of course, joined them. It was a great little place called Le Couche Tard (The Late Sleep). Our server was John Paul - British, 24 and very cute. Some beer, conversation, and a Kamekazi later, we went to The London Pub. It was so much fun! We met the host sister of Meggie, a girl from the program. She introduced us to a bunch of her friends, some Mexican, some Français, all very cool. We hung out there for a while, the bartender, Stephen, played all the songs we wanted to hear, and brought us some Sangria. In France, all the music is American (Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Britney Spears) and all the drinks are fairly cheap, especially on ladies night :)
Today was fairly uninteresting, just class and more walking around Grenoble. We had some delicious fruti sorbet from a stand in one of the squares around the city. It was soooo good! Now I'm at the Café Internet, and tonight we're going back to The London Pub. It should be a good time. Not sure when I'm going to update my pictures online, but hopefully soon! I'm out for now...