The Last Week In Marseille

I’m very sad to say that this week is my last week in Marseille. My internship officially ends on Friday and I have to head back to the States on Monday. I’ve made some really wonderful friends here whom I’ve become close with and I know it’s going to be really hard to return to America. Everyone has been so welcoming and they have helped make France feel like home for me.

I know there were some questions for me in previous comments that I’ve neglected to answer (until now), so here it goes:

What were the difficulties you encountered when you first arrived at your internship: Well, the Marseille accent isn’t always and easy one to understand, and everyone talks really fast and at the same time, so it was a bit different from listening to my French prof speak. Sometimes people understanding me and me understanding them was difficult. Thankfully, I would hang out with some of the staff on weekends and we’d speak French so it eventually got a lot easier to communicate. Now I actually have to concentrate in order to say more than a few sentences in English during te workday (which happens every so often).