#38 - that was fast!

I have now got a place reserved at the summer course at Aachen. WOW! They responded the next day, so it was kind of really easy! Just a case of filling in a form! Now I just have to have my dad transfer money into the school's account and it will be all sorted! So in August I'm going to Germany - along with some cool weekend trips around Europe included in the course!

Also tonight we filled out the form for Nancy summer course. It was a simple form online and we paid a deposit. I hope that I will have a reply in my email by tomorrow, or at the very least by the end of the week.

During the next week I need to focus on some essays for my Japanese department. It is an essay of 3000 words in English and a project of 2000 Japanese characters. I have more or less done the first essay, I just have to think up what I want to write about for the Japanese one (comparing something in Japan to something in England). It is kind of hard to think about...

#37 - Now we're getting somewhere...

Finally I am beginning to piece together how to actually do summer courses. I am going to be sent information from my uni about a summer course in Nancy in France, so I am just waiting for that.

As for German, it is a real pain. I have repeatedly asked the woman in charge in my German department and found nothing out except that I have to do everything on my own and apply to German universities. That is as much information as I have. I don't know if there are any time requirements or class requirements or anything. But I have written to a place in Aachen and I recieved an email back today saying they have a few places left, and I have an application form! So I will be filling this out today and hopefully getting a place! If not...well then there isn't any other courses I have foudn that I can do... So I really really really really really want to get into this one. I have been talking to a friend who is in Aachen at the moment and she seems to be having a good time, but did say that it is mainly a student town and not very touristy.

So. Things are generally starting to move. I jsut hope it goes more smoothly and nothing bad happens, because if it does, then it really will end my degree.

Wish me luck!

#36 - checklist!

I have just today finished off and sent off in the post the essay and project I had to do for French for my year abroad. Which is great! I tried to spend as much time as I could thinking of valid points to put in and to make it good but we shall see how it turns out! Now I can relax a while before the end of the month when I have to send off my Japanese essay and project!!!
I should shortly receive information about a summer course in Nancy from my tutor. I thought it would be a good idea to go back to France for a little while (not back to Strasbourg) to make sure that my level of French is nice and steady.

I still havn't heard anything about applying for German summer course.