Monday, January 17, 2011

Bonjour le Viêtnam ! Je parle du français

I am currently still in the middle of Blizzard, I mean Moorhead, MN but thoughts of international adventures still dance in my head. After deciding to take 2 semesters of French this year, I have been given the opportunity to travel to Vietnam with a group of French students from Concordia. Rather than paying the obscene amount of money for tuition I am traveling as an alumna 2 day after graduation! I'm not sure how much my limited French will help in a country that hasn't been occupied by the French since WWII. We are traveling with the students for 2 weeks as they explore French influence in daily Vietnamese life. We are also going to be volunteering our time working on a couple service projects. The details still need to be hammered out but I'm quite excited to travel to a completely foreign culture. It will definitely be a change from the 10 feet of snow and ice that we have here!

Donations can be made to the Send Sara to Vietnam Fund!!