Am I French yet?

After moving my blog over to a different domain, and the utter nightmare that ensues whenever I try to do anything remotely technical, I am finally ready to get this blog on the road and keep you all informed about the absolute saga which is to be my year abroad. I think this may be a long one....

So, first things first- I'm a 3rd year English Literature student at Southampton. In my first year, maybe just over half way through, I decided that I would regret it for the rest of my life (dramatic by nature) if I gave up studying French. After many a stressful meeting with the French department (who I can guarantee think I am an absolute nutjob now), I decided to not change my degree to joint honors but instead to just take optional modules in French. And well, the rest is history...