I received an email this morning informing me that I have been placed at Lycée Durzy in Villemandeur. From what I can tell, Villemandeur looks like a a suburb of the larger Montargis, or at least a small town very close to the city. I haven't found much information about Villemandeur online, but Montargis looks like a really lovely place. At this point I'm highly considering living in Montargis proper. I will be an hour drive from Orléans and an hour drive from Paris. I'm not sure the train distance, but I imagine it to be an hour or less for both. Here is an aerial view of my school:
It is a technical high school and I think that its architecture seems to display that.
I've emailed my contact person already, misspelling the name of the town and all, and I am waiting for more information about where I'll want to live, etc.
I also made my appointment with the French consulate in Atlanta. July 2 at 11:30 a.m. meaning that I'll have to leave home at the crack of dawn. I went ahead and went for that date because Mom and I are already driving to Athens that weekend for a wedding. Hopefully she won't be too against leaving a day early. Also, I'm rather terrified of the whole Visa process and the warning they give that it could take up to three months, so I figured the sooner the better. I'm riddled with anxiety over the whole process and can't wait to put it behind me.
Hopefully I'll have more interesting things to talk about soon!
hey! I was an assistant the past 2 years and we talked last night. each Consulate is different, but usually the Visa process for assistants is really fast and easy because assistants are employed by the French government so we have already been screened. Mine only took 2 or 3 days.
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