Mind you, you won’t need to say that if you go to France… French people have a passion for Australians. Just say something like “Bonjour, je suis Australienne” and you’ll be surrounded by hundreds of earger French men!

... the CAE (council for adult education). It was great, because it’s an accredited course, and after doing a couple of classes you could apply for a government-funded place… saving money is always good ;-)

I’d considered Alliance Francaise (they are everywhere), because they have all sorts of interesting activities as well… but they were a little further away, so I went with the easy option travel-wise.

If you are thinking of doing this, I highly recommend it!

... I could speak to you in French, and you could talk to me in Italian… ;-)

Tee hee… we could have all sorts of fun with that! :-D

You’re right though… need to find someone with whom to practise. Unfortunately, a friend who was also taking classes has recently headed off overseas… so might have to wait until I catch up with her again in a couple of months.

I haven’t practised for a little while. But a friend has just started a two-month job as an au pair in France, so she’ll send me some emails in French to help us practise.

Hmmm… would be good to learn some Italian though…