Paris Exposition: Eiffel Tower and Celestial Globe, Paris, France, 1900

I can only truly speak English. I can muddle about with French and I can understand only a basic amount of German. I keep on having this fantasy that I’ll have enough money to plunk down on Rosetta and really learn French well, but then it struck me that even if I were to somehow acquire French as a true language, how would I use it? The nearest native French speakers are in Quebec or Montreal, cities very far away. I would love the idea that we could revisit Paris again and put my French to very good use, but I can’t justify a trip to Grand Rapids for fuel costs, how can I justify a trip to Paris?

If there was a language I would be proud to learn it would definitely be French. I feel very confident that my rudimentary French knowledge could serve me well, especially if I picked up something as supposedly advanced as a Rosetta training disc.

Instead of saying no, I’ll just state that it’s unlikely and leave it at that.