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Prequel: A Brief History of my Family in France
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Previous episode: Part 60
Summer 1979: Renting an apartment
As soon as Geneviève arrived in Halifax, we started to look for an apartment. We found one in a high-rise in front of the Halifax Common.
A view of the the Halifax Common facing North
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The Halifax Common, in local popular usage more often referred to as the Commons, is a Canadian urban park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is Canada’s oldest urban park.
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The Commons were created initially in 1749.
The building where we rented an apartment during our first year in Halifax is on Robie Street and is named "The Welford".
The Welford building, on Robie Street, in Halifax
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From the apartment, we could see the Commons across Robie Street. Just in front of the building, there is a softball diamond, one of several, and I have watched many games there between various amateur teams.
Geneviève registers at Dalhousie University
Geneviève wanted to have something meaningful to do in Halifax. As her visa did not allow her to work, she decided that she would study at the university. So, we went to Dalhousie University to see if she could register and we were told that she could, as she had graduated from high school.
Administration building at Dalhousie University
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As it was rather late to register, there were only a few programs available. Geneviève chose to register in Health Education.
For the first semester, as her English was not very good, she decided to take as an elective French 101.
The professor, an American woman specialist of the French literature in the 18th century, saw that Geneviève would lose her time coming to her class, so she made a deal with her: Geneviève would come for two hours every week in her office, and they would spend half the time speaking French and the other half the professor would teach English to Geneviève.
If Geneviève would follow this schedule, she was guaranteed a mark of A+ in the course. What a good win-win situation!
As we came to Halifax with a little more than our clothes, we had to buy many things, including furniture, kitchen equipments and dishes.
Continue to Part 62
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Summary
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7
Part 8 - Part 9 - Part 10 Part 11 - Part 12 - Part 13 - Part 14
Part 15 - Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18 - Part 19 - Part 20 - Part 21
Part 22 - Part 23 - Part 24 - Part 25 - Part 26 - Part 27 - Part 28
Part 29 - Part 30 - Part 31 - Part 32 - Part 33 - Part 34 - Part 35
Part 36 - Part 37 - Part 38 - Part 39 - Part 40 - Part 41 - Part 42
Part 43 - Part 44 - Part 45 - Part 46 - Part 47 - Part 48 - Part 49
Part 50 - Part 51 - Part 52 - Part 53 - Part 54 - Part 55 - Part 56
Part 57 - Part 58 - Part 59 - Part 60