Hello All. I'm New Here

Hello everybody. I'm new to the forums.

I think its a real blessing that we live in an age where people can exchange information in ways such as this. in forums.

Basically over the course of the next 2 months i will be preparing to MOVE to live in Paris,France.

Luckily i have some friends that i will be able to live with for 3-4 months. but ultimately i plan to try to find work and possibly get into a school (preferably a english university) there and finally find an apartment and support myself.

Again im lucky in that i have some people over there who can "show me the ropes" and a few contacts.

I'm an American and i think that i take alot of things for granted up until this point.

I've been going around to different websites and asking questions about what i should do to PREPARE myself. So far i have several challenges.

1.My Language Skills
Obviously one thing that hurts me the most is the fact that i don't know the French language. i have bought some audio tapes that are meant to help someone like me. And i will challenge

as the weeks go by i will be posting questions and reading other posts but if anyone can help me with advice it will be most appreciated.