After my trip, when I looked back, I realized that hiding the fact that I spoke some French and could understand it wasn’t the best idea. I realized that if I had tried to speak French, not only could my French have gotten better but maybe I could have understood their culture a little more than I did, especially since I was there during Ramadan. If I ever go back I will try to learn some French a couple weeks or months before I leave. I will also try to speak to my parents because that way I will learn to have conversations. If I could go back I would definitely try to speak more French without getting embarrassed because they all tried to speak English even though they made mistakes. I felt as if they were less embarrassed about their mistakes, but I didn’t understand why. If I could ask them why they weren’t scared to make mistakes I would. But overall my trip was interesting, eye opening, and fun and if I could go back I would.