With one month left before I leave for Paris, I need to buckle down and review some French. Toward this end, I tried to find French expats here in Shanghai--there are surprisingly many, 6000 according to the French consulate. So through websites and Facebook, I emailed several people about a possible language exchange or conversation in French.
I have to say, it felt pretty sketchy to introduce myself to complete strangers and ask them if they wanted to hang out...But really, it's quite harmless to use the Internet to find friends in a city where I have none, and increasingly common. It also works--I've found a couple of very friendly people. As the Internet becomes more widely used, and I grow too old for the type of creep you hear about in the news, it seems to have become quite safe! (With certain precautions, of course.)
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