Module Import Path?

[Jesse B.]

I have just begun to learn python using o'reilly's Learning Python, and in
chapter 3 it talks about importing modules. It has me make modules to
practice using the 'import' and 'from' statements from the python command
line.

I don't know what directory to save these files in because I'm not sure what
directories  'import' is looking in to find modules. I've done some google
searches trying to find out where the 'import' search path is, but I'm not
familiar enough with python to do a clear enough search. I'd appriciate it
if anyone can help me out or point me in the right direction.