Today we (me, Sarah and Hannah) went to a place called Le Bois le Roi. It's the second time I've been there. We went with some friends that we met at the church. It's kind of like a provincial park type of thing. But, there are boulders everywhere. Jeremy said last week that it looks like God just threw a bunch of pepples (but they're boulders) and where ever they landed that's where they stayed. There are just boulders everywhere. It was pretty cool to see. We went to go rock climbing, or bouldering. And that is what we did. We stopped and we ate (I had a pain with salami on it) and then we played "cache cache" or hide and seek, sardine style. Exact same game. It was super fun. But, I'm quite sleepy now.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Le Bois le Roi
So, since I failed so horribly at blogging in Febuary I'll try to do better in March.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Février
To all of you who follow this blog, I apologize that. I am trying to rectify the situation.
So, the last time I wrote a blog I think we had just been to London and then to Normandy...so it has been over a month since I have written anything. I'll try to make this a long one. I will consult my journal to be sure I get all the key points since Feb 8.
My classes have started. At first I was in the intermediaire level. But, I was able to switch with out too much difficulty to the "niveau avancée"
We experienced the olympics in Paris. We kicked it off by going to a rollar blading celebration. Jeremy found out about it. We went to the eiffel tower and saw the rollar bladers off. We enjoyed some maple syrup taffy (with ice since there's no snow here), cranberry juice (who knew that was Canadian?) and pancakes and maple syrup - it was delicious. We met a new friend from Quebec who has family in Gatineau. COOL! The rollar bladers came back and they spelled out VANCOUVER 2010 in these torch flashlight things. It was strange to see our two worlds come together. Eating maple syryp treats in front of the Eiffel Tower. And then of course we watched the opening ceremonies the next day. The olympics meant many late nights for us. Or, for Hannah getting up in the middle of the night to watch the third period. For the first Canada US game we went to the Great Canadian Pub. They have moosehead beer there. And, it was all a fairly good price (compared to everywhere else in Paris) We sat with a mother and daughter from PEI. The daughter knows a friend of mine from Chicoutimi, wierd.
We of course watched the gold medal game. We went to an Irish pub since the Great Canadian Pub charged 30 euros cover fee. So, we didnt' go there. There were lots of Americans there. We went with some French friends and it was the first game that they saw in full. It was a good game for that. It was a little sad being here for that game because I'm sure at that moment when that goal was scored in over time every person in Canada that was old enough to understand what was going on celebrated. All at the same time. I'm sure it was a nation wide party. But, it was cool being here too. We sang O Canada on the metro home that night. It was a good moment
We've gone skating since then with our Texican friend Mario.
We've experienced Valentine's Day here. But, it really didn't feel like it - there was no red or pink hearts anywhere.
We went to a march aux puces for the first time - a flea market. I bought a pair of sunglasses. A flea markert here. So different. The people in the booths try and drag you into their booths. Hannah and Sarah even tried thier hand at haggling.
I have also started my phonetics class. Which I actually really enjoy. I feel like its really the only thing that I can't learn any where else. So I really want to "profiter" from it. I have an hour and a half between my grammer class and my phonetics class. During this time I've been going to the cemetery and exploring it a little bit. I love cemeteries. And it's been cool just wandering around this one.
I also went to see the Swell Season and Josh Ritter with Hannah. Great night. They were so fantastic. So good live!
I also recieved my first mail. That was pretty exciting. Thanks auntie Carol, uncle Dean, Corey, Tyler and Shannon. I think they must love me the most (hint - I like getting mail)
Monday, February 8, 2010
London and Normandie
t has been a long time (2 weeks) since I have written. So, here I am...
The week before last was a relaxing one. We didn't have anything to do except explore Paris. We slept in a lot. We made a lot of grilled nutella sandwhichs (which, are fantastic, especially when made with brioche) On Sunday Dr. Rusthoven left. So on Saturday we ate with her one last time at Flunch. It's strange. We didn't spend that much time with her but I kind of miss her...our safety net is gone and now there's no one to check up on us. We (the Canadians) also decided that we would go to London...because we can. We are pretty close (by Canadian standards) and we had a few days off with nothing to do, so we went to England! We figured we have the rest of the semester to get to know Paris, so why not see a different city when we had the chance.
We helped Jeremy move into his residence on Monday morning. And, let me tell you, dragging a suitcase through the Paris metro is a difficult task...he was going to do it by himself. So, then we went back to our apartment to prepare. We bought a loaf of bread from the boulongerie that's on our corner (the bread is mini) and made PB and N sandwichs and bought some granola bars and a travel pillow. And packed. And, as always I packed too much. But, it was a good lesson for when I travel for 2 weeks.
We took an overnight bus to London. But, we got little sleep because there were many interruptions. First, we had to get off the bus and get a security check by the French. Then we headed over to the UK side. And, they had some questions. They didn't see our visas kept asking us when we were going back to Canada...it was a little scary. Then we got back on the bus. Then we got off the bus once we were on the ferry. We talked to an interesting English bloke named Andy who worked at a bar. He gave us suggestions for what to do. Then we got to England and we got back on the bus. We were just settled and starting to drift off to sleep when we had to get out of the bus again. This time, with all our stuff to have the same questions asked.
We finally managed to sleep a bit. Then we arrived in London at about 6:15 am. We had the whole day. The original plan was to spend the day in London. But, we decided to go to Oxford for the day. So, we figured out the Tube and then found our hostel and dropped our stuff off. We took the Oxford Tube to Oxford. We spent the day in Oxford. It is a quaint town and is completly centered around the university. We saw some of the different colleges, including Christ College, where Harry Potter was filmed - but, we couldn't go in and see the actual spot. We also saw Exeter College, where J.R.R. Tolkien taught. But, the thing that we did that was the coolest in Oxford was going to Tolkien's grave. That was cool. C.S. Lewis is also buried in Oxford but we didn't make it there, malheureusment. We also ate in the Eagle and the Child, where the inklings met for discussion and drinks. We had fish and chips and a pint. We returned to London and I spent my first night ever in a hostel. I slept like a baby because by the time we got there I was basically sleep walking. But, we saw some pretty cool things.
Wednesday we spent in London. We saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. We saw Westminster Abbey, which was beautiful. There is so much history there. So many people buried there. Charles Dickens, Handel, Chaucer, Henry VII, Elizabeth I. The coronation chair is there. It's been used since 1066. If that chair could talk...Once every hour the whole Abbey stops. Tourists, clergy, volunteers, for a minute of prayer. No matter who you are, if you are there you take that one minute and pray. It was interesting hearing such a big busy place silent (almost silent- there was a voice on the loudspeaker praying)
We also saw Big Ben and the parliament buildings, London Tower and Tower bridge, London Bridge (not too exciting) and the globe theatre. All of that we kind of did in a whirl wind. We only saw all this from the outside. But, we saw it. To end our first night in London we went on a pub crawl. We had so much fun! It was a great way to see the nightlife and culture of London. And we met some pretty interesting people. There were 2 Australians who were pretty hard to understand. there was a French guy from Rouen, 2 Germans, an Austrian and some girls from Brazil. But my favourite people we met that night were 2 Mexicans. James and Che Che. They were pretty funny. James called Hannah Marijuana (new nickname? I think so...) because at first he couldn't hear/pronounce her name. Che Che is a doctor and this trip was his break before starting his specialty, which just happened to be reconstructive surgery. So, we talked about surgery. We went to 4 different pubs. The last one was a club. We left after the tube stopped running but it was no big deal because we ended up being pretty close and could walk.
Then, the next day. Also very busy! The first thing we did was go to Abbey Road. We saw the spot where they walked across the road for the cover of the Abbey Road album, we all signed the wall. That was pretty cool. I wrote "Thanks for sharing your music" and I also wrote a message for Emily and Dad. I got pictures of them. And then we tried to get a picture of us crossing the road. But, it was difficult. We did but there's only 3 of us and we're facing the wrong way. It only sorta counts.
Then we went to Chelsea to look for Chelsea football stadium for Hannah's brother Wes. But, we didn't find it. Sarah and I left and went shopping before she did. But Hannah found it later. Then we went to Oxford St. for some shopping. Hannah joined us. Then we went to the evensong service at 5 so that we could see it. It was beautiful. It was mostly all sung by a choir. It was cool to think that people have been worshiping in that church (the building has changed since then) for 1400 years. Then we went to our a pub called the Stutton Arms that we really liked (it was our second time there)
Then we had to rush back to our hostel and grab our stuff. Then we had to rush back to the Victoria coach station. We barley made our bus. We cut it really close and I hope never to do that again throughout my travels.
My favourite things we did in London were Westminster Abbey, Evensong at St. Paul's Tolkien's grave and Abbey Road.
Then we went to Corny, Normandie. A very quaint little town. We went for a retreat with the young adults from the church we've been going to. We met so many new people. There were 36 people on the retreat and going we knew the other 3 Redeemer students and a few others. So, it was a great way to meet people. And we spoke French the whole weekend (almost) And, by the end of each day we were pretty tired. We just had to focus so much more than normal when people talked. And concentrate more than normal when we talked.
This weekend we ate so well. The food was so good. We had huge lunches. Like, 3 course lunches. On Saturday we had a salad thing and bread, mushroom porkchop stuff and rice and bread, and an apple and pear crisp. That was lunch! In Canada we have a sandwich and that's it. Our supper was just as big. Soup and bread, quiche and bread, salad and bread, a variety of cheeses and bread and for desert we had an orange. Also, everyone would always say "je te serve" or, can I serve you. Everyone would pass their plates to that person and they'd put food on their plates for them. Very different from home. Another interesting thing was leaving. You have to say goodbye to each person individually. That takes a while. You have to give the bisous to each person (the double kiss). It took us a while to leave. But, I enjoyed the chance to see a little bit of Normandie and the French countryside and to get to know the people from the church.
I've had a very busy week. This week our school starts. I am looking forward to having a routine. There is a bunch of stuff that we have to do before school starts. Like, laundry (haven't done any since we've been here), figure out our visa stuff, clean our apartment, pay our rent and see some more touristy stuff. I have confidence we'll get it all done.
Bonne semaine mes amis!
The week before last was a relaxing one. We didn't have anything to do except explore Paris. We slept in a lot. We made a lot of grilled nutella sandwhichs (which, are fantastic, especially when made with brioche) On Sunday Dr. Rusthoven left. So on Saturday we ate with her one last time at Flunch. It's strange. We didn't spend that much time with her but I kind of miss her...our safety net is gone and now there's no one to check up on us. We (the Canadians) also decided that we would go to London...because we can. We are pretty close (by Canadian standards) and we had a few days off with nothing to do, so we went to England! We figured we have the rest of the semester to get to know Paris, so why not see a different city when we had the chance.
We helped Jeremy move into his residence on Monday morning. And, let me tell you, dragging a suitcase through the Paris metro is a difficult task...he was going to do it by himself. So, then we went back to our apartment to prepare. We bought a loaf of bread from the boulongerie that's on our corner (the bread is mini) and made PB and N sandwichs and bought some granola bars and a travel pillow. And packed. And, as always I packed too much. But, it was a good lesson for when I travel for 2 weeks.
We took an overnight bus to London. But, we got little sleep because there were many interruptions. First, we had to get off the bus and get a security check by the French. Then we headed over to the UK side. And, they had some questions. They didn't see our visas kept asking us when we were going back to Canada...it was a little scary. Then we got back on the bus. Then we got off the bus once we were on the ferry. We talked to an interesting English bloke named Andy who worked at a bar. He gave us suggestions for what to do. Then we got to England and we got back on the bus. We were just settled and starting to drift off to sleep when we had to get out of the bus again. This time, with all our stuff to have the same questions asked.
We finally managed to sleep a bit. Then we arrived in London at about 6:15 am. We had the whole day. The original plan was to spend the day in London. But, we decided to go to Oxford for the day. So, we figured out the Tube and then found our hostel and dropped our stuff off. We took the Oxford Tube to Oxford. We spent the day in Oxford. It is a quaint town and is completly centered around the university. We saw some of the different colleges, including Christ College, where Harry Potter was filmed - but, we couldn't go in and see the actual spot. We also saw Exeter College, where J.R.R. Tolkien taught. But, the thing that we did that was the coolest in Oxford was going to Tolkien's grave. That was cool. C.S. Lewis is also buried in Oxford but we didn't make it there, malheureusment. We also ate in the Eagle and the Child, where the inklings met for discussion and drinks. We had fish and chips and a pint. We returned to London and I spent my first night ever in a hostel. I slept like a baby because by the time we got there I was basically sleep walking. But, we saw some pretty cool things.
Wednesday we spent in London. We saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. We saw Westminster Abbey, which was beautiful. There is so much history there. So many people buried there. Charles Dickens, Handel, Chaucer, Henry VII, Elizabeth I. The coronation chair is there. It's been used since 1066. If that chair could talk...Once every hour the whole Abbey stops. Tourists, clergy, volunteers, for a minute of prayer. No matter who you are, if you are there you take that one minute and pray. It was interesting hearing such a big busy place silent (almost silent- there was a voice on the loudspeaker praying)
We also saw Big Ben and the parliament buildings, London Tower and Tower bridge, London Bridge (not too exciting) and the globe theatre. All of that we kind of did in a whirl wind. We only saw all this from the outside. But, we saw it. To end our first night in London we went on a pub crawl. We had so much fun! It was a great way to see the nightlife and culture of London. And we met some pretty interesting people. There were 2 Australians who were pretty hard to understand. there was a French guy from Rouen, 2 Germans, an Austrian and some girls from Brazil. But my favourite people we met that night were 2 Mexicans. James and Che Che. They were pretty funny. James called Hannah Marijuana (new nickname? I think so...) because at first he couldn't hear/pronounce her name. Che Che is a doctor and this trip was his break before starting his specialty, which just happened to be reconstructive surgery. So, we talked about surgery. We went to 4 different pubs. The last one was a club. We left after the tube stopped running but it was no big deal because we ended up being pretty close and could walk.
Then, the next day. Also very busy! The first thing we did was go to Abbey Road. We saw the spot where they walked across the road for the cover of the Abbey Road album, we all signed the wall. That was pretty cool. I wrote "Thanks for sharing your music" and I also wrote a message for Emily and Dad. I got pictures of them. And then we tried to get a picture of us crossing the road. But, it was difficult. We did but there's only 3 of us and we're facing the wrong way. It only sorta counts.
Then we went to Chelsea to look for Chelsea football stadium for Hannah's brother Wes. But, we didn't find it. Sarah and I left and went shopping before she did. But Hannah found it later. Then we went to Oxford St. for some shopping. Hannah joined us. Then we went to the evensong service at 5 so that we could see it. It was beautiful. It was mostly all sung by a choir. It was cool to think that people have been worshiping in that church (the building has changed since then) for 1400 years. Then we went to our a pub called the Stutton Arms that we really liked (it was our second time there)
Then we had to rush back to our hostel and grab our stuff. Then we had to rush back to the Victoria coach station. We barley made our bus. We cut it really close and I hope never to do that again throughout my travels.
My favourite things we did in London were Westminster Abbey, Evensong at St. Paul's Tolkien's grave and Abbey Road.
Then we went to Corny, Normandie. A very quaint little town. We went for a retreat with the young adults from the church we've been going to. We met so many new people. There were 36 people on the retreat and going we knew the other 3 Redeemer students and a few others. So, it was a great way to meet people. And we spoke French the whole weekend (almost) And, by the end of each day we were pretty tired. We just had to focus so much more than normal when people talked. And concentrate more than normal when we talked.
This weekend we ate so well. The food was so good. We had huge lunches. Like, 3 course lunches. On Saturday we had a salad thing and bread, mushroom porkchop stuff and rice and bread, and an apple and pear crisp. That was lunch! In Canada we have a sandwich and that's it. Our supper was just as big. Soup and bread, quiche and bread, salad and bread, a variety of cheeses and bread and for desert we had an orange. Also, everyone would always say "je te serve" or, can I serve you. Everyone would pass their plates to that person and they'd put food on their plates for them. Very different from home. Another interesting thing was leaving. You have to say goodbye to each person individually. That takes a while. You have to give the bisous to each person (the double kiss). It took us a while to leave. But, I enjoyed the chance to see a little bit of Normandie and the French countryside and to get to know the people from the church.
I've had a very busy week. This week our school starts. I am looking forward to having a routine. There is a bunch of stuff that we have to do before school starts. Like, laundry (haven't done any since we've been here), figure out our visa stuff, clean our apartment, pay our rent and see some more touristy stuff. I have confidence we'll get it all done.
Bonne semaine mes amis!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
My First Week
This is my seventh day in France. Wow. I feel like a lot has happened so far.
Yesterday we had a lot of important things to do. We went to the Sorbonne to see Mme. Dimopolu for our registration, or, in French inscription. But, it was strange. There was a step that we didn't have to do, and we got rushed to the front of the line. I felt kind of bad though. We also explored the Sorbonne a little. I think I will often get lost. We searched for a cheap sandwich place only for students, but alas, we were unable to find it. So we all got vending machine sandwiches instead. We then continued on our journey to 214 blvd Raspail. Where we had to do our placement test.
We were really early. So we sat around and "studied." We met some new people. One, a girl from South Flordia and another from Holland/England. We chatted and studied with them. We proceeded to the test rooms. The test was shorter than I thought it would be. There was definatly some stuff that I didn't know on it, like, for example, emouvoir. I now know that it means to be moved/touched.
Monday was probably my most favourite day yet. Hannah had slept over the night before. We slept in. The first thing we needed to do was to get our navigo passes. Which, are way better than the metro tickets. We also took the RER for the first time. It's cooler because its a double decker train but it comes less frequently than the metro and its more confusing. I don't think it's any more efficient. Then we met Jeremy at the Eiffel Tower! Some humorous things happened here. The first was seeing all the policiers chasing all the men trying to sell little Eiffel Tower trinkets to tourists. They all just ran away...there was a mass exodus of these men with Eiffel Towers on a huge key ring looking thing. The Eiffel Tower was huge. It's a little bit ugly, but somehow, probably because of its size you just stare at it. But, it's still not that big, not compared to the CN Tower. I think the Eiffel Tower will be better at night.
We walked along the river and we saw a beautiful sunset. But, we also saw a not so beautiful site. We saw a man with no pants on. An old man with no pants on. I felt like I was a little kid cause the four of us just giggled. I avoided looking while some others in our group took photos. Then looking back, he was wearing pants. I was so confused!
The four of us went to a grocery store called Monoprix and we bought our ingredients for supper...stir fry. Hannah and Jeremy came over to our place and we all had supper together and some wine. Our first bottle of wine was finished. We'd bought it for 1,99 euros.
On Sunday we went to the Baptist church for the first time. We brought our lunches and ate together with the congregation afterwards. There were some interesting people there. I felt very welcomed there. I hope we will be able to build relationships there. Rusty also took us to see the Sorbonne for the first time. I was excited to go to a school that has a history of more than 25 years. We also went to Notre Dame for the first time. It was beautiful! We sat down and listened to the organ. That was amazing!
I am starting to get the hang of the metro system. Now that I know how to navigate it I feel like I can go anywhere in the city. I still always feel disoriented when I come out of the metro, because I never know which one to come out of but, this too will come.
Yesterday we had a lot of important things to do. We went to the Sorbonne to see Mme. Dimopolu for our registration, or, in French inscription. But, it was strange. There was a step that we didn't have to do, and we got rushed to the front of the line. I felt kind of bad though. We also explored the Sorbonne a little. I think I will often get lost. We searched for a cheap sandwich place only for students, but alas, we were unable to find it. So we all got vending machine sandwiches instead. We then continued on our journey to 214 blvd Raspail. Where we had to do our placement test.
We were really early. So we sat around and "studied." We met some new people. One, a girl from South Flordia and another from Holland/England. We chatted and studied with them. We proceeded to the test rooms. The test was shorter than I thought it would be. There was definatly some stuff that I didn't know on it, like, for example, emouvoir. I now know that it means to be moved/touched.
Monday was probably my most favourite day yet. Hannah had slept over the night before. We slept in. The first thing we needed to do was to get our navigo passes. Which, are way better than the metro tickets. We also took the RER for the first time. It's cooler because its a double decker train but it comes less frequently than the metro and its more confusing. I don't think it's any more efficient. Then we met Jeremy at the Eiffel Tower! Some humorous things happened here. The first was seeing all the policiers chasing all the men trying to sell little Eiffel Tower trinkets to tourists. They all just ran away...there was a mass exodus of these men with Eiffel Towers on a huge key ring looking thing. The Eiffel Tower was huge. It's a little bit ugly, but somehow, probably because of its size you just stare at it. But, it's still not that big, not compared to the CN Tower. I think the Eiffel Tower will be better at night.
We walked along the river and we saw a beautiful sunset. But, we also saw a not so beautiful site. We saw a man with no pants on. An old man with no pants on. I felt like I was a little kid cause the four of us just giggled. I avoided looking while some others in our group took photos. Then looking back, he was wearing pants. I was so confused!
The four of us went to a grocery store called Monoprix and we bought our ingredients for supper...stir fry. Hannah and Jeremy came over to our place and we all had supper together and some wine. Our first bottle of wine was finished. We'd bought it for 1,99 euros.
On Sunday we went to the Baptist church for the first time. We brought our lunches and ate together with the congregation afterwards. There were some interesting people there. I felt very welcomed there. I hope we will be able to build relationships there. Rusty also took us to see the Sorbonne for the first time. I was excited to go to a school that has a history of more than 25 years. We also went to Notre Dame for the first time. It was beautiful! We sat down and listened to the organ. That was amazing!
I am starting to get the hang of the metro system. Now that I know how to navigate it I feel like I can go anywhere in the city. I still always feel disoriented when I come out of the metro, because I never know which one to come out of but, this too will come.
Jan 23, 2010
This has been posted on my facebook, but not everyone has been able to read it. So, I'm posting it here.
This is my second full day in Paris. So far, I've done nothing. A plumber is supposed to come today, and, like in Canada, they don't give an exact time, so we have to sit here and wait for him. So, I'm taking this time to tell about my time here so far.
We got here on the 21. We were picked up by our landlady. Mme. Fremont, who is very nice. She showed us the apartment and we took turns opening the door. I dragged my 2 46 pound bags up 122 stairs. The elevator is getting fixed, so we had to carry them. We will be much more fit when we come home I think. Mme. Fremont told us a lot of things I can no longer remember because I was too tired. But, if I can stand on my tippy toes on our balcony I can see the tip of the Eiffel Tower. We unpacked a little and then slept for about 4.5 hours. Then we went for a little walk and saw our street. We found a franprix which is a grocery store. We bought something quick to eat and enough for breakfast the next day. Then we went to bed at about 10.
Yesterday we met the rest of the Redeemer students and we all went out for lunch at a place called Flunch. I feel we might be eating there often. Sarah and I are lucky because we were able to walk there. We had to cross a bridge and underneath it there was a very cool cemetery! We then went to set up our cell phones. So I now have my very own cell phone or "portable." I got a new SIM card for it and I bought some time for it as well. I also bought a plan de Paris. A little book with a map of each arrondissement as well as the RER, metro and bus. It will come in handy I am sure! After the cell phones we took the metro for the very first time! It was a little intimidating- there are so many people. We went to the Arc de Triomphe. A better view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower (we were told) We went for a walk along Champs d'Elysees. Dr. Rusthoven showed us a music store - I feel like a lot of money will be spent there! We walked all along the street...we walked a lot! We stopped to eat and we all had sandwiches. Jeremy was able to walk home from there. Sarah. Hannah, Dr. Rusthoven and I all went to take the metro together. On our way though, we stopped and saw the pyramids outside le Louvre...very cool at night. We then separated ways with Hannah who was going in the opposite direction than us. We were able to go with Dr. Rusthoven the whole way home, her hotel is close to our apartment. But, figuring out the subway system will come.
So far, today has been a lazy day. The plumber has just arrived. Sarah and I want to go to Carrefour and grocery shopping and to introduce ourselves to the people who own the boulongerie close to where we live.
A Bientot!
This is my second full day in Paris. So far, I've done nothing. A plumber is supposed to come today, and, like in Canada, they don't give an exact time, so we have to sit here and wait for him. So, I'm taking this time to tell about my time here so far.
We got here on the 21. We were picked up by our landlady. Mme. Fremont, who is very nice. She showed us the apartment and we took turns opening the door. I dragged my 2 46 pound bags up 122 stairs. The elevator is getting fixed, so we had to carry them. We will be much more fit when we come home I think. Mme. Fremont told us a lot of things I can no longer remember because I was too tired. But, if I can stand on my tippy toes on our balcony I can see the tip of the Eiffel Tower. We unpacked a little and then slept for about 4.5 hours. Then we went for a little walk and saw our street. We found a franprix which is a grocery store. We bought something quick to eat and enough for breakfast the next day. Then we went to bed at about 10.
Yesterday we met the rest of the Redeemer students and we all went out for lunch at a place called Flunch. I feel we might be eating there often. Sarah and I are lucky because we were able to walk there. We had to cross a bridge and underneath it there was a very cool cemetery! We then went to set up our cell phones. So I now have my very own cell phone or "portable." I got a new SIM card for it and I bought some time for it as well. I also bought a plan de Paris. A little book with a map of each arrondissement as well as the RER, metro and bus. It will come in handy I am sure! After the cell phones we took the metro for the very first time! It was a little intimidating- there are so many people. We went to the Arc de Triomphe. A better view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower (we were told) We went for a walk along Champs d'Elysees. Dr. Rusthoven showed us a music store - I feel like a lot of money will be spent there! We walked all along the street...we walked a lot! We stopped to eat and we all had sandwiches. Jeremy was able to walk home from there. Sarah. Hannah, Dr. Rusthoven and I all went to take the metro together. On our way though, we stopped and saw the pyramids outside le Louvre...very cool at night. We then separated ways with Hannah who was going in the opposite direction than us. We were able to go with Dr. Rusthoven the whole way home, her hotel is close to our apartment. But, figuring out the subway system will come.
So far, today has been a lazy day. The plumber has just arrived. Sarah and I want to go to Carrefour and grocery shopping and to introduce ourselves to the people who own the boulongerie close to where we live.
A Bientot!
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