More from Tuesday, May 5
I’m so happy. Just… happy. I’m sitting on a sidewalk watching super-model-beautiful people (not all are French), listening to three languages, awaiting real French onion soup and a cheese plate. I feel like I’m supposed to be doing exactly this. I love that I’ve met so many new people in 3 days and that I’m eating dessert with every meal.
Walking back from the Wistro, I passed 2 wine stores, a whole store just for cheese, a pastry shop and at least 2 boutique clothing stores. I remember thinking I couldn’t have built a better city for myself!
So, more things I’ve learned: English is everywhere: the music is all in English, the talk I’m overhearing is largely English. I was right to study in Rennes and not Paris, since it was the language I wanted. It seems that English is the language of tourists from around the world? When foreigners’ French fails them, English seems to be a common denominator. I’m rooming with a Japanese gal that doesn’t speak any French, but has some English.
Learned item #407: Bic pen costs 2,50 Euros! Maybe it does backflips or something, but I can’t fathom… the same pen that costs a buck for 10 in the US is pulling down $3.75 per here!
Have I already mentioned that everyone smokes? Everyone (French and some tourists) smokes. I walked back to the hostel Tuesday afternoon right as the high school was getting out. I walked through the mob of teenagers and a veritable fog of smoke! I guess cigarettes are an accepted part of adolescence here? Explains a little about all the adults smoking…
Tuesday night after dinner, I hopped the metro and headed off to see la Tour Eiffel (from Trocadero) and Champs Elysees at night. I tried (a LOT) to get a good shot of the lit Tour Eiffel (pics), but it’s a job for a tripod and pro photog. I’m glad I got to see it, but sorry I couldn’t share it!
Walking back from the Wistro, I passed 2 wine stores, a whole store just for cheese, a pastry shop and at least 2 boutique clothing stores. I remember thinking I couldn’t have built a better city for myself!
So, more things I’ve learned: English is everywhere: the music is all in English, the talk I’m overhearing is largely English. I was right to study in Rennes and not Paris, since it was the language I wanted. It seems that English is the language of tourists from around the world? When foreigners’ French fails them, English seems to be a common denominator. I’m rooming with a Japanese gal that doesn’t speak any French, but has some English.
Learned item #407: Bic pen costs 2,50 Euros! Maybe it does backflips or something, but I can’t fathom… the same pen that costs a buck for 10 in the US is pulling down $3.75 per here!
Have I already mentioned that everyone smokes? Everyone (French and some tourists) smokes. I walked back to the hostel Tuesday afternoon right as the high school was getting out. I walked through the mob of teenagers and a veritable fog of smoke! I guess cigarettes are an accepted part of adolescence here? Explains a little about all the adults smoking…
Tuesday night after dinner, I hopped the metro and headed off to see la Tour Eiffel (from Trocadero) and Champs Elysees at night. I tried (a LOT) to get a good shot of the lit Tour Eiffel (pics), but it’s a job for a tripod and pro photog. I’m glad I got to see it, but sorry I couldn’t share it!
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