Today was a pretty relaxing day, which proved to be very nice since I didn't sleep well last night. I took a nap yesterday afternoon, so I'm thinking that contributed to the restless night. We also didn't really do anything yesterday because of rainy weather, so I wasn't nearly as worn out as I usually am when my head hits the pillow. So I listen to a "This American Life" episode and nearly got through the entire thing before falling asleep.
Today we had class again, it seems like so long ago that we had class (though it was in fact only 3 days ago). We got up a little early today to make sure we could get a pastry before class. Our favorite one around the corner isn't open on Mondays so we went to one we came across on our way to school. My donut-ish thing was delicious, though not as good as the ones I get at our preferred little shop.
Today in class we presented our project ideas (we are to pick an American product to export to 2 countries in Europe). We proposed Inta Juice and it was not very favorably received, but we finally got him to accept it. After about 2 hours of idea presentations we were off to lunch. However, a few of us heard of some great train ticket deals to Barcelona for this weekend, so we raced to the travel agency before getting lunch. The "deal" was not one at all (98 Euro each way) so we nixed that idea and Emma and I went to the Carrafour (pretty much the French version of Wal-Mart) to get lunch. We went with a loaf of bread and cheese (and I of course got Pringles, I've eaten more of those here than I have my entire life). We each also picked out an amazing looking desert and promised to share. She got strawberry tarts that turned out to be superb!
Later we had French class and my three years of Franklin seem to be paying off! I still only know random vocabulary and some phrases but it makes French class bearable.
Then tonight Chase, Tyler, Nicole, Emma, Mon petite chou (David) and I decided to head down to the Latin Quarter to just walk around. I was feeling pretty exhausted so I considered not going, but finally decided to suck it up and head out with them. We stopped by a few random souvenir shops and picked up a couple of things. We also went inside Shakespeare and Company, I could spend days in there. It's like more organized Heddricks! Then we decided that we should chill at a cafe for a while, so we picked one right near Notre Dame. We all ordered drinks and the girls ordered the dessert de jour (dessert of the day) which turned out to be far better than anticipated. It was kind of like apple pie ala mode but made with pineapple instead. The crust was perfectly flaky and it had really good ice cream to top it off. It was a wonderful way to relax and enjoy the company of those around me!
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I loved sitting in the cafe near Notre Dame eating our pineapply thingy and sipping on something to drink. It was probably by far my favorite night in Paris.
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