Yesterday we got to school on time (for the very first time) and even had enough time to look for a coffee shop. Unfortunately, since we're in Paris and not Houston there wasn't a Starbucks on every corner, so we just settled for the free water at CUPA. My classes went well. I really enjoy Bratu's class. He's a great professor and really makes an effort to make class lively and overall enjoyable. We took a quiz, but it wasn't too difficult. After the second class Nathalie came in and gave us a briefing on our trip to Loire Valley on Monday. We learned that we will have to be at Luxenbourg park at 7:00 am. This means that I will leave my house at about 6:15 am. Crazy! Sure, the meeting time is early, but we'll be able to sleep on the bus. The trip sounds great! We're going to see the chateaus, eat good, French food, and on the last day we get to go to a chocolate shop for a tour! (I have to admit we're all a little overly excited about the chocolate shop) I'm so excited about the whole trip. I think it is going to be such a neat experience!
After we were dismissed, we walked with Dr. Uber to a local cafeteria for students of the nearby French universities. He talked about this place up so much we were all expecting it to be awesome, so we were all pretty excited. However, when we arrived at this spectacular cafeteria we realized it was just that, a cafeteria. It looked like a school cafeteria. I never much cared for school cafeteria food. In fact, I'm pretty sure I took my lunch most everyday. All that being said, it goes without saying that we opted to fend for ourselves on the food front and ditch the cafeteria. We ended up buying sandwiches from a local sandwich shop and eating in the park. Luxenbourg park has become one of my favorite places. Its so large and has so much going on that there is something to please everyone. There's the area in front of what I believe is the Senate building that has a fountain where children float little sailboats. Surrounding the fountain are chairs for building to lounge in. If you walk towards CUPA, you'll enter the more playful area of the park where you'll find tennis courts, basketball courts, a carousel, and a vast amount of shade trees to sit under and enjoy a nice picnic lunch. I will try to remember to post pictures of the park soon for everyone to see.
We walked around the Latin Quarter for a few hours after our lunch. There are so many fun, little shops around there to look at. We ended our afternoon with cokes at a cafe.
For dinner, Caroline and Shae came over. Madame made the most amazing quiche. It was probably one of the best meals we've had. For dessert there was ice cream and strawberries. SO good! The dinner conversation was very lively and fun. The Egnell's are so warm and open its hard not to feel like one of the family when you're with them. Speaking of one of the family...their daughter had the Egnell's sixth grandchild yesterday. His name is Caesar, because his father is Italian. They're proud grandparents.
After dinner, we walked around the Latin Quarter. That seems to be where all the young people hang out at night. Its a neat area full of little cafes. Some people eat dinner, others just buy a coke and chat, and some even bring a deck of cards and play card games. Neat, huh?
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