So another week in Paris. But not too much going on.
I went to Opii this week.......as a foreigner in France with a visa I had to go to get an x ray of my lungs and see the doctor to make sure I'm not carrying any diseases and stuff. Germain was able to get the morning off for that......thank goodness because I would have been so lost! The doctor spoke English, but the people in front didn't.
Needless to say......French class......still struggling. Its just so different. After 25+ years of pronouncing words a certain way......it's not easy to just stop sounding them out the way you're use to!
Last night we went out for dinner. We had a groupon for a Japanese sushi dinner for cheap! It was good. not the BEST sushi I've ever had, but 22 euros for two people......soup and salad included......was pretty good. And yes......eating rice was very good.
(Don't worry mom and dad......we just bought a rice cooker! ^_^)
It was a nice day out so was walked around. We passed by the Paris Beaches......Yes beaches. In the middle of the country......Paris has Beaches......Wanna see??
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| The Paris Beach next to the Seine River |
Lol......these are the beaches of Paris. They created this little elevated sandy area...they even imported palm trees to make it seem more beachy. Very funny......Maybe because I grew up in Miami =P
The sun was setting over the river......very pretty.......
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| Paris sunset |
Then we made our way over to St Michel. I like that area. It's very touristy, but there's lots of little shops and restaurants. Several of them were roasting pigs!
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| Roast pork! |
We had gelato for dessert. It was very good. But I guess it should be expected...France is next to Italy. I had chocolate nutella and strawberry gelato. Germain took vanilla and the seasonal special......cantaloupe.
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| yummy! |
There are many neat shops in St. Michel. We passed by this HUGE used books store. HUGE. there were books for 20 cents! And most interesting of all......they had a HUGE section of mangas!! Too bad they're all in French......=P But just the day before......Germain bought me a manga from the bookstore for full price. He hopes it will help me learn French since I like mangas =P
Another cute store....
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| Bento boxes |
They're all bento boxes! Even the legos one. Cute.
On our walk home we passed by a park. It actually seems very nice at night. Its all dark, but they installed lighting to light up sculptures and fountains.
This weekend is a long weekend! So three days to explore. No classes, no internship. Hopefully I'll have more pictures for you! ^_^
~Pui
