Hello hello!
It's my second day of the intensive language week and I'm doing pretty well. I actually have lots of homework partly because they need to see if I'm in the right level of language class. There's a range of levels in my class right now (from slightly worse than me to Hal haha). We'll see what happens! This past weekend was filled with a lot of fun activities both program related and not so I guess now it's time to work.
Saturday CIEE took us on a day trip to Vaux le Vicomte- the chateau that inspired Versailles. We spent a few hours wandering around inside of the castle, touring the jardins, enjoying the view from the very top of the castle and then eating an incredible 3 course meal provided by the program.
The castle
Inside the castle with the creepy figurines
The view of the gardens from the dome
More of the castle as seen from the dome.
Our meals with the program have mostly been delicious and such a treat considering how expensive it is to eat out here. I think that lunch was the last one provided by them which is a bummer. A few times I've gone out with some friends to the monoprix and bought baguette, cheese and wine and ate dinner on the seine. Honestly, not too shabby.
Last night I went out with some classmates to a section of Paris near school with lots of different types of food. There was an alley with all Indian food so we stopped at an Indian restaurant! I was super skeptical with reason considering the pre-fix menus and lack of Indians around. Sure enough, it was just okay. The end was especially odd because the menu had said we'd get gulab jamun and they brought some weird cake. I told him I wanted gulab jamun and he promptly removed only my cake and brought me coconut gulab jamun (also weird). Clearly they didn't think we'd have any idea what anything was! Lesson learned that in Paris I'll stick to good Chinese food, Falafel and typical Parisian food.
The little Indian alley.
Okay bedtime! More later.
Love,
Anj
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