Hey there guys!
So let's see what's been happening... we went to Giverny on Friday. It was really gorgeous. We saw the ponds that Monet painted his Waterlily paintings off of, and it looked just the paintings. It was beautiful. Then we went to Versailles on Saturday. It was quite ornate. The Hall of Mirrors was open after a years long restoration. It was nice, but really crowded. The gardens were pretty too. We walked to see all of Marie Antoinette's houses. It was a nice afternoon visit.
Classes are going well as well. A lot of reading to do though! But we get to go on excursions everyday in Film. On an exciting note, the sales started today in Paris! France regulates the sales in France, and pretty much all stores have to have sales in June and July. Most stores are 30 or 40% off, but some are up to 70% off. Of course, all the girls on the program went crazy. My roommate woke up when the stores opened today and went out. I am not that devoted, but I did go later to look around. I bought a really chic French outfit. I am quite happy with my purchase!
I have started to meet some really nice people in my program. We got together on Saturday night and cooked dinner together. I bought the pasta, someone else bought the dessert, someone bought the sauce, so forth. It felt very French and foreign, eating in a big motley group in the Latin Quarter (where the guy hosting it lives), looking over the rooftops. We decided that we would all get together once a week to cook together and eat together, in someone else's apartment each time.
Yesterday we went to get gelato and ate it by the Seine as the sun went down. As you can probably tell, I fell in with a good group, because we are all obsessed with food. We decided that we should all eat our way through the Latin Quarter. The Latin Quarter is a good choice, because it is where the Sorbonne is located, so all the French students hang out there, and there are a bunch of cheap restaurants, mostly with international cuisine. At night it's fun too, because it gets really bustling.
Our group tends to hang out on the Left Bank. This is traditionally the arty, younger, more bohemian bank. The Right Bank is a little more upperclass, more expensive. We venture over there for excursions though. It's funny that we have only been here for 2 weeks, and already everyone knows what section of town they like, where they like to eat, and shop, and buy groceries.
Tomorrow we are having a group dinner with everyone in the program (paid for by the program!) in the Latin Quarter. We are having North African cuisine, probably couscous. North African food is really big here, so I am excited. We already had couscous once, but hey, if it's a free meal, I don't complain.
Well that's it for now. Hope everyone else is well! Write me to tell me what you're doing!
Love, Emily
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
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Bonjour mon amie and greetings from the States! It sounds like you're having lots of fun! I'm glad the Hall of Mirrors was open for you... it's so disappointing to think you're going to see it and then you don't. The shopping sounds like fun, too. I didn't realize that they had such big sales. There's not much new to report here. The Tour de France starts soon, right? Are you going to watch any of it? That would be really neat. Have you been to the top of the Eiffel Tower yet? Anyways, I'm glad you have such nice people in your group and that you're getting to know them. Hope you continue to have a blast over there across the pond and keep updating us!
Yes, we didn't get to see the Hall of Mirrors because it was under restoration-glad you did though! That's so great that you got to see the setting for Monet's Waterlilies! Those are my favorite! I'm glad you're enjoying the food over there-it all sounds so good. Definitely eat your way through Paris! Gelato, the sunset, and Paris-how perfect. Gainesville doesn't compare to your adventures!
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