FRANCE | Friday, 25 Sep 2015 | Views [380] | Comments [1]
Monday being the one weekday that I don’t have any classes, it tends to be when I schedule or plan on getting around to doing all of my boring things. Other times, it ends up being when other people ask me to do things. Those both turned out to ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, banks, registration, rent
FRANCE | Tuesday, 8 Sep 2015 | Views [301]
After finishing the test, I did not want to sit down. So I just started walking, with the vague plan of going until I got tired, and then maybe catching a metro back from wherever I ended up. I got hungry first, and stopped for lunch at a crepe stand ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, dinner, french, internet
FRANCE | Friday, 4 Sep 2015 | Views [392]
Tuesday we met for a walking tour of part of Marais. “Marais” being French for “when I was a kid, the entire city used to a swamp, and we had to go to the Latin quarter just to be on solid ground.” It was led by Guillaume, an ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, class registration, tour, transport
FRANCE | Wednesday, 2 Sep 2015 | Views [1015]
On Monday, I woke up in my own apartment. Although waking up anywhere else would have been rather disturbing, it still felt like a surprising thing to do. I did not need to worry about Ruby already being in the shower, or tripping over Clara's bags ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, cheese, groceries
FRANCE | Thursday, 27 Aug 2015 | Views [431]
he day began with a quick breakfast from the nearest boulangerie (perk of being in Paris) and a two hour description of French higher education. Mainly focusing on universities, especially the ones we'd be studying at. It was a mixture of practical ... Read more >
Tags: apartment, classes, metro, transportation, universities