Well, in what seems to be customary form, I must now go ahead and finally catch you all up on the happenings that make up my life in Paris. Last week was wicked hectic and my life practically consisted of school, eating, homework and, with some luck, sleep. As a result, I’ve had very little time to actual blog and, when I did have time, I found myself too tired to type. In any event, now that I’m all energised, I’ll do a very quick run-down of specific events that have stood out during my blogging hiatus.
Friday (20): Jane, one of my Model UN friends from my high school days, is currently studying in Paris and Trevor and I finally just got to meet her last Friday. After the dodgy (can’t believe it took me more than 10 seconds to think of that word) phone tag, Trevor and I finally got to meet up with her. We saw Banlieue 13 Ultimatum, had dinner at L'Hippocampus and went to the weekly jam session at Duc des Lombards.
Saturday (21): Trevor and I, for the first time this trip, spent the day at different places. I went to a wonderful aquarium/"movieum"called Cinéaqua. If you're in Paris, I highly recommend going, though it's rather expensive on a student budget. (Avenue des Nations Unis is along the way.) As I took pictures, I gave different sea creatures awards (some of them may be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2037053&id=36203035&l=d0347). Afterwards, I went to Cité de l'Architecture & du Patrimoine. Unsuccessful at finding a theatre playing Slumdog Millionaire, I met up with Jane and some of her new classmates.
Sunday (22): I went to Mass at 9am at the church nearby my apartment-whatchamacallit and did some grocery shopping. After lunch, Trevor and I met up with Jane and two of her classmates and we all went to Le Marais in search of la Maison de Victor Hugo. We found it and did not take pictures (thankfully, we were allowed to breathe). After that, we all met up with another one of Jane's classmates and headed off to the base of Sacré-Coeur, where Trevor and I split off from them in search of pains au chocolat, which we were able to find.
Monday (23): A speaker came to talk to our econ class about the state of energy and resources in Europe. In retrospect, it wasn't really all that exciting of a lecture. For dinner, I cooked torti pasta with sausage, tomato sauce and cheese, and a side of potatoes, peas and carrots.
Tuesday (24): After our regular course load, Trevor and I had an unexpected cooking night. Trevor made rice and beans, while I made cheesy potatoes and added to our leftover pasta. We ended up not eating the pasta, which turned out to be a bit of a mistake, because I added bolognase sauce (with beef) and...
Wednesay (25): Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the first day of no meat during Le Carême (Lent). I gave my Revue de Presse presentation on the topic of development in Africa. Based on various press articles, the EU as a whole seems to have made too much of a commitment, whereas individual member states seem to be contributing the most. Interestingly (and unexpectedly), my research brought me to that topic, within the context of South Africa, the Millennium Development Goals, and HIV/AIDS. After our econ class, Patrick, Pamela and I went to Notre Dame for Ash Wednesday Mass. We spoke in English and French throughout the day, including our discussions in the Métro about various aspects of religion and our random topics during lunch. I worked on my paper for Odile (on the representation of youth and immigration in the movie Salut cousin !) back at school, until we had an internship meeting at 6pm. Following the meeting, Trevor and I ate uncustomarily quick and early, as a result of the amount of writing we had to do for the next day. (ps/ I ate slower than usual though, as I picked out all the meat from the pasta.)
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