To start off Monday night has been by far my favorite hours in Pairs. The school is hosting an event all week long call "Bar-a-Day". Monday's bar was called Cafe Oz. I was expecting to walk into a wizard of oz themed bar but it turned out to be Australian themed ( which all of the Australians found to be tacky). This was a great way to meet some new people while having some liquid courage in me! I met two really great guys from New Zeland whom knew every single cricket player on a photo in the bar. I was almost shunned when I didn't know what the Haka dance was enlighten yourself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RpW507Y7ek). I also met girls from Canada and South Africa that were a lot of fun! There was also a live band at the bar that played a mix of American tunes with a Cuban beat. Monday night it also snowed, which I was told never happens in Paris!
Tuesday was the second day of methodology classes ( Bore-a-Day), I learned my lesson from Monday and decided the skip the second lecture to take a nap. Rumor has it I had the right idea! The bar for Tuesday night had nothing on Monday's bar, it was soooo small! Imagine 200+ people in a place that should fit 100 people max! It was basically a big smooshing of bodies! So I spent most of my time outside ( after it stopped snowing, yup snow two days in a row!). I was really looking forward to getting off the metro at Strasbourg St. Denis because it is the title of one of my favorite songs, but it ended up taking the title of smelliest metro station. :[
Wednesday:
Today I had to give a "grand oral", which is a glorified way of saying 10 minute speech! I picked the topic of Sustainability of Organic Agriculture, so at least it was something that I was interested in. The speech went fine, and now I am considering not going to any more methodology classes because I've fulfilled my duties. After class I went to the store and bought my first bottel of cheap french wine, not to shabby! In a few hours I'll be off to the wine and cheese party put on by Sciences Po, hopefully there will be a little more elbow room at this event!
Sante! (Cheers!)
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