Day 2

Today was a simple day...

Woke up with the usual shower etc and met the group in front of the main office at 10. It was a lucky day... sunny again! We had a short meeting about our surroundings, shopping etc and then went on a tour. Bus stop, metro, cheap grocery store, Luxingburg garden, then lunch and Sciences-Po.

The group was large and happily chit-chatted for the duration of the walk. Everyone especially enjoyed the garden. But ok... how does this make any sense? I have been to the Luxingburg garden three times in the past three days. And each time, I got the hiccups while in the garden.... ?? Can any one explain that to me?

Lunch was yummy, of course, creamy rich goat cheese with peppers and salad, a quiche, couscous, more salad and a black sausage. I tried the black sausage but didn't eat it. It was the blood sausage and it didn't suite my taste. But its ok, I wanted to try and the meal was filling without it.We then went to the Sciences-Po building to get a lecture on safety by Floronce, our program coordinator. She is a very perky and all-over-the-place kind of woman. Very

kind and cheerful. Always smiling in a genuine kind of way. The building we were in was.... well... lets just say I shouldn't have gone to the Sorbonne the day before because this

building was the complete opposite. The windows all had cracks and pealing paint around them... the entrance itself was pealing and completely run down. It was NOT the main Sciences-Po building though. The main building was far more attractive. But this little side building was old and charming in its own way. Though I didn't dare crack a window in case the whole window fell through.

We split up into two groups to go shopping afterwards to go shopping. My roommate and I wen to a place that was suppose to be equivalent to Target.... but lets just say we skipped on buying linens and towels given that ONE bath-towel was 25 euros. We will stick to the ones we have until we find a better deal. Another amusing sight at this store was an old granny with half a shopping cart full of wine bottles. Maybe she wants to be healthy... anti-oxidants?

The walk back to the dorms was very pleasant. We passed through the garden ag

ain and saw people walking their dogs, playing tennis, dancing, and old french men with big noses and puffs of white hair playing checkers and chess... at least 30 of them.

After chilling in the dorm for a bit (where I fell into one of those zombie-heat sleeps... you know the kind where it is really hot out and you close your eyes for a nap but can not get out of bed after because you just want sleeeeeeeep) my roomie and I went shopping for food (though we will save most of it for the open market) then went back to make dinner. It took a while because we didn't realize the stove tops were on the lowest temperature setting... we thought the stove was broken hahaha... but then realized our booboo.

I made pasta with tomatoes onions and peppers. Went online, chatted a bit... and sleeeeep time now... 7am wakeup tomorrow!

Goodnight everyone!

Ahh, one more thing.... today we also signed up to dress the models for the Saab fashion show October 7th... : )