The group and I arrived at the BU center at 9:30. After a few talks covering our internships, our classes, and safety information, I could really feel the jet-lag kicking in... Around 1:30 the teachers and staff presented tables of assorted french foods. Each of the three table represented a region and their specialty foods. A table for Ile-de-France, Normandie, and Franche-Comté. One of the instructors gave us a step-by-step presentation of each food and drink! It was fun learning about the different nuances in french gastronomy. We tasted various cheeses (comté to camembert), meats (salami to rillettes), desserts (palmiers to chouquettes), and drinks (red wine to cider).
We were free to go off on our own around 4:00. Most of us went to buy our books for our classes that start on Monday. I got my book, for my literature class, at a bookstore a few streets away from the BU center for about €2.50. Later I took the metro to the Marais district and looks around a local flea market and some shops with two new friends from Wesleyan. Eventually the jet-lag swept over us again and we stopped by "Blend", a cute little burger shop, before heading back to our dorms and homestay.
Always a treat to read your blog entries. Thanks for the update!!
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