October 2009
1 post
A badly needed recap
Alright, so, obviously this blog has been lacking lately. I blame a) a steadily rising amount of work, and b) True Blood. But luckily I’ve finished my midterms and caught up with True Blood, so I’m going to resume blogging. Get excited.
Here’s a brief recap of my Parisian adventures from the past month…I say brief because I have to get up at 4 a.m. to catch a plane to...
September 2009
6 posts
“They are open 24/7, all Arabs are.”
– My French friend, using the slang word for convenience stores. They’re named after the people who work there.
Ah the French, so politically correct.
Psychotropic Micro-Weapons
So we just got back from Strasbourg a few days ago. We heard the president of the EU Commission speak at the European Parliament, and then ventured over to the European Court of Human Rights. There, we took a little tour and had a crash course on the Court, but our lesson actually came to life the next day when an old Ukrainian man approached us on the street.
He heard us speaking English and...
“Your accent is not very good.”
– A random Frenchman to me on the metro at 1 a.m.
What, I have to do homework here?
For my first French homework assignment, I have to write a page on French and American stereotypes.
So here’s a quick rundown on the stereotypes about French people I had before coming here, and how they’ve held up:
1. I’ve counted 4 fat French people. Granted, these were just strangers on the metro and could very well have been American tourists.
2. No, French strangers...
Rue du Château
That’s the name of the street I live on in Paris. Isn’t it so cute and cliché, like out of a storybook? I’ve been here 3 days so far and telling people I live on the street of castles never gets old.
Anyway, I meant to start this blog before I left, but I figure 3 days in isn’t too late, non? I’ll recap, cause I know you all care so much. (Also, I’m enjoying...