Well, my classes thus far have been marginally better than the first day... Misa (it's spelt Misa, not Mischa, I have discovered) is in one of my classes, which makes it helpful. She and I went out for a kebab for lunch today, and not being used to really food (I'm currently existing on pasta with tomato sauce) I'm feeling a bit sick...
So much work to do already though, but the most exciting news is, of course, that it's my birthday tomorrow! Will let you know how my festivities turn out!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Drowning My Sorrows
It comes as no surprise that Tuesday morning was spent nursing a rather nasty hangover. Steph came home after she finished class, saw my bottle of wine open on the table, and pulled out another bottle. Her day had gone as well as mine, so we polished off both bottles, felt sorry for ourselves, and went to bed. Julien arrived at some point, gave Steph a hug, walked into the dining room and saw me sitting on the floor, probably looking as pathetic as humanly possible, and kindly gave me a big hug as well. He attempted to reassure us, but it didn't really work. My prospects of passing my french classes are not good.
The rest of Tuesday I just pottered round the house, when I really should have been working (which is what I also should be doing at the moment). Then Tuesday night, when I really shoudn't have, I went out with Eric, one of the American boys on my trivia team this week, and his friend Mischa. We went to an Irish bar on Rue Mouffetard, and hung out there for awhile before heading back to Eric's. So, when my alarm went off at 9am I was the opposite of impressed.
Happily, I had a lecture in French today, and although I didn't understand even close to most of it, I think I've got the general idea. Steph and I are doing it together, and on my way out I spotted Mischa and Joe, the other American from trivia, so hopefully I can get a bit of assistance!
No other news, other than we got our letterbox key yesterday and I am hopefully able to pick up our internet box from the post office tomorrow! (Provided it's been delivered, otherwise I will have to make an angry french call to the internet people)
The rest of Tuesday I just pottered round the house, when I really should have been working (which is what I also should be doing at the moment). Then Tuesday night, when I really shoudn't have, I went out with Eric, one of the American boys on my trivia team this week, and his friend Mischa. We went to an Irish bar on Rue Mouffetard, and hung out there for awhile before heading back to Eric's. So, when my alarm went off at 9am I was the opposite of impressed.
Happily, I had a lecture in French today, and although I didn't understand even close to most of it, I think I've got the general idea. Steph and I are doing it together, and on my way out I spotted Mischa and Joe, the other American from trivia, so hopefully I can get a bit of assistance!
No other news, other than we got our letterbox key yesterday and I am hopefully able to pick up our internet box from the post office tomorrow! (Provided it's been delivered, otherwise I will have to make an angry french call to the internet people)
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Class
Well, today was my first day of class. I'm sitting in The Thistle with a glass of wine, and have an entire bottle waiting for me at home. I think that's indicative of how it went. I have a 20% presentation due next week (the lecturer did not understand that Friday was my birthday, and Saturday was Tess'). I also understood less than an eighth of the class that I had in french. Sadly, I only experienced two out of five subjects today, so I am rather concerned...
In happier news, I am steadily improving in trivia - Loc, Anna and I joined forces with two American boys I met last week, and we got 4th! No prize, but still exciting.
Jess left this morning, but is planning to come back on Friday for my birthday! I'm planning a party, although my plans do change regularly.
Off now, I need to find news articles about current issues in the European Union... yay!
In happier news, I am steadily improving in trivia - Loc, Anna and I joined forces with two American boys I met last week, and we got 4th! No prize, but still exciting.
Jess left this morning, but is planning to come back on Friday for my birthday! I'm planning a party, although my plans do change regularly.
Off now, I need to find news articles about current issues in the European Union... yay!
Monday, February 23, 2009
Nights Out
Friday - Steph and Jess didn't know what they were doing, so I headed off to the apartment of a group of American students - Brendan, Kevin, Dan, and Sean... lovely boys.
Anyway, I showed up and Rob (the student from WA) was there, which was really exciting for me as I had already decided that he would fill in for Matty and Phil in a big brother capacity.
So, we sat around drinking for awhile. Their apartment is absolutely enormous, although it's in a pretty bad part of town. Then we headed off to a bar in Bastille, drank there for awhile, got bored, went back to their place, sat around and drank and talked, and Georgia once again found herself trying to stay upright on the metro at 6am.
Saturday was a pretty quiet day as I tried to recover, then Saturday night Jess, Steph and I headed out for dinner at Le Dindon as Julien was working. Jess and I stayed there drinking until about 2, when I realised that the boys we were talking to were quite creepy and they started forcefully suggesting we should go back to their apartment. So we trotted home, bought a packet of chips, and watched Sex and the City til about 4.
Trivia again tonight, and unfortunately classes start tomorrow! It will be very interesting! Sorry about the rather short post, after a rather epic week of big drinking nights my head doesn't seem to be working properly...
Anyway, I showed up and Rob (the student from WA) was there, which was really exciting for me as I had already decided that he would fill in for Matty and Phil in a big brother capacity.
So, we sat around drinking for awhile. Their apartment is absolutely enormous, although it's in a pretty bad part of town. Then we headed off to a bar in Bastille, drank there for awhile, got bored, went back to their place, sat around and drank and talked, and Georgia once again found herself trying to stay upright on the metro at 6am.
Saturday was a pretty quiet day as I tried to recover, then Saturday night Jess, Steph and I headed out for dinner at Le Dindon as Julien was working. Jess and I stayed there drinking until about 2, when I realised that the boys we were talking to were quite creepy and they started forcefully suggesting we should go back to their apartment. So we trotted home, bought a packet of chips, and watched Sex and the City til about 4.
Trivia again tonight, and unfortunately classes start tomorrow! It will be very interesting! Sorry about the rather short post, after a rather epic week of big drinking nights my head doesn't seem to be working properly...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Ice Skating
I finally went ice skating! Ice skating in the middle of Paris outside is probably one of the most fun things ever! I was unsurprisingly initially rather bad, but steadily improved and am ready to go back sometime next week!
Otherwise, had our last course of Methodology today, and next Monday start classes! Am heading out tonight to have some drinks with some other exchange students, and otherwise not sure what's happening, but is likely to be a big one as Jess is heading back to Lyon on Monday!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Night of the Gay Rabbit
I know, it's a bizarre title. Before the night of the gay rabbit, Steph and I had class, I slept a lot, we just generally went about our business.
So, the night of the gay rabbit, last night, we (being Jess, Brooke and myself) headed out to meet Steph, Julien, and Julien's friend Raouf at a Japanese restaurant near Opera. Loc and Tess also joined us. Dinner was quite lovely, I had the assorted sushi platter, and there was so much wasabi in the first bite I took that the heat shot straight up my nose and I started crying! Anyway, Raouf is also an actor, and think he's quite amusing. So we were telling jokes at the table, and Tess misunderstood one of the jokes and thought that it went "What is invisible and on a carrot? A gay rabbit!" which was absolutely hilarious at the time, and a better joke than the intended meaning.
After dinner we headed to a bar called Le K1ze. Jess and I, both being sick and trying to save our pennies, decided we wouldn't drink - this resolve was shattered when the bartender took quite a shine to us and gave us free caramel and vodka shots... After a bit of a dance, Steph and Julien headed back to his house, Raouf went home, Loc had already departed, Brooke felt sick and decided to retire, and Jess, Tess and I walked to Cafe Oz.
Cafe Oz was pretty much empty, but Sam (boy from NZ) and Jules (girl from Sydney), the bartenders, poured us ridiculously strong drinks and gave us tequila shots. We stayed there til they shut, then Sam poured us drinks into plastic cups and we walked to Truscolls, a really cool bar that apparently a lot of bands go to when they finish their gigs. By this time we were all completely trounced. Jess and Jules headed home, and Sam, Tess and I pushed on... Sam almost got in a fight with a french bloke and I thought our coats had been stolen until I remembered I put them behind the bar with the bartender....
Jules' visa runs out in about June, so she's actually getting pacsed, which is basically a civil marriage, to one of her french friends, so she can stay in the country!
Anyway, once again Tess and I found ourselves stumbling home at 6am, and buzzing the bell to get someone up to let us in!
Today, we woke up at about midday, as Brooke was leaving to go to Germany. Steph arrived home, changed, and headed off for a lunch date and I haven't seen her since. Jess got up and went to Monoprix, our local supermarket, in her pyjamas, to get us eggs and pineapple. Then we fell asleep again, woke up at 3, Tess cooked us scrambled eggs and we've been watching Sex and the City since we decided to venture outside to use the internet. Tess has met up with friends to go party again, but I'm slowly sipping coke, hoping I will start to function like a human being soon!
We obviously didn't manage to go ice skating, we ran out of time yesterday, but I think we'll go tomorrow! You'll hear from me soon xox
So, the night of the gay rabbit, last night, we (being Jess, Brooke and myself) headed out to meet Steph, Julien, and Julien's friend Raouf at a Japanese restaurant near Opera. Loc and Tess also joined us. Dinner was quite lovely, I had the assorted sushi platter, and there was so much wasabi in the first bite I took that the heat shot straight up my nose and I started crying! Anyway, Raouf is also an actor, and think he's quite amusing. So we were telling jokes at the table, and Tess misunderstood one of the jokes and thought that it went "What is invisible and on a carrot? A gay rabbit!" which was absolutely hilarious at the time, and a better joke than the intended meaning.
After dinner we headed to a bar called Le K1ze. Jess and I, both being sick and trying to save our pennies, decided we wouldn't drink - this resolve was shattered when the bartender took quite a shine to us and gave us free caramel and vodka shots... After a bit of a dance, Steph and Julien headed back to his house, Raouf went home, Loc had already departed, Brooke felt sick and decided to retire, and Jess, Tess and I walked to Cafe Oz.
Cafe Oz was pretty much empty, but Sam (boy from NZ) and Jules (girl from Sydney), the bartenders, poured us ridiculously strong drinks and gave us tequila shots. We stayed there til they shut, then Sam poured us drinks into plastic cups and we walked to Truscolls, a really cool bar that apparently a lot of bands go to when they finish their gigs. By this time we were all completely trounced. Jess and Jules headed home, and Sam, Tess and I pushed on... Sam almost got in a fight with a french bloke and I thought our coats had been stolen until I remembered I put them behind the bar with the bartender....
Jules' visa runs out in about June, so she's actually getting pacsed, which is basically a civil marriage, to one of her french friends, so she can stay in the country!
Anyway, once again Tess and I found ourselves stumbling home at 6am, and buzzing the bell to get someone up to let us in!
Today, we woke up at about midday, as Brooke was leaving to go to Germany. Steph arrived home, changed, and headed off for a lunch date and I haven't seen her since. Jess got up and went to Monoprix, our local supermarket, in her pyjamas, to get us eggs and pineapple. Then we fell asleep again, woke up at 3, Tess cooked us scrambled eggs and we've been watching Sex and the City since we decided to venture outside to use the internet. Tess has met up with friends to go party again, but I'm slowly sipping coke, hoping I will start to function like a human being soon!
We obviously didn't manage to go ice skating, we ran out of time yesterday, but I think we'll go tomorrow! You'll hear from me soon xox
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