Take a habit that you've had for 20 years. Now reverse it. I'm talking about crossing the road of course. My natural instinct is to look left before crossing. Here you have to look right; or else you are going to be taken away to the Centre Hospitalier. And nobody wants that, especially on a year abroad. Let's go onwards to the happier stuff.
So today I got my electricity reconnected which means I can cook, use my computer and communicate once again without going to McDonalds! Excellent, so today I have eaten a fair bit of Jambon/Emmental (what, it really is delicious).
Yesterday was a good day, meeting up with a few other language assistants and going to the Musée d'Orsay and having a delicious Croque Monsieur at a bakery. Then I braved the rush hour RER train to Disney Village. Now I live close to it, so I wanted to check out a bit of the night life, and it's surprisingly good. They have a cinema (with IMAX and occasional English showings), and a bar that has a form of live music every night (over 18's only). So I will probably pop down there every so often because I do enjoy live music.
Wednesday I visited the Conciergerie which was a royal palace and then prison during the revolution. It was where Marie-Antoinette spent the final days of her life whilst being on trial until transported then executed. Cheerful topic that revolution. I then headed towards the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud. Which is a massive national park just outside the city, and it is beautiful. So peaceful and quiet. I didn't have too long there which was shame, but I will definitely head back soon.
I'll try making a more substantial blog soon, but that was a brief update with what I've been up to.
A tres bientot!
Sounds great!
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