Oh the cheeses of France

So today seemed to be all about Cheese. My french class went to the fresh market in Versailles (complete with all sorts of fruits, candies, breads, poultry, cheeses, meats, screaming grocers) to learn about how to get what we want and the different types of cheeses. It was a great experience and I’ve found that I don’t really like any of the goat cheeses (Le Chevre) but enjoy the harder, stronger, cooked cheeses (Comte, etc.).

Last night, some friends and I received our Imagine-R passes which allow us to use any form of public transportation in the 1-4 arondissmonts (sp?) and so we went to Paris to see the Tour de Eiffel at Sunset and walked around to the Arc de Triumphe and the Champs Ellysee (my spelling is horrible). We got back around midnight, but that doesn’t bother me too much, as every day class starts at 9:30am.

Phew. Things have still been going pretty fast – and it will be picking up, as today we started the Statics course. It still seems surreal that I’m here, living without my friends and family in a foreign country for a year. I do really like the culture, though. I enjoy greeting people in stores (a total must, and if not done, considered rude) and how everything is in walkable distance. In fact, I just like SEEING people when I walk somewhere.

I love nutella.