Today was another super busy day! I went running around La Cité, but it started hailing/raining...gotta love that unpredictable French weather. This morning we also had our appointments to register for classes...that was stressful! Because my Sorbonne classes are Monday-Friday in the mornings, I couldn't register for any science classes at Université Pierre et Marie Curie; they all interfered with my other classes. I was pretty upset about that, because I was really looking forward to anatomy and physiology in French. Anyway, I will hopefully be enrolling in another class at Paris 4 this week. After our class registration appointments we grabbed some lunch at a café in the area and walked around. Eventually we made it to the Latin Quarter and Place Saint-Michel. We went in a lot of small shops and talked with many owners...they really enjoy speaking French with us. They usually can tell we are Americans from the moment we say "bonjour" so they tend to slow down their speaking pace and help us to understand what they're saying. Most of them are interested in why we are in Paris and how long we are staying. We also stopped at a Starbucks because Hannah WEITZMAN (the French capitalize last names, which we find very amsuing) was in the mood for an American drink. From there we headed to Denfert-Rochereau, a cute shopping area we went to a few days ago. We visited the Greek market and got some delicious food for dinner! We bought dolmades, spanakopita (not better than Yia-Yia's of course), tzatziki, pita, and hummus. I spoke to the Greek owners in French and explained that I am Greek. They asked if I had ever been to Greece and where my family was from. We were speaking French, English, and Greek all together! They also gave us a great French phonetics lesson! We will definitely be heading back there. When we got back to La Cité we relaxed and enjoyed our dinner. I will be spending the rest of my night deciphering French class schedules and course descriptions. Au revoir pour maintenant!
Yia-Yia will be pleased to know that! This blog is fab, btw. We miss you and wish you all the best!!
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