hey all, again! quick update - leah and i are having internet problems in our room, but i promise to update more when we get that figured out.

you can also check out her blog, which is interesting and she has been more detailed than i have. we are both in the same class so her updates have been fairly relevant.

[leah's blog]

also, kevin is doing well, i spoke briefly with him earlier. he's been working out some registration issues but should be back in the archives tomorrow. he hasn't been doing much else, it seems, except for making fried eggs, which i have encouraged him not to do for every meal, and he said today he bought other things to eat, which is good.

as far as other things go, i purchased some french short stories our language professor at the sorbonne recommended us, so it should be nice to read things that aren't 75 pages of analysis of court life at versailles (not that it isn't interesting - our culture/lit class is actually very interesting, if it is a bit long. three hours a day is a little intense).

a few random things that you might find interesting;
- our dormish room here is very cute and is nicer than the dorms at school, if a bit smaller, except without decent internet
- the toilet paper here at the foyer is pink?
- french people really like to sleep late, so nothing opens early except a few brasseries
- i love fromageries
- french parks are fantastic, and it's pretty cool that you can just pick up and take a subway to study at the tuileries
- lots of people are affectionate in public
- the french do like to speak english and generally only are rude if you come off as a dumb tourist (which happens sometimes)
- the gilbert joseph, equivalent of our barnes and noble, is fantastic
- our residence is uphill from the seine
- you can see the eiffel tower, and pretty much all of paris, from the terrace on the roof of this building, so we drink wine, eat dinner, and watch the lights of the eiffel tower sparkle
- everybody loves mcdonalds?

also, things are all set, and leah and i and others will be in brussels from saturday morning to sunday night! and i won't forget my camera, like i did when we went to versailles yesterday (so no pictures of that, sorry).

off to homework! bon soir, mes amis