My long weekend in Paris already seems like a dream - I guess we did go to Disneyland. With Fridays off, Annie, Georgie, Brogan and I headed up early in the morning and hit the Louvre that afternoon. I was pretty excited to see Arcimboldo's Four Seasons, as one of my CE1 classes studied his paintings and made their own Autumn collages in November. Later we made it to Angelina's, rumoured to make the best hot chocolates in Paris. I can't say I've tasted every hot chocolate in Paris but this would definitely be hard to beat! One of Georgie's friends lives just outside the city so we met up with her for Happy Hour in Le Marais before the rest of the Avignon crew arrived late that evening.
Saturday was Disney day so we jumped on the RER to Marne-la-Vallée and all met up in the park for an exciting day of rides and magic. We refused to let the cold beat us and stayed until close to watch the lights show and fireworks after a final ride on Space Mountain.
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| Prime position for Space Mountain |
Most people had work on Monday so headed back home the following day but Kate and I stayed an extra night and managed to cover a lot of touristy sites. She used to study abroad there so took me around her local neighbourhood where we got falafel sandwiches from the Marais which were incredible - seriously need to get some falafel stands down in Avignon! After a morning at the Musée du Luxembourg for the final weekend of the Fragonard exhibition, we métroed around Paris visiting all the tourist hotspots: Notre Dame, Sacré Coeur, la Tour Eiffel, la Fondation Louis Vuitton and l'Arc de Triomphe. Breakfast in Opéra the following morning before heading on a train back to reality down south home to Avignon.
School has been much the same. They've been learning clothes this week and we've been playing a game where one student leaves the room and we pick someone to describe (the fact school uniforms barely exist in France is handy for this) then they come back in and have to guess who it is. One boy said that English is now is favourite subject thanks to me, which definitely made my week.
The ESN (Erasmus Student Network) have put on lots of events this week as there are a few new students joining the uni this semester. I went along to their soirée on Thursday evening with Brian, Amy and Chelsea which was fun and a good opportunity to meet some new people.
Today Chelsea and I went outside the Avignon bubble to explore some more of the region. We took the bus to Cavaillon where there we'd heard there was a market on Fridays although this turned out to be slightly outside the centre of town and there really wasn't much there at all. Still, we walked into the town centre and went exploring. It wasn't long before we found a little path up to a church so, despite our inappropriate footwear, we made the ascent and climbed all the way up - it was worth it for the views at the top!
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| Feeling French |
Staying in Avi this weekend and Ally's coming to visit so looking forward to showing her around now I know my way around everywhere.
A la semaine prochaine,
Katie x
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