completely done...
with mes examens!!!!!
Justice, go stick yourself in a mousehole. Je rigole!! I actually quite enjoyed writing the essays, even taking time to write in a neat, slanting calligraphic hand sneakily reminiscent of the font on this blog...subtle influence?
It's turned suddenly so cold here, even though the sky is as crisp as a Rome Beauty (make that a Jonagold). And on the day I bravely ventured out in a skirt...brrrrr....brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Today, we received the rundown of cautions from Cecile, pour les petites americaines...
1. Girls in short skirts and tight clothing WILL get catcalled and stared at. Maybe even groped.
2. (And the best one!) Many of you will want to go out. If a French guy approaches you at a bar and says "Oh you are so pretty! Do you want to go home with me?", SAY NO!
I promise I won't do that, really! Say no to drugs. And by drugs I mean good looking French men who try to seduce me.
(side note: I am talking to my dad via Skype messaging, and it is SO weird. It's like talking to Jimmy or something...except without the youthful slang)
I realized that when I am alone and in a store, especially in a boulangerie, I don't get any strange looks or people thinking I am American, but when I am with other students, we get that look "Ah, les Americaines!"
I like exploring by myself--today, I'm going to sit down and plan all the visits this Orientation, there's so much I want to see. Especially la Cimitiere Pere Lachaise...I absolutely adore cemeteries...they are wistfully, enchantingly romantic. One cannot approach cemeteries with a scientific eye, only a romantic, literary, historical and/or cultural perspective will do. I've half a mind to do gravestone rubbings, some of the tombstones are so elegaic and lovely. Abelard and Heloise suffered during their lives, but look how they are revered in memory. But does eternal (or at least for as long as humans live on this earth) glory outweigh pain in existence?
Oh, but cemeteries! I would consider a stroll in the cemetery a perfect date......
But no cemeteries tonight. Tonight, to reward ourselves for finishing our exams, we are going out : )
Expect an entry tomorrow my dears!
Justice, go stick yourself in a mousehole. Je rigole!! I actually quite enjoyed writing the essays, even taking time to write in a neat, slanting calligraphic hand sneakily reminiscent of the font on this blog...subtle influence?
It's turned suddenly so cold here, even though the sky is as crisp as a Rome Beauty (make that a Jonagold). And on the day I bravely ventured out in a skirt...brrrrr....brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Today, we received the rundown of cautions from Cecile, pour les petites americaines...
1. Girls in short skirts and tight clothing WILL get catcalled and stared at. Maybe even groped.
2. (And the best one!) Many of you will want to go out. If a French guy approaches you at a bar and says "Oh you are so pretty! Do you want to go home with me?", SAY NO!
I promise I won't do that, really! Say no to drugs. And by drugs I mean good looking French men who try to seduce me.
(side note: I am talking to my dad via Skype messaging, and it is SO weird. It's like talking to Jimmy or something...except without the youthful slang)
I realized that when I am alone and in a store, especially in a boulangerie, I don't get any strange looks or people thinking I am American, but when I am with other students, we get that look "Ah, les Americaines!"
I like exploring by myself--today, I'm going to sit down and plan all the visits this Orientation, there's so much I want to see. Especially la Cimitiere Pere Lachaise...I absolutely adore cemeteries...they are wistfully, enchantingly romantic. One cannot approach cemeteries with a scientific eye, only a romantic, literary, historical and/or cultural perspective will do. I've half a mind to do gravestone rubbings, some of the tombstones are so elegaic and lovely. Abelard and Heloise suffered during their lives, but look how they are revered in memory. But does eternal (or at least for as long as humans live on this earth) glory outweigh pain in existence?
Oh, but cemeteries! I would consider a stroll in the cemetery a perfect date......
But no cemeteries tonight. Tonight, to reward ourselves for finishing our exams, we are going out : )
Expect an entry tomorrow my dears!
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