Thursday, July 14, 2011

La Journée

Everyday, my roommates ask "So, what did you do today?" as my days seem to be filled with leisure and theirs work.

Alors, here is my "average" day:

First a nice morning trip to the market, where I try to arrive before the tourists other people. If I arrive early enough it allows me more time to chat with some of my "regular" vendors and avoid the massive crowds.


This is usually followed by un café in the Palais de Justice where I sit for a bit and try to read the newspaper, which ends up looking like this after a while:


Until a few days ago, I was able to grab a free paper on the way to the market. I then started having difficulty finding this particular paper, and after 2 days it proceeded to turn into a full on scavenger hunt through the city for this newspaper (I really like this paper, plus it has a suduko puzzle). Alas, after many days of scouring everywhere, I resorted to searching on the internet. For whatever reason, the last issue printed was last week, which explains why I searched high and low with no avail. When I told my roommate, she just matter of factly said,

Well, it's summer.
They probably went on vacation.

Yes, the newspaper stops printing because it's summer
and invariably vacation time.

The rest of my day is usually spent doing a various French lesson/exercise after meandering through these gorgeous streets




They call me a "lady of leisure"

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