Friday, February 19, 2010

Strolling through the Centre Ville

The weather was beautiful yesterday, with blue skies, a fresh breeze, and white clouds sailing past on the horizon. I didn't have class until 2:30, so I met my friend Shannon to walk around town.

We headed down Rue Bressigny, crossed Rue Foche and entered the centre ville. The shops, boulangeries, and cafes were all crowded with students on their lunch break.



Yes, that is a Claire's.

Our first stop (of course) was La Grignotine, where I got my usual pain au chocolat. As we ate, we wandered up to the cathedrale, where we met a couple other students from our program eating on the steps leading up the hill to the church. We went down to the bottom and sat by a fountain, finishing our lunch while gazing up the hill at the town.

Here I am in front of the steps:



Afterwards, we went up to the Monoprix and did some grocery shopping. I've been living off of avocados and pumpkin soup, so I picked up some salad and cocoa puffs to liven things up. I also got a box of milk. Yes, a box. The rest of my shopping I left for the Saturday market.

It was getting late by this point, so I headed back up to the Catho for my French slang class.

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