Last Weekend

 

*For some reason I can't add more pictures, I will put the rest up when it allows me to*

Last weekend there was a wine festival around the corner from our house. Our program told us about it so we decided, why not go check it out! Free food, wine, and the chance to be around a ton of Parisians! We went and all shared the various meals that they had offered us. 

We got a plate of cheese, a plate of meat, and a plate with sausage and mashed potatoes (boy, oh boy, how we had missed mashed potatoes!). It was all delicious and super fun. We people watched, listen to the live band, and the MC for the day came over and picked on us. He announced over the microphone that there was a group of American girls all looking to learn French by some single French men. We thought it was funny and had a good time playing along. Eventually we decided to head home, feeling tired, and warm from the sunny weather. 

 

Later that night we decided to go on a pub-crawl that had been suggested to us, through a note, left by the girls that studied here last semester. We went to the starting bar and paid 10 euro then were lead by a tour guide person through 5 different bars/clubs in the city. There was a huge group filled with people from all around the world. Our leader, Sergio, was from El Paso Texas (aka Michael Soto’s home town), and grew up there and in Mexico. There was a girl from Columbia, Germany, a gentleman from the UK, and many Parisians. It was so much fun meeting new people and just having a great time hanging out with them! Since this was an organized event, each bar gave us discounted drinks and we were able to hang out and talk with all the people. It was such a great time.