Customs & New Things

This weekend I got to explore Paris some more you don’t realize how big it truly is until you have realized you have been here almost 3 weeks and you still have endless possibilities of things to go do and see.

            On Friday we went to the museee-orsay. It was a neat museum although there was a construction going on so there were not as many exhibit areas. The next day Rachael and I went out to a French dinner place where people line up down the street to sit down and eat. Although it is a very large restaurant in comparison to the others we have visited. We had a good meal there we had a cucumber and tomato salad, chicken and frites, followed by a pastry filled with ice cream and topped with warm hot chocolate. We were halfway through our meal and 2 boys were seated next at our table. We were confused about what was going on at first. The boys ended up knowing English and explained it is part of the ambiance. They told us about French food customs. In different regions they eat different things. Some of the items we though were strange was the frogs legs, horse, and calves head.

            After that they showed us a university that is very well known, they called it Paris’s MIT. Talking with them was very interesting and a great way to learn about some of their customs. They were telling us about their school system they are in. It is like a middle ground between high school and a university. They have half civilians and half military students. The purpose of this school is to study up hard on all the subjects so that they can get into some of the harder universities in Paris.