First day of class

Today was the first day of our EU/French law class! This morning before class, I took some people to the phone store to translate and help everyone either buy phones or get sim cards. That took a few hours, but everyone got what they needed-- except internet on the phones, but oh well, we will have to survive for the next month getting our internet from this cafe and the hotel.

After the phone store, I went to the sandwich shop on the corner and had a great salad. It was called "chevre chaud"-- hot goat cheese-- and it was amazing! I thought the goat cheese would be in the salad, but instead it was on top of baguette slices, drizzled with honey and heated in the oven for a few minutes. DELISH. The goat cheese/baguettes were on top of a salad with lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and a vinaigrette. I will definitely going back there for more... and they also have sandwiches and grilled cheese (with various toppings) that look rather tasty.

After lunch, we headed to the hotel for class. Luckily there is internet there as well. I met Professor Amado for the first time, after having emailed with him back and forth for a few months. He's really nice and easy to talk to, even in French. He's teaching our first class on French and EU law, which is actually pretty interesting because of the differences/comparisons with American law. He speaks English with a British accent which is really cool! He speaks it pretty well too. I'm excited to learn more about international law and to do the internship with Amado in Paris.

After class we made some dinner-- spaghetti with veggies and olive oil, salad with toasted almonds and strawberries and goat cheese croutons. It was pretty awesome with the red wine we bought. All the wine here is pretty great!

Anyways, we are at the cafe once again. I'm sure the bartenders and the people who work here will get pretty sick of the big group of loud American students by the end of the trip...

PS See pictures I'm adding here and in some of the other posts!