3- Day Social Weekend

Friday was a rather good day! The morning was spent drinking green tea and talking to my love for a while, which always means a lot to me. It's been a little over a month and a half since we said goodbye in the airport, but 12 more weeks and he'll be visiting me in France! YAY!

I also joined Candice and Lyndsie for some cardio. I did a few laps around the track (mostly walking because I haven't ran/jogged in probably 2 years) and then we did a small trail through the woods. I was surprised at how much I could do though, and it was mostly my lungs that were giving me problems.

Friday night I  had dinner in the resto U and the vegetables were cooked like ratatouille! NOM. I wish I could have just gotten a plate of them!

Also, the beignets are ridiculously good! 

Mmm, beignet

Lyndsie had met one of her French neighbors and she is such a sweetheart and very smart. Also, thanks to Lyndsie, we were also invited to watch a movie at one of her classmate's apartment.

I drank a little bit of white wine. which was pretty good, and we watched 2 Guns with Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. It was kind of funny and okay, but also pretty corny.

That foyer and stairwell though... LOVE.

SATURDAY

Very relaxed day. My calves hated me a little bit from the exercise the day before, but they get over it. I've been stretching them out pretty frequently.

I went to the Hyper U and bought another pillow and pillow case. a pack of assorted cute pink towels, and a baguette!

My other incentive for getting a second pillow - using the case as a laundry bag! Genius, right?

Let me just say, the stories are true about French bread. It is the most perfect bread EVER. The outside is crunchy but is only just a small layer before you get to the super soft center. It is also super inexpensive. I'm talking less than a dollar for a giant baguette.

My friends, I'm not kidding when I say that I will be living off of bread and cheese.

Goat cheese on baguette with herbes de Provence. YUMMY

That night we joined together in la cuisine by my room and made dinner. Matt already ate, Candice had a meal of quinoa, Lyndsie had chicken and peppers, and I made spaghetti with some mushrooms and a super delicious pepper pasta sauce.

Matt also found dragon fruit, so we tried some of that as well!

SUNDAY

Claire, a wonderful French student who helped us with registering at the school, invited us to brunch with her and her friend, Andréa. 

                                             

It was a lot of fun, and the food was super delicious. We went to au coin des halles.

They have a good-sized tea collection! I'll definitely be back! 

So Bruch consisted of one hot drink, orange juice, bread, butter, jam (strawberry? and apricot!),  your choice of croissant or pain au chocolat, scrambled eggs, bacon, and some fromage blanc (a yogurt-like cheese) with mango purée.

Photo courtesy of Candice!

Photo courtesy of Candice!

So basically, I want to eat there every Sunday. It costs about 12€50 per person, which is a little pricey, but I'm pretty sure the bread is all-you-can-eat. And did I mention it's delicious? Cause it really, really is.

For my tea, I decided to get the ginger. Candice had jasmine, Claire had earl grey, and Andréa had a wonderful smelling tea with peach and apricot.

From there we walked back to Claire's car since she so graciously picked us up!

After a short break, Candice, Lyndsie and I met back up for some exercising. My lungs HATE me; I did one jogged loop and the rest walked. I tried again when we did the trail but I just didn't last long. But definitely did over 2 miles today, plus a killer leg workout and ab workout. 

I also had my first attempt at using the wash machine right before they closed (2€50 per wash! Ouch), and Lyndsie made me some rice while we waited! Nom.

Now, all my clothes are hanging on every surface of my room that I could find to let them dry.

Hopefully something will be dry for tomorrow because in the morning starts my first real day of school!! Eek!!