Internships, the Opera, and sushi!

I've pretty much settled in now. Today was our second day of classes, so it's nice to get back into a routine. Since I last posted I went to the Musee d'Orsay, saw a movie (Love and Other Drugs with French subtitles...gotta start somewhere), explored the nightlife a bit, visited the Opera (just to tour, not to see anything...yet), set up two interviews for internships, and fell in love with sushi!


The Musee d'Orsay is probably one of my favorite museums I've ever been to. Last week we took a guided tour, which was good, but I didn't get to wander around on my own, so I will definitely be going back. Unfortunately you can't take pictures inside the museum, but here's the outside...

Last Wednesday I went to see Love and Other Drugs at a movie theatre called UGC. The mall type area that the movie theatre was in was underground and connected to the metro station...super weird. After asking threee people where the theatre was (including one woman standing right next to the sign for it...duh) my friend and I bought our tickets and sat down in front of blank screen in super comfy chairs. It was really strange to me that they weren't playing any advertisements when we got into the theatre. They just started the previews at the time posted. On a side note, they also don't have commercial breaks during TV shows...strange, but refreshing.


On Friday night a group of my friends and I decided to go out. We went to a bar on a street frequented by students in hopes of meeting some young French people. We had gone out before, but had encountered mostly senior citizens and families with young children in the bars we found...which was not really what we were looking for. We were just sitting at a table talking amongst ourselves when a random French girl (who had obviously had a bit too much to drink) came up and started talking to us. She then proceeded to introduce us to about six of her other friends. It was really nice to talk to some young Parisians, but of course they all wanted to practice their English so we didn't get to speak French with them. Anyway they were super nice and gave us some suggestions of places to go and things to do. It was a really fun night!


On Wednesday I group of us took a tour of the Opera. It was probably one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever been in. The pictures didn't turn out perfect because it was kind of dark, but here you go...

Sorry for posting so many pictures of the Opera...but I'm slightly obsessed. The pictures don't do it justice at all. We're planning on trying to get cheap tickets to go back and see a performance some time!


I'm doing an internship in place of one of my classes this semester. I have interviews at two possible places: a middle school as an assistant to an English teacher or a bilingual acting school. I had my interview with the acting school today (which went really well) and I have an interview with the middle school on Tuesday. I'm really looking forward to starting my internship!


I've definitely moved on from the cheese sandwiches...which are honestly starting to make me a bit sick. Now I'm in to sushi! Who would have thought that I would fall in love with sushi in Paris.... 

Yum!

Random note: I'm currently writing this on a computer equiped with a French keyboard (the Q and A are switched, the M is by the L, etc.) that is set up to work like an American keyboard. So when you press the key that says Q, you actually type an A. I basically just have to ignore the keyboard and remember my typing lessons from 5th grade.

Finally...my favorite picture of the week. 

In the gift shop of the Opera! So pretty!