Today will be quick - power source issues for the computer make the available power time very short - hopefully tomorrow I will get either a new adapter or the euro version of my power cord.
Food: Cafe on maybe the busiest corner in Paris - Notre Dame on the other side of the Seine, tourists and cars everywhere - I sat on the patio - it was great. I had two glasses of Cote de Rhones wine, a veggie pizza (I know, not very French) and an espresso for 22 euro. The waiter was fabulous - spoke to me in French - was very amiable and even insisted that we get our picture taken together before I left (pictures will be uploaded tomorrow as the power situation is worked out).
Highlights: got my hands on the book I need today - it was great - I will visit it again on Monday. Also, ran into a crazy philosopher who asked me for a light and then talked at me for 20 minutes about Spinoza and Nietzsche. Good times?
Point of Interest: there's this thing here called 'velolibre' where there a tons and tons of public bikes and you put some money in to borrow it and get the money back when you return it - everyone is riding them - but everyone also constantly rings the bell while they're riding. What's that about? What do they know that I don't?
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Today was beautiful - a holiday in France - so the people were out and about! I spent the day walking the various 'rives' of the Seine - the sun was shining - it was very nice.
And what about the food you ask? Well, lunch was on the run - a swiss cheese baguette and a coca light for 6 euros (delicious!). Dinner was at a wonderful little Moroccan place that my supervisor recommended called 'Chez Bebert'. The Frenchest part of this restaurant was that it was in France - the waiter spoke to me in French, made jokes and was overall so very pleasant. The food...ooh! I had a glass of yummy wine called 'mascara' and to start a thin pastry like package filled with goat cheese and glazed with a really light honey-like sauce. For dinner I had the vegetable couscous - a pile of couscous served with four different side dishes - one of roasted vegetables, one of a tomato sauce with more roasted vegetables, one of chick peas in a mild spice sauce, and the last of white kidney beans in a red sauce...add to that a great spicy spread...yum! All that with an espresso was 24euros. Not bad! I walked home from there and now am ready to do some reading and then go to bed. Tomorrow I hit the library and hope to start my research.
Point of interest - no one here wears sandals. What do they know that I don't?
And what about the food you ask? Well, lunch was on the run - a swiss cheese baguette and a coca light for 6 euros (delicious!). Dinner was at a wonderful little Moroccan place that my supervisor recommended called 'Chez Bebert'. The Frenchest part of this restaurant was that it was in France - the waiter spoke to me in French, made jokes and was overall so very pleasant. The food...ooh! I had a glass of yummy wine called 'mascara' and to start a thin pastry like package filled with goat cheese and glazed with a really light honey-like sauce. For dinner I had the vegetable couscous - a pile of couscous served with four different side dishes - one of roasted vegetables, one of a tomato sauce with more roasted vegetables, one of chick peas in a mild spice sauce, and the last of white kidney beans in a red sauce...add to that a great spicy spread...yum! All that with an espresso was 24euros. Not bad! I walked home from there and now am ready to do some reading and then go to bed. Tomorrow I hit the library and hope to start my research.
Point of interest - no one here wears sandals. What do they know that I don't?
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Une Canadienne en France...
Photos to come when camera charged up...
I've decided to review Paris eating establishments from the vegetarian/pescatarian point of view. Tonight I dined at a place in the heart of 'Place D'Italie' where I had a glass of pinot noir, an open faced grilled sandwich of emmenthal, camembert and goat cheese, and espresso for 16 euros. The food was fine, but the waiter was so French, that he has set a bar that will be difficult for other French waiters to meet. He only spoke to me in English (though I only spoke to him in French), he was scoping the women coming up from the metro the entire time he was taking orders, delivering food, making change (this was on a patio), and his hair was slicked back all greasy like as though he were an even Frencher caricature of himself. Oh Paris.
I've decided to review Paris eating establishments from the vegetarian/pescatarian point of view. Tonight I dined at a place in the heart of 'Place D'Italie' where I had a glass of pinot noir, an open faced grilled sandwich of emmenthal, camembert and goat cheese, and espresso for 16 euros. The food was fine, but the waiter was so French, that he has set a bar that will be difficult for other French waiters to meet. He only spoke to me in English (though I only spoke to him in French), he was scoping the women coming up from the metro the entire time he was taking orders, delivering food, making change (this was on a patio), and his hair was slicked back all greasy like as though he were an even Frencher caricature of himself. Oh Paris.
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