Some Requisite Touristy-ness

So my host mother and I went to the market this morning. I got the tour of good chunk of the area while walking there and back and found a couple of places I definitely want to go back to. The market was awesome: fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs, and fresh pasta!! I think I will go back next Saturday and buy some of my groceries from there. There were also some stands with some cute sweaters and jackets, so who knows… maybe a trench coat too so I can be a real Française! On our way back we stopped in the smallest Sephora I have ever seen because Marie-Claire is looking for a new perfume. Marie-Claire also showed me the most expensive clothing store in town and the chicest butcher-esque place. We walked by a pastry store that looked out of this world; I should have taken a picture. I will definitely be going back there soon!!! We also walked past what appeared to be a kosher butcher.

My host mother was bugging me to go into Paris and Abbey was nice enough to invite me along on her adventure this afternoon so we met up with Brad (not Brand as I called him in a previous post) in front of the Church Saint Ambroise in the 11th arrondisement. After deciding that Sunday was not the day to meander around a church, we took the metro to the Trocadero/ Palais de Chaillot for one of the best views of the Eiffel Tower in town. After doing the requisite touristy things like posing in front of the Eiffel Tower for pictures, we headed to a nearby café for an afternoon coffee.

Eiffel Tower and Les Invalides (the gold dome on the left) from the Trocadero.

The Palais de Chaillot with the Eiffel Tower behind it.

My evening was pretty quite, chatted with friends online and read some more Harry Potter. I think I’m going to watch a movie my host mother wants me to see (I think to improve my French). I also need to figure out how to get to the building where we’re having orientation tomorrow. A bientôt!