Day 3
Monday:
Like I said up above, yesterday was crazy! It seems like it went by super fast! It was Cam's first day at work and it went really well he said...they do things at a different pace here and he was surprised at how much coffe they drink here! He said even though it was almost 100 degrees yesterday (we brought the wind and heat from back home!), he said the majority of his co-workers enjoyed a hot coffee at the end of their lunch break yesterday. He was also surprised at how cheap his lunch was--they don't really do left overs here so he has to eat lunch at work and he was able to get a decent meal for about 4 Euros which is pretty good! I am going to add a picture of his first day work but the picture isn't stellar because the lighting wasn't very good but you can get an idea :)
I also had a crazy busy day yesterday--I ran errands like crazy and we got moved into our new room so I spent a few hours trying to get some stuff put away...I ended up going to both of the grocery stores, the mall, around the shopping strip, and then out to dinner! We ended up eating at a sushi place last night which was quite interesting (see pictures below!) but it wasn't awful! It wasn't like Kanai back home, but it worked :)
Day 4
Tuesday:
Today has been a little slower pace because we had a pretty late night last night and neither of us got much sleep. Cam still had to get up and go to work on like 3 1/2 hours of sleep, but he's a trooper and doesn't complain too much. We are planning on going shopping with Rob and Sara before dinner tonight so hopefully we are wiped out and can get some sleep tonight...
I have some pictures I will attach and elaborate a little more on once I get to them but I didn't go into detail with my post so far so I will summarize some first impressions:
1. We have it really good at home. Over here they don't even put a sink in the same room as the toilet so you have to go to the shower room or kitchen to wash your hands after you use the restroom (Ummm gross).
2. French is a tricky language, especially when they speak it as fast as I speak English. Which as most of you know is like lighting fast!
3. People walk everywhere here which is really cool. The only downside is that they do it in sandals nd thats wears a girls feet out after awhile! I might try to get some nice leather sandals before too long that are comfortable because the two pairs of flips flops I brought don't last all day (they hurt)...
4. They have some AMAZING bread here. And German chocolate so I don't think I will starve....I am trying to make sure Cam gets enough calories though because their food schedule is way different here--lunch isn't until 12:30 (Cam is used to 11:30) and they don't even start serving dinner here until 7 pm. And if you walk in at 8 pm you are still one of the first ones in the restaurant.
5. It will take some getting used to but I think Cam and I will have a good time--we are still trying to get some sleep.
Here are a few pictures from our first few days and they aren't in any special order...
This is in one of the parks we walked through on Sunday (our first full day here...)
Eating sushi in France!
These pictures aren't stellar quality because they are with my small point and shoot, but I will bring the big one along one of these days! My small one fits into my small wallet that I carry so that's why I have been using the small one so much :)
Hope you have a great day!
J
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