First grocery trip, First day of school

I apologize for the delay in updates, but it will be a few days before we get internet at our apartment. I have been having to wait to come to school and write on my lunch break, but it shall suffice :)

So, I left off at Sunday night...

Since all the grocery stores were closed Sunday, we made our first trip to the grocery store on Monday. It was INSANE.

We had to go to La Defense to find a supermarket with reasonable prices...

which also meant we had to haul all the groceries back home via Metro...

5 huge grocery bags filled with wine and cheese, you know, the neccessities. We had to stop and take a break.

The good news? I was able to find the ingredients to cook an AMAZING gumbo for my roomies; they had no idea what it was, so I had to show them some GOOD cooking, CAJUN STYLE.

The only different ingredient: some type of French sausage (saucisse), but it was REALLY GOOD.

And the final outcome?

VOILA!

Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the expressions of heavenly glory on their faces, but you can just imagine. It was the perfect meal for the night before our first day of school. Oh, and I also made us all lunch to bring the next day: croissant sandwiche au jambon avec fromage (ham sandwiches with cheese, lol)...

For me, the next morning was like the first day of kindergarten all over again. I was so excited, and kinda nervous at the same time. I will probably be more nervous next week because this week is only orientation. Of course, we left a little early, just to be on the safe side. We ended up having time to snap a few photos to remember our first day of school in Paris :)

So our first day of school was pretty good. We had more time after school to take some more pictures. These are for you Ms. Laynie :)

And our official class picture. ESCE International: Fall 2011!

So after getting home from school, we had some laundry to do. WELL...our dryer is in German or Dutch or Finnish or something (who knows?!). My lovely roommates decided to fix this problem, and to them, I am very thankful :) The four of us are like a match made in heaven.

Our freshly, english-labeled washer/dryer with pictures and all :)

Check out the label for cotton... It's a little sheep!!

And of course our little laundry man. If I were him, I would be scared, too.

I think that is all for now. I have a meeting to see what my schedule will be like in about an hour. Also, I think I will try to find Chinatown in Paris to get some soypaper to roll some sushi for dinner tonight. Don't worry. I will take pictures. And don't be too jealous, either ;)

À plus tard,
Kristen