1) Bank closes between 11-2.30, I have classes 11-2.30 so unable to collect my bank card. Have now worked out why getting a French bank account takes months...
2) Professors and course co-ordinators find it amusing and completely logical to write the wrong number of credits in the hand-book to mess up your timetable, planning and classes.
3) French ballet lessons are painful....but excellent (this could be a fortunate event, i'm still in too much pain to think objectively).
4) Paris is cold, rainy and windy in October, which would be terribly artistic and romantic apart from the fact that I only own ballet pumps and summer tops.
5) Croissants for breakfast are making me fat and poor.
6) In order to have a Metro card, one must prove their identity, not with one, nor two pieces of identification but three as well as having proof that they live in Paris (seriously France....just to use your trains?)
7) Being handed a leaflet by the French society of students commanding you to fight back over the increase in French university fees from €150 to €200 per year makes you remember your building student loan and overdraft. At the same time, ripping the leaflet up and laughing at the sheer audacity of the rise in front of a group of outraged french students doesn't help you make any friends.
However, despite this series of unfortunate events, Paris remains marvellous and my freshly baked and still warm baguette today was enough to dispel any animosity I was feeling......until the fun all starts again tomorrow!
Mood- So ready this time, bring it on France!
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Thanks for all your messages, I really appreciate each and every one! B x