“I came to France and I lost half my English!” – Steph Gogal
Steph and Adie have decided to write this blog ensemble.
This is the story of two sisters in France. One day, the sister named Adrianne took the train to Paris to visit Stephanie. There was a very handsome young man who helped Adrianne get on the Train because she had no idea what she was doing, He then asked for her number … it was a good way to start the day. Unfortunately Adie and Steph didn’t do so well on communicating their meeting place, so Adie decided to call Steph and meet her under the Eiffel tower. They found each other there, it was nice.
So after a petite pause on the Champs de Mars, Steph took Adie to see her apartment, which Adie liked. This made Steph happy.
Next they found a café and had some lunch. Adie ate really fatty duck called “confit du canard” and Steph had what the waiter described as “chicken cake”. It was delicious. Bien.
Adie bought a phone, and the two of them commented on how there is not very good shopping in Paris. So they decided to walk au bord de la Seine instead. But it was way too much work to walk along the river, so they took a boat. Next stop… Musee d’Orsay!
Do any of these names ring a bell? Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh(gal), Manet… oh, c’etait super bon! Seriously, they had never seen anything like it. To be so close to such art, it was incredible for them! Steph really liked Monet’s sail boats. Adie really liked the Courbet. They then had a very intelligent conversation about art and love and life.
Moving on. Notre Dame was the next stop….. Meh.
Just kidding – they thought that was pretty cool and Steph would like to go back so she can go all the way to the top. They then met Steph’s family who took them on a quick walking tour through the Quartier Latin. Oh la. Oh la la. Oh la la la la. They liked this a lot. They saw La Sorbonne and le Pantheon, and a lot of restaurants and shops. It was like a dream, the Paris of your imagination. They will definitely return!
Hadrien, the little boy that Steph takes care of, picked the restaurant for dinner. They couldn’t have done it more French if they’d tried! Raclette and fondue, complete with a lovely bottle of Savoie and an ongoing animated French lesson throughout. They had a lot of fun and were very very content to have spent such a great evening with Steph’s family.
Then they missed their train back to Arpajon (where Adie lives). But all was ok after they ran like crazy women to catch the next one! One hour later they arrived at the small village, and Stephanie’s feet were sore. Steph met Adie’s family, and they passed the evening very nicely , enjoying some herbal tea and conversing about the differences between French and Canadian culture.
They stayed up till 2 am writing a blog, then thought it might be a good plan to get some sleep before another exciting day tomorrow.
The End. (for now)
A bientot!
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