Started our week of intensive French today. Teacher's cool, class is good, yea yea. After a wonderful lunch with Sunithi, which consisted of the most fabulous omelette I have ever tasted and an etherial cafe creme, we both came to the realization that we will be truly spoiled by the end of this trip and it will be very difficult to return to terrible American coffee...and food for that matter. After lunch, we were given a tour of the neighborhood where the IES center is located. Right in the center of the 6th arrondissement, rue Daguerre is a true microcosm of Paris. Everything one could ever need is steps away and the smell of fresh pain au chocolat lingers in the air from the morning. There are a multitude of little chocolate shops, a greek cafe and a small store that consisted solely of an enormous case FULL with freshly made pasta waiting to be taken home and thrown in boiling water.
It seems to be getting colder and unfortunately is supposed to snow on my birthday, whomp whomp. However, Madame informed me that I am more than welcome to invite another friend over for dinner on that day. I'll give you one wild guess to who l'invitée will be. Came home to another wonderful dinner. Everyday I am pleasantly surprised by her cooking. After tonight's dinner, we were all sitting around drinking tea while she pointed me to her STACK of France's most popular culinary magazine. It is so interesting. Absolutely full of recipes I have never heard of.
Meals:
Sunday dinner (always more fancy):
pumpkin soup w/ coconut milk, curry and cardamom-->so good
calamari curry over rice
some sort of cake/mousse beautiful dessert that Sonia and I bought for madame at our local Patisserie
Dinner tonight:
Celery Root soup--> delicious
Pounded grilled pork (i think) with mushroom sauce and pasta
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