Whoah, this was last day of summer?

Bonjour tout le monde!

I'm going to try and keep this short as I have my first class tomorrow bright and early at 9am :) (I put a smiley icon there now, but later I'm sure I'm going to be hating that early class..)

There was no market today, so no noise at 7am= me getting to keep sleeping soundly for longer than usual. At noon, I left to meet a new friend of mine, Hadley, at a cafe near our school. We ended up getting notebooks and planners at a store nearby, but my planner ended up costing me 10 euros! Sheesh and all for such a small thing? Whatevs, I needed one.

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Afterwards, Hadley steered us to the H&M and while she left soon after that for her class, I stayed and found a couple of good coats that I hope will be worth the money. We shall see..

Once I'd gotten my things, I made yet another trip to La Defense and finally picked up my checkbook and card. Here's a picture of them, along with my pricey planner and notebook:

French cards are a little different in that they have chips embedded on the front. Here's a closeup:

Well, this meant that if I wanted to, I could've gone and gotten a phone as well. BUT did I want to chance going, trying to communicate my wants and need for a telephone, and get screwed over? No. I didn't have a native Parisian with me today, so unless I can get someone from ISA to help me out, it'll have to wait until Thursday when Theo may be able to accompany me. So close! It's painful..because if I'd had a phone earlier this afternoon, I would've been able to find new friend Rebecca at our meeting place instead of having to just head back home because I couldn't call her. *Sigh*

But I got some salami today after trying some at the picnic I ended up having with one of the families I met. Here's a picture:

I'm not sure what it is that it smells like, only that it smells familiar, and it smells GOOD. Though I have to admit that it tastes better. Mmm :)

Well, went for my run again today, it's getting a little easier again, hurrah.

Well folks, I'm off to bed here soon. I think I'm just going to get up early to do a little French review. I'm still kind of nervous as I'm not sure what French class level I was put in, and don't know how much I'll understand. But I'm happy we'll be allowed to switch within the first two weeks..

Wish me luck!

Rachael