I made a delicious quiche tonight. It only delicious because I had my kind host brother helping me make it tonight. Otherwise, it would have been very watery, as I wouldn't have realized that cL does not mean L. Whoops.

It was a little salty, but considering my results lately, its amazing. I can't wait to to force, oops I mean ask my host brother help me make something else. There is some left over, lunch tomorrow!!

The next pictures are from a friend's birthday dinner (her name is Sarah too, I finally met some Sarah's in college. In the program, there are three Sarah's, including me, which means its a little confusing lol) We had a lot of fun, the restaurant gave her a brownie with something like a sparkler,(?) I don't know exactly what it was, but it was so cute! And really good, made me think of that dessert place in SF. And I got salmon with pesto sauce and so much butter it melted in my mouth. I've made the decision that the more butter, the better is something. I'm going to be 10 pounds heavier at the end of this. Which is a problem, because all of my work clothes are a perfect fit. Eeee, I ll deal with it when they don't fit.

So, the dessert that is in front of me is a fruit soup. Only a couple people are going to get this reference, but years ago, when I was in the east coast with my family, I got this dessert that was soup made out of fruit. I LOVED it and was never able to find it again. But they had it HEEREE!!! Its called Gazpacho and its Spanish. It actually normally a cold, Mediterranen soup made from fresh veggies, but the French ( and Virginians?) converted it into a cold fruit soup! That's vanilla ice cream inside it. It was really light, the consistancy was between a mousse and a smoothie.

As soon as I got home, I explained this to my host family and they told me that I could buy the veggie version at Monoprix. So today, I went and got some. I'm going to eat it tomorrow. They said its amazing, so we'll see!! As I loved the fruit version, I think I'll like the veggie as well. And continuing on the subject of food, my host brother told me that you can buy Doner in Paris!!! OMG. I'm going Doner searching this week. He said its not as good in Paris as in Germany, but whatever, I haven't had a substitute for a long time, so I'm fine with that. But back to the subject of the restaurant. This is the mural and sculpture work in it. All the pillars had pictures painted on them. Restaurants themselves are pieces of work here.

While dinning out in Paris is normally really expensive, (wahh), the best part about it is(if there is a good part) is that the tax for having a large group doesn't exist. You also don't have to tip, its included in the bill. Every time I've eaten out, we've always been over. I'm so used to SF, and wrangling with people to try try get the extra ten dollars (at least) to cover a bill. At this restaurant, even though the bill was huge, we were more than ten euros over!! We wrote "thank you" in every language we knew and I m sure the waiter looooved us for getting such a huge tip. They were very nice, and kept talking to use, I think we actually "made friends" with a french waiter. Who'd have known it??

And now, by popular demand, pictures of the apartment!! To start with, MY AMAZING VIEW! (from the living room, but heck, I can see it right now, so whatever, its great; the tower is lighting up and all glittery, I can't believe I can watch it right now)

The very cute, very parisian living room.

Yes, the washer is right next

to the fridge. And the bathtub and sink are in separate rooms. The bathroom is very small, but its pretty normal. Next, the fear inspiring, yes, it is that vertically challenging, staircase. oi. I m afraid one of these days I m going to fall and die as a result of not watching my footing.

My bed and--wait-- what's that on the wall? Yes, its camel boxes. Apparently their son did that haha

My scarves, the sink, and my desk!!

The other view is from my room, I can see Montmarte and the people walking around :)

And yes, its a friday night. But, as I'm still not completely better and don't want to do my homework, I m doing this :) Arrgg homework.

Oh, and if you want my address, ask!

Until next time!