Well, on Thursday morning we met at the Louvre pyramids bright and early with our Art and Arch class. We spent the day looking at famous sculptures and paintings from early Egypt, Greece, Rome, Iran, France, and lots of other places. My favorite was the "Winged Victory" statue (see pic below) and Savannah loved the "Raft of Medusa" painting. We stayed at the museum until mid-afternoon until we were so tired that relics from 300 BC ancient Egypt were not enough to impress us. We came home, napped, then nervously waited for dinner hoping for something not out of a microwave. But, of course, it wasn't and we got some great charred hamburger meat that Savannah blogged about a couple days ago. However, our French teacher canceled class on Friday, so we were not going to let the worst meal we have ever been served in our lives going to get us down, so we went out. We started at a nearby cafe that has become "our place" and then went to a nearby Irish Pub for some fun and escape from our homestay.
Friday was our day off so we got to sleep in. We found a really cheap area to go shopping, thanks to my fantastic Paris for Dummies. It was nice to go into a store with the chance of actually being able to afford something. On our way down the street we came across the most amazing market. When we went to Paris, we expected to find markets like this all over the city, and finally we had found one. We ended up buying a bottle of Bordeaux for less than 4 Euros, some salami, bread, a really amazing cheese, and some fruits. We then headed home to rest and snack on our goodies. After a short rest, we knew that dinner was going to be soon. It was the dinner that changed our lives: plain really, really cheap hot dogs and powdered mashed potatoes. Yes, I am serious. Our hostmom, who was raised in the Cordon Bleau, not only served us burnt to a crisp hamburgers the night before but had just given us nasty hot dogs one might serve to a dog and potatoes that had the consistency of grits. We had had enough. To be continued...
3 comments:
Hi Kali. Wow, I can't wait to find out what happened!! I love cliffhangers. :) Well, at least you can be assured that you have some very good food in your future when you come visit in July. We are planning the trip to Vegas and picking out so many awesome restaurants (not to even mention the shopping...)! I hope that you don't starve until then, but I have a feeling that you and Savannah have a plan. Love you!
Sounds like a tasty meal right there Savannah. You and Kelly (or Kali if she wants) should come visit Alex and me up in Austin before you go back to school. We're moving into our new apartment in a month!
Bonjour Kali and Savannah!
I finally managed to get in to your blog! It was all in arabic here in Tripoli, so I had to connect through a computer in Houston to get it in English.
Sorry to about the abhorrent food! You should invite your host to your blog - maybe after you leave. Maybe she got tired of cooking after all the years. Hard to imagine that I'm cooking for my self and getting better food here in Libya!
When you are ready for tex-mex, go out to Indiana and have dinner on me.
Kali's Dad
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