"The
Return". I read a newspaper article that rightly pointed out how
ominous the same name sounds in English. "La Rentree"
however, sums up that annual shifting back into gear come September
which isn't quite captured in our phrase "Back To School"
which conjures up images of patent leather shoes with frilly white
ankle socks and sharpened pencils.
"La
Rentree" encompasses kids, office workers, and you got it -
students! So today I dutifully navigated the Metro &
was rewarded by my first venture inside the Sorbonne & a student
card.
Getting
on at the Musee d'Orsay station and off outside Notre-Dame is really
quite amazing - two sites in one day without even trying :)
We
went into the most beautiful lecture hall I have ever seen, with
statues of famous philosophers in the four corners and a giant fresco
behind the lectern. I don't think my classes will be here but
it's not a bad introduction to the university!
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I
met loads of English students (so many from UCL!) and a group of us
went for lunch at a local cafe where I finally ate something
authentically French! Croque-Monsieurs are the best on a rainy day!
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Just
hunkering down inside because the weather ain't pretty, and at 19.00
this evening is the Gatsby Party at the Shakespeare and Co Bookstore
- let's hope the rain eases off!
À Bientôt!
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