Mon Appartement À Paris
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11/18/2002 Entry: "À Paris"
Bonjour à tous! Je suis à Paris enfin. :) I arrived last Thursday, everything went pretty smoothly, except that my landlady was late so I had to wait outside the apartment for an hour. She’s nice though. I thought my French was good enough, but that confidence level dropped pretty fast the moment I arrived. It’ll take a while to get used to speaking again. I spent more than an hour trying to get my phone line installed. One thing you have to learn here in Paris is PATIENCE – especially if you don’t speak the language. Anyway, today marks an achievement, I now have a phone line, a cellphone, and an internet connection. Yey!
So today was my first day of school, and it was far from perfect. Everyone in my class spoke excellent French, so they didn’t have any trouble with our chef’s demonstration (which was all in French). During our practicals, I came in a bit late (but they actually started early, wasn’t my fault!), so I was a bit behind all throughout. I’ve always been the slowest one in class though. In addition to being slow, I screwed up a lot today. Oh la la! C'est n'est pas bon.
We made 3 soufflés chaud (hot soufflés): chocolate soufflé with orange confiture and orange segments, coconut soufflé Malibu with pineapple garniture, and apple soufflé with crème anglaise and caramelized apple balls. For the apple soufflé, we baked it in the apple shell. Pretty cool. Forgot to bring my camera to class though. Ugh. Here's a picture of me in my apartment...
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oo la la! tres bien!
Posted by secret admirer @ 11/21/2002 07:39 PM PST
