1 month left

Another week has passed by, leaving me with one month left in Paris.  Hard to believe time has flew by so quickly, and I'm sure the next four weeks won't be any different.  It was a pretty uneventful week though.  I had a group project that needed to be finished and a paper to write for French class so that took up most of my time.  I also have been watching Dexter, so that has taken up my "down time".  The internet in our apartment has almost been normal, its amazing.  I have been able to FINALLY talk to my friends and parents back home through Skype. 

Last Thursday I went to the American grocery store called "Thanksgiving" to check out what they have, maybe even for Thanksgiving Day.  It was incredible how expensive everything was.  A box of Cinnamon Toast Cruch cost 13 dollars!  They were also taking orders for turkeys but to feed the 12 people we think will be feeding it would've cost 90 dollars for an uncooked bird.  Then after a quick lunch at Subway I went to check out Saint Chappelle, a church in the Palais de Justice (French Supreme Court).  You had to go through airport tight security, it was crazy.  Of course on this particular day I was wearing my "bling" jeans which have a bunch of rhinestones and studs above the butt pockets.  I kept saying omgosh this is going to set off the alarm...what do ya know, they did.  The security guard waved his wand all over my body and right as it traversed over my butt I hear a BEEEEEP.  It was embarassing but I think more for the poor guy who got a nice surprise haha.  Anyways, it was a beautiful church which had these gigantic stained glass windows all around.  Then we decided to wander into the Palais de Justice.  It was like something from a movie.  There were these giants rooms with 20 secret little doors that lead to other rooms.  Men and women were running around in black cloaks and we almost got lost in there, so decided it was time to leave.  We headed for Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris.  When I first saw it I didn't think that was it, it really doesn't look that old to me.  I was expecting to see some shabby old wood thing hanging on by a thread. 

Friday I has a business excursion to the Cite des Sciences which is the Children's Science Museum.  Not a lot of people showed up to that one.  It really is interesting to think about how in other countires museums and tourist attractions are listed in multiple languages, but in the United States not.  I really liked the interactive screens they had which were laid out in a table format, very modern.  After that I went back to Galeries Lafayette, a department store that is supposed to have fashion shows every Friday at 3pm.  Well when we got there I asked two workers where the fashion show was and they looked at me like I was crazy.  They said they have never had that before!  I have read in multiple tourist books and on websites that they do, so I have no idea what is going on there.  Fail.  At least I saw some pretty Christmas decorations!  In the end we bought some Christmas wine to have later that night and left.  Well the red wine is mixed with spices and you serve it warm, it was GROSS.  It was just too spiced/sweet.  Fail.  That night we went out to a Hookah bar (flavored tobacco smoked through a waterpipe popular in Middle East), and I tried that for the first time.  It was an interesting experience, but not really my thing so I won't be doing it again.  I didn't like the feeling. 

Saturday I tried going to the Pierre Cardin museum.  Key word again, tried.  I wrote down an address that was on a link google gave me, and even the correct directions and metro stop.  Well when I arrived there was no such thing present.  I was so confused.  I went back home and checked the address again to find that it was 33 not 35, but even standing there looking around I didn't see it.  I have no idea what went wrong there as well but I guess I can worry about that some other time.