grocerys stores, greek mythology, and moon landings. what more could you want?

When you have a three hour long lunch break, and a school with no sitting places, and a city with very wet weather, you find a place of refuge. Mine is the grocery store.

Every time that Bridget and I have a 3-hour break we hop on the metro to Saint Sever, a mall across the Seine. Its only 3 stations away, so just about 6 minuets to get there. The mall is huge, with many bars/café/restaurants, many clothing stores, and about 5 phone stores. You could find everything you need to live off of. There is also an E.Leclerc. for those of you who aren’t familiar with French brands, E.Leclerc is to France, as WalMart is to North America. But more food focused.

Bridget and I like these stores very much. We will spend hours and hours just wandering the isles. It never gets old. Its always interesting, and it always smells good (and it never rains unexpectedly). We make little mental notes as we go “We gotta try that one day” “Whoah, what do you do with that?” “They eat that here?” “Hey! Its like Kraft Dinner!! With no cheese…..” “Why don’t they have ________?”.

We do often get strange glances when we walk out with nothing, because most people don’t go to the supermarket just to browse…. But hey, we get weird glances everywhere.

Our second place of refuge is the library. Which is conveniently located right across the street from our school, and is in the same building as our third place of refuge (that is the next paragraph). Bridget and I both have library cards now. I am currently reading a book (IN FRENCH) on Greek mythology. I am not really sure why. It was a sudden need to learn about mythology (I am already becoming a more ‘well rounded’ person. But that is also due to all the bread I consume). They have a small English section, mostly just the classics. We also like the children’s section; we are frequent visitors there.

The third place of refuge is the Fnac. It is also right across from the school, and sells computers, televisions, cameras etc, and books, and music. Upstairs there is an exhibit of photos on the moon, and there are some comfy chairs. The staff must think we are very interested in the moon landings……

The rain has started. Lots of it. I have a feeling that Bridget and I will be spending a lot of time in our three little spots. I will take some photos of each for you 