Ce Soir...

Tonight was VERY amazing and so French. I had a diner de conf (or dinner for my class) for my World of Wine Class. We decided to have a picnic in lieu of going to a restaurant, due to budget constraints. We began at Place de Voges and then moved to the Seine when the police approached us and told us that the plethora of wine we had was "interdit". After moving to the Seine, we fully enjoyed our wine (I brought REAL Champagne) and sang Edith Piaf as the sun went down. Yes it was a cliche and YES I LOVED it. We ended up at a bar near our school, singing to more Edith Piaf songs and enjoying more wine. I learned that at Sciences Po, there are the "cool kids"--whom I got to hang out with tonight and who are actually totally normal and fun, and the more "traditional students"--who I seem to be encountering in the majority of my classes, and who aren't quite as social. In any event, I am glad to hang with Frenchies, and feel like it's "better late than never" to explore nightlife with them.

More updates later, but I was too excited about tonight to not let this one pass...