Good news: I was actually able to drink two cocktails today and not feel sick. I think this is the first time I have been able to drink and feel happy afterwards. I ordered a white russian and a sex on the quai (sex on the train platform) and they were both delicious. Especially the sex on the quai. It tasted like a pomelo drink. It was 2 for 1 cocktail day so I decided why not. Good company and good alcohol. Plus, I'm legal here!! I did end up taking a nap on a friends bed for a while though before I decided to head home.
Anywho, I have been itching to cook for the past couple of weeks and I finally had an opportunity to invite my friends over to my new apartment and have a dinner with them. The menu included scalloped potatoes gratin, eggplant parmigiana with a tomato and olive based sauce, buttered garlic/shallot greenbeans, baguette, some wine, and a tiramisu for dinner. The tiramisu didn't come out as light and airy as I had hopes but I did not have access to an electric whip and had to whisk everything by hand. That was quite a work out. Dinner lasted about 5 hours (thats what I love most about France, you can take as long as you want and talk about whatever you want with some good friends at the dinner table or at a cafe). Heres a few pictures of the food:
OH! forgot to mention how fantastic my landlord is. He is this nice man in his mid-thirties and he is just the most hospitable landlord I have ever met. He always does things for me that i don't expect. He refills the fruit bowls all the time and expects me to eat them. He has a coffee machine and is always stocked so that I can make my friends and me some coffee whenever I want. He has beer in the fridge for when there is company even though he doesn't drink. He buys pizza and leaves me some in the fridge just in case I am hungry. There is nothing I don't love about this guy. ANDD he is always out so I can just relax and chill in the apartment without intruding his personal space. I thought it would be a bit sketchy at first but I am truly happy where I am. I have to thank God for that since I have been praying that everything will go smoothly and no problems will come up. Oh, and the key to the apartment is pretty legit. Its a real old school key:
I have also discovered that the French do not use dryers for their clothes and their washing machines are very small. I have to do two loads for a small bag of laundry. I suppose it is better this way so i don't feel bad about wasting water and energy when I separate my whites and my colors. It did take two days for my clothes to dry though:
Well, I am off to read the bible. Until next time.
Side note: I hope the stupid mosquito that was in my room last night died from drinking too much of my blood. These bites are killing me.
Also got was approached by another guy yesterday. This one was not so good looking and more annoying than the last. I was going to pick up my friend Elliot and as I'm walking, he approaches me and starts asking me a million questions. Then I say I have to go and he says to see your friends? At this point i just tell him i am going to see my boyfriend. He says when I'm done with my boyfriend, he would love to take me out to Lunch. What the heck right? French men are just odd.
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