More Cheese & Jet Lag

5/31/09 8:41 PM CEST

So, I went back to sleep after my last post. Because I was tired, and it was 7AM France time and 1AM in New Haven.... so that's excusable.

I wake up to a phone call from NINA, who got in today- it was so exciting! We caught up etc., and went to eat immediately (well, after I put on clothes and brushed my teeth and made sure I didn't still generally look like crap).

We went to this place next door, where I got Francfort Frites (basically french fries with nothing to eat them with) for 8.90 Euro (which means i basically paid $13 for french fries) and a cheese board. One thing that irks me is that water is not free here, so I've been altogether parched.

I went back to my room and slept some more, and was awakened to some knocking, and a woman entering...

I sit up, wearing only boxer-briefs. She speaks French. I make it obvious I have no idea what she is talking about.

"You wanting the clean?" 

"No, no, I'm okay."

"Towels?"

"Yes, please."

So she puts new towels in and walks out- but I'm still shocked that someone barged into my room when I could have easily been naked due to the heat.

Whatever.

Nina and I meet up and go exploring to find dinner, where she keeps yelling at me that certain places are crap and touristy and greasy and too expensive. BUT I did find a Subway (SCORE!). Keeping a mental note about that.

We settle on a creperie. I ordered the Complete which had eggs, cheese, and ham (ouef, fromage, jambon) and a citron frait- which I assumed and was told by Nina was citrus, but realized later was actually just lemon. It was good anyway. Altogether, I paid 20 Euro and headed out, where I am now typing.

 I'm putting my chair on the balcony so I can finish reading (or at least pretend to finish reading) my books for class on Tuesday.