Dinner for 15...

Howdy everyone! I guess it is nice to have some down time in Strasbourg. The past few days I have just been exploring the town after class and getting to know my way around. Class has been a little boring, so I have a hard time staying awake, but that's nothing a CocaCola Light cannot fix. Last night, we had a dinner party in our room, it was so fun. Even though our entire "Apartment" is about the size of my room at home, we managed to cook a meal for over 15 people. It was delicious, pasta, salad, fruit salad and of course bread and cheese. I have never seen such a large cheese selection at a grocery store in my life. I am partial to Munster cheese and I find it funny that something that smells so awful could taste so good. Along with our dinner last night we received a "warning" from that front desk that we needed to be quiet....really at 7:30pm? Honestly, I think that the people just like to pick on us and not just in the hotel. Our cultures could not be more different, Americans=social, friendly, energetic while the French= quiet, reserved, calm along with some other words. I wish I could demonstrate some of the looks people give us when we are traveling in the Tram or walking around the University. Fortunately, I have learned to not take it personally and just keep on being myself. After our dinner party last night since we were so "loud" we decided to find a park and play "Futbol" aka soccer. It was a blast. We found this tiny little court for about 20 of us and eventually became the spectacle of the park, what's new.

Tomorrow morning we (the whole group) are leaving for Brussles; I am very excited to eat a Belgian waffle, as well as try their chocolate and fries. Then Friday afternoon we will be getting on a bus to Paris. We will spend the rest of the weekend there and head back Sunday night. I wish we had more time in both places, but we have to squeeze in a visit to the European Council etc.

Salut!
Rachel