Man food is good.

Bonjour!

Much like the song suggests, they gave me all the food I could want today and then some. All with the added benefit of having to do no work. My adviser didn't get in until 11 today, and I had a meeting at Ecole Polytechnique (the school affiliated with where I work) in which they outlined their graduate programs in a shameless plea to get us to attend them. Which made me feel nice to be wanted, but I probably won't be attending here. The graduate programs that interest me are all taught in French... and I still can't speak that language. So somewhere else for masters, maybe PhD, sorry mom. We'll see though.

The food though. That's what's important here. The food was free. And good, cause it's French food, and they don't mess around. They had quiches that were bomb and a brownie that was thick and chocolate and delicious. Plus wine, apple orange and grapefruit (very bitter) juice, sparkling water, and coffee. All for free. Which made it all better. I'm growing to love the coffee here and being able to indulge it in free was awesome.

Then when I returned to LOA (the lab where I work), there was a barbecue kind of thing. It was not like BBQ back home though. No sauce. Just chicken on sticks, some salad things, and couscous and wine again. They brought out cheeses and breads and fruits later. Then came the desserts and they just never stopped bringing them out and they were so good. All that to say, this was the first time I've been overly full after eating, so full I can skip dinner. It never happens here normally, the portions are too small. It's nice for a change, but I don't know how I eat like this back home. I hope it's something that stays with me. I feel better and healthier here. Plus I've run the past couple of days which is nice.

"Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death."
-Old Hebrew Proverb.