CLASSES: Well, they are much different than back at home. Once a week for 3 hours. Interesting. Once class I have, Negotiations, is literally going to be a joke. All you do for the entire semester is negotiate, the class is not based on theory but expanding your negotiation skills. There are no exams or anything. On the other hand, my two finance classes both have a final. One of them also has a midterm and the other also has a 10 page term paper (which you can do in a group). The finance classes likely won't be too fun, but they are much better than the upper level finance classes would be back at school, that's for sure. But hey, who studies abroad for the classes? No one. So some more important stuff...
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| this is a picture of the club, gives you an idea |
NIGHTLIFE: It is a lot different than home, to say the least. One thing that is similar is that you can't smoke in the actual club, you have to smoke in this little private room thing. It makes dancing and stuff much more bearable and then you don't come home smelling like an ash tray. The school scheduled a party at this club so that all international students would get in free. Yeah, that's right, a party scheduled by your school. I don't think the University of Illinois would ever rent a club for its students. Before the club we went over to the Wisconsin girls' apartment to pregame. They pay a lot less money than us for a lot more space. I think we may be getting ripped off a little bit at Accent. Back to the club, it has legitimate bouncers, it's not like Kams or Staysh, these guys don't mess around. We all go in and the club is huge and everyone is dancing. There are these blocks you can stand on and dance to and there is also a stage and an upstairs. It was a little bit different than my typical thursday night red lion night. Another huge difference, DRINKS ARE SOO EXPENSIVE! It was like 8 euro for a mixed drink. It's hard when you don't know someone working to get you your drink for a dollar or 2. But that's not a problem for me right now since I'm not drinking (Hey Davi!). So yeah, it's safe to say I really like the discotecs there are a lot of fun!
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| I also thought the moon and fire were awesome |
LOUVRE: I am now officially officially in Paris. I went to the Louvre and I saw, wait for it, Mona Lisa! For all of you who warned me she is TINY. I disagree, she was the size I was expecting her to be and I saw her at a distance I was expecting. So for everyone who tried to warn me that I was going to be disappointed, thank you because I went in with such low expectations that I was very pleased. There were so many paintings and sculptures and artifacts there that we didn't know where to begin. The Louvre is broken down into three wings so we decided to conquer one wing, Scully. After about three hours of walking around we didn't even get to see everything in that wing alone! (Mona was in the wing Denon but we were sure to make a pit stop for her to make sure that we were at the right museum and actually at the Louvre, you also can't say you've been to the Louvre if you don't stop in and say hey to Mona. She needs to watch her back though, I did not appreciate the way she kept staring at me). The paintings were actually so cool. I really liked looking at pictures that had skies and water. I think it's amazing how they were painted. I also thought that the realllllly small paintings were cool because from a distance they look like something but then when you get close up it was just globs of paint. There were paintings that were actually ENORMOUS. Words can't even describe so here's a picture. I am nothing next to this painting...
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| Just admiring the painting... Very Pensive... |
Last night we were really tired from the night before and walking around the Louvre so we decided to stay in and watch Harry Potter and eat Magnums (delicious chocolate covered ice cream that they don't have in the United States). We alsoooo found a pizza place with very American pizza! Wooooh! The guy said he's very popular with the American exchange students and we discovered why. The pizza was a little thin for my liking but don't get me wrong, I still liked it and ate it. Me and Christine split a veggie pizza! Delish! Well, that's about all for now! I will write again soon!
Word of the Day: Party animal = un noceur
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