On December 20 the last day of classes this year, our class and the class before us held a party. It was held from 11:30pm to 12:30pm on Friday and it was so fun! Everyone came with something to pass, the teacher brought champagne, and I made apple pie. The party was a mix of Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and English speakers but since we all know some French it went off great! My apple pie was a big success, everyone was 'like you made this? wow this is great!' They ate the entire thing which was great for me since I didn't have to worry about bringing anything home. After class I had my usual session with Emma and Charlotte teaching them english but I was late by a half hour. Four metro lines were down and of course two of those lines were the ones I had to take. Thankfully they have a nanny/house keeper is always there when I am and she usually takes care of the girls during the week so I just called the mom to get her to get the girls. However that was the longest most tiring walk I have had to do in a while. Their apartment is in the bottom of the 16th arrondissement and I was in the 8th. If you have ever seen a map of Paris thats a long long walk. But I made it only a half hour late and we had a great session and did a little christmas celebration. I had them watch the 1950s version of Rudolph which is a classic. They had no idea why we were watching it. They kept saying this is for babies why are we watching it. They have no regard for the classics of course watching christmas movies is an American tradition. Well they have seen one now! Then on Saturday Katie and I went out ice skating! It was so magical! We waited in line for two hours but whats two hours when you are with a friend and going ice skating!
They had a vending machine that sold gloves for adults and kids, socks, a flashlight and kleenex. A very smart idea on their part.
This was the tent that you got the skates from. It was free to skate but the skates were 5 euros to rent. The line, Katie and I realized, took so long because there was only one person being the cashier for renting the skates and she was taking her time when we got up to her.
The ice was right in front of the Hotel de Ville which is where the mayor of Paris works out of.
About a half hour after we got on the ice, we were kicked off for the zamboni. Another reason why the line must've taken so long.
The mini zamboni, it was so cute!
Me out on the ice!
Me and katie
No comments:
Post a Comment