presque parfait

so this past weekend has been a blast. even and thursday was alright. friday kicked off with a great commentaire de texte on de gaulle in 1958. then i took a cafe with some friends before wandering the city until dinner. i went into decathlon, a sports store not too far from the middlebury building. wandered around there for awhile and tried on some european shoes. a little weird looking, a little cool, quite comfortable, but not needed. then i found dinner and ate in a park. i'm still infatuated with european supermarkets. i've still only been to small corner markets, but soon i'll venture to a hyperchampion ou carrefour.
friday night didn't end until 6:30 in the morning. there was a wine and cheese party on the roof of one of my friends foyers. met some new friends. spoke french for most of the night. and had a wonderful view of the city. every hour the eiffel tower lights up like a stobe light. at about 11:30 wew left for the slightly over americanized bar where the first debat was being shown. no room to sit down until just before 3am. for the most part people were respectful. not before the debate, but during.
took the metro home when it opened only to wake up two hours later to go to versailles. versailles is to big to visit just once. i'll have to go back sometime. still haven't seen all of the fountains or all the rooms in the palace. not to mention all of the art work.

first real class tomorrow, france and europe over some time period that i don't remember.