10/2 Charlotte's Bday Party

Saturday morning was filled with rain, luckily by the early afternoon it stopped. Laura and I took the bus for the first time to le Carrefour (grocery store). I had planned on mostly walking all around Laval, however this rain makes it very difficult to arrive anyplace dry. But the public transportation here is cheap and easy. They have bus lines going all over the city. Le Carrefour is interesting and the French people amaze me some times, for instance, the eggs and the milk are not refrigerated in the grocery stores in France, if you only want to buy one soda from a 12-pack or 6-pack you can rip that soda out of the plastic wrap, they have 2 whole aisle of yogurt. I mean I’m a fan of yogurt but is 2 whole aisles really necessary? Another thing about the grocery store is that you have to put a euro in the shopping cart in order to use it. Once you put the euro in, it unlocks from the other carts. They also don't have plastic or brown bags at the store so it is a must that one remembers their bags before going to le Carrefour. But all in all it was a good experience, Laura and I bought some decorations and then a few other girls met up with us and we bought all the ingredients to makes crepes.

My friends Stephanie and Sara have the biggest flat so they hosted the soirée (that's French for party...lol). They live in a quad with 2 other girls. Most of the assistants live in a studio, so it’s too small to have everyone in such a tiny room. Like the dinner party Anna and I had, all of the guests had to bring a plate, utensils, and a glass. Julia who is from Germany made the crepes, her mother is originally from France and she has made them before, so naturally she was the best candidate to be the chef that night. She made ham and cheese crepes for the dinner then nutella crepes for the dessert. They were amazing. i think there was a total of 15 or 16 people at the party and we probably went through 10 bottles of wine, 3 bottle of champagne, and a bottle of vodka. It was a fun party! After that we made our way to our new favorite pub O'Reagans. It was a great way to start off the year with all my new friends and coworkers. They all are so nice and generous. Can’t wait to see how my party turns out