This weekend is off to a great start, the first stop was a restaurant in the 1st arrondissement called, Poulette. The main attraction was the steak frites

Inside of Poulette

Steak frites Med Rare

Next stop was the Aquarium de Paris, in the 16th. If you present your student ID you get a discount 16€. Lots of fun exhibits and even a touch tank filled with koi fish.

Lots of walking in the aquarium called for some High Tea at a local establishment. Carette, tea and pastries.

Tea Time

Mini Treats

After a long afternoon of snacks and touring the streets, it’s time to go back to home base and make a nice home cooked meal.

Lots of veggies and salad.

This year has been filled with beautiful experiences and so far this trip has been amazing.

Cheers!

Mayra

June 1st 2016

Today marks the first day of the Thomas Ahrens International Work/Study Program.  All the students arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport, some earlier than others… I got to meet Professor Zinder for the first time and she got to work memorizing everyone’s name.

Later arrivals

6am arrivals, studying French to pass the time

2016 Students ready to explore Paris

We all made our way to our home base pretty early and had plenty of time to take a tour of the neighborhood.

Professor Lorenzini, explaining do how the Paris Metro works

Professor Zinder, practicing her memory skills as she hands out maps of the Metro.

We took a mini tour of Malakoff/Vanves and did some shopping at the local market. We stopped at the post office which offers some of the best conversation rates when retrieving cash from the ATM.

The beautiful €500 bill #purple

It was a long day for the students, who are all on New York time but they’ll thank us later. Their jet lag will be non existent. 😉

Tomorrow will be another day full of walking and fun tours and we can wait to get started!!

A bientôt

Mayra