...in the form of my bottom retainer. I have a tiny metal wire glued to the back of my bottom 6 teeth, a vestige from the golden years of orthodontia. Tonight I took a bite out of a white nectarine to discover it was not as ripe as I had thought and I heard a sickening crunch as some of the glue broke loose. The retainer is still intact but probably a little crooked. Oh well, I had been meaning to get it taken out anyhow. I really don't need it.
Anyhow, other than that today was pretty normal. I started the day off right by hitting up Les Halles on the way to school to buy some produce for lunch. I got a Cavaillon melon, which tastes exactly like cantaloupe but is about the size of a large grapefruit and with a rind more like a watermelon. I also got some carrots and some dark cherries. All for less than 5 euro, I'll have you know. I love how cheap and abundant fruit is here...and so many choices! Plus things I've never even seen before. And while I was at the market of course I had to drop my favorite bakery stall and get a pain au chocolat, which is basically a croissant with little pieces of dark chocolate inside of it. The guy behind the counter definitely recognizes me by now.
Phonetics class was more hilarious than usual today because we did some diction exercises, a.k.a. tongue twisters in French. Example: Didon dina, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon. Rough translation: Dido (as in the character from Greek mythology) dines, one says, on the back of a fat turkey. But try saying that one ten times fast!
But speaking of eating, I have discovered why the French love it so much. Everything's just so good! The bread, the fruit, the veggies, the omelettes, the pastries....just everything. I don't think I'm consuming any more food that I would at home, it's just a different sort of food. Fresher, maybe. But I know of two things in particular that are going to jeopardize my waistline: pastry (of course) and the best candy on earth, called Kinder Bueno. Basically if a Kit-Kat bar and a jar of Nutella had a baby and that baby was beautiful and radiant and all things wonderful, it would be a Kinder Bueno. All of us students are addicted. I wonder if I can get them in the States. I'll find a way.
The other exciting thing that happened today was a discovery I made about an upcoming event. In France during the months of January and July, there is something called the "Soldes," where in practically every store everything's on sale! They start out at 15 or 20% at the beginning of the month, and by the end of the month things could be as much as 80% off! So needless to say I will be taking advantage of these epic sales.
Anyhow, I think that sums it up for today.
Missing you all,
Natalie
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