New friends & new sights

So many festive streets like this.

Oh man, what has not happened this week(end). I met the other int'l students at school, experienced Versailles in the low season, lost my wallet, and managed to dance the night away at three different clubs in between.

This is me at a club. Seriously.

So yes. The clubs here are uber-fun. I like that I can dance as crazily (stupid) as a want and it doesn't matter...because chances are there is someone more outrageous next to me. Dancing different if you know what I mean...

Last night some of us went to a party at a club that our school sponsored. Yeah, so apparently ESCP is, shall we say, a party school. I'm talking students working the door, coat check, the bar, and so forth. At one point the music came to a halt and a whole mass of people swarmed the stage performing this choreographed dance to a series of techno songs. It's so funny when an ancient US song randomly comes on in between the house music. It's the only time all of us Americans can sing along.


On Friday we went daytrippin' to Versailles. The palace is ginormous...and visitors could only view about half of it, I think. Sadly, the Jeff Koons installation had already ended. I would have wanted to see some giant steel sculptures resembling balloons amidst the rococo encrusted decor of the palace.



Unfortunately since it was the low season, the gardens were not as magnificently beautiful as they would be in the spring/summer. But they were majestic to see nonetheless. I could just imagine Marie Antoinette (in the form of Kirsten Dunst thanks to Sofia Coppola) strolling around aimlessly, not a care in sight...well not until later, of course. But how women "strolled" on cobblestones I have no clue. Those things would snap my ankle in no time flat. Maybe she had someone carry her on a carraige made of baguettes.



This picture cost me my wallet. That's all I have to say. It's now worth 80€, $25, 2 credit cards, and 3 ID's. Will someone FedEx me some mexican food please?

More pictures from the week.