Les pois chiches

pronounced "lay pwa sheeeeeesh," these are pretty much my favorite thing ever. It's French for "chick peas." So delicious. I made dinner tonight with them. I mixed them with sliced tomatoes, steamed broccoli and some olive oil. I found a recipe for them online and added the veggies just because I love them. It actually turned out pretty well! Plus, it made two servings, so now I have dinner for tomorrow night! Woohoo!

Today was a really good day. I feel like I say that everyday, but still. Today was the first day of classes. I had Advanced Composition from 9-10:30 and then Theater and Politics from 10:45-12:15. Both seem like they're going to be really solid classes. We actually get to go see many of the plays that we read in my theater class. We're actually going to our first one on Wednesday evening. It's funny because it's the play that I read in my preliminary course -Combat de nègre et de chiens. I'm actually really excited to see it. Both of my professors are French and are really cool and nice.

After class, I grabbed a ham sandwich at a bakery and it was delicious, as always. I then headed out by myself for a random two hour exploration walk around Paris. I know, call me Sarah Columbus. I really wanted to walk over to the Louvre just to look at the building and I was going to take the metro, but decided to walk a little ways and then catch the metro the rest of the way. It was such a nice day that I ended up walking all the way. I'm not quite sure how far I walked, but it was at least three or four miles, but I bet more. I really enjoyed it. It's fun to hang out with friends, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it's nice to explore by yourself.

Tomorrow I have my Theater and Politics class again and then my European Painters course. Should be another good day.

ALSO. I just bought my plane ticket to visit JACOB EICHHORN, a friend from Wake Forest, in PRAGUE! I'm so excited. I leave on Thursday September 30 and come back on Sunday October 3.