September 23 – 25, 2019. This was an interesting week, the first half of which was spent going to class, going out with my classmates, and going on my first date in the city. As I am publishing this post-facto, I shall rely on the almost real time tweets that I had posted.
[23 Sep 19] Had my first class report/presentation today. Then headed to Montparnasse for the rest of the night. Ok fine, it was a Tinder date. My first in Paris. Ended up sleeping over and going home the next morning.
[24 Sep 19] The closest I could get to kanin and ulam near the apartment is a neighborhood ‘turo-turo’ which serves decent Chinese food by the gram. Every morsel of umami counts (and in this case, costs).
[25 Sep 19] Our professor moving two sessions to one day meant a whole day in the classroom but also a long weekend–starting now! Booked the (one of the) cheapest bus rides out of France for tomorrow.
After class, my classmates and I went out for beers in one of the bars near school. Since it was after class at around 6 in the evening, we were the first customers. We ended up staying a few hours before heading out for dinner–at a Japanese restaurant for ramen, upon the suggestion of who else but out Japanese classmate.
The rest of the week I spent in Amsterdam, for which I shall dedicate separate blog entries for.
