Quote from last night when I was chatting to one of my French friends. Note that this was said in English: "I was pumping all night and only slept for two hours." The context is that when the French students... Continue Reading →
I was super excited to have a working French bank card so I could pay for a flight online in Euros. Using my American credit card incurs a bunch of random exchange fees that I'd rather avoid. So I get to... Continue Reading →
So that was the theme of the giant party this weekend hosted by ENSTA-Paristech (which shares its campus with Polytechnique). I thought that dressing up in full-body cow suits was just an American thing, but apparently it's more universal than... Continue Reading →
I headed to the first salsa class of the semester on Wednesday night super excited to show off my moves, but to my dismay I was thwarted by an island off the coast of Florida. The intermediate class was scheduled to... Continue Reading →
Last weekend started off with a couple of errands, but on the (extremely) bright side I now have a new climbing shoes and a working bank card! It only took an entire fortnight. I also have a working phone and... Continue Reading →
I spent the weekend visiting my cousins in Chatou, which is less than an hour by metro from Polytechnique. I don't really know how the whole family tree thing works, but the mom is my dad's (first? second?) cousin and... Continue Reading →
Margaux Rhymes with Fargo 