One of my friends in London came to visit me this weekend, so we did the classic Paris tourist walk on Friday afternoon. Until Friday, I hadn't actually been to the Eiffel Tower in the entire month I'd been in... Continue Reading →
We got yelled at during class again yesterday for being too noisy, this time by the crochety old English professor next door. To be fair, I have no idea if she is actually crochety (although she is old). All I... Continue Reading →
However much I complain about the layers of bureaucracy that I've had to wade through on France, I must say that I am pleasantly surprised by the super relaxed liability requirements. On Saturday, my friend and I went adventuring (quite... Continue Reading →
This week is la “Semaine du Developpment Durable à l’X”, or Sustainability Week at Polytechnique. The sustainability club planned a bunch of activities throughout the week, including creating a “relaxation lounge” in the Grand Hall with a bunch of plants... Continue Reading →
As a foreign exchange student, I am required to take some sort of cultural/humanities class while I am at Polytechnique. I was originally going to do Art and Politics, but that conflicted with climbing practice, so I switched to Francophonie... Continue Reading →
This is what all of the climbers call Fontainebleau, the forest we go to every Thursday to go bouldering. It took me a few repetitions to figure out what they were saying because it really just sounds like they got... Continue Reading →
Margaux Rhymes with Fargo 