Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Irish Pub and Negocia
These posts are going to be harder and harder to do I think because we are so busy! We went over our schedule today, and aside from our two free weekends, there isn't a whole lot of free time. Everything we have scheduled looks very fun though. Today, we went to Negocia, the premier business negotiation in France. The facility was all first-rate, as were the people. It is about an hour away by metro, and by riding it today I affirmed my decision to NOT ride it from the airport. I feel as though I have a good handle on it now, but with luggage and without a clue, the metro is definitely the last place I would want to be. After a rigorous day of class, introducing our innovation project, and a two hour presentation by the world leader in marketing consultation, we came home, again by way of metro. James, Savir and I went to go get tickets for the Eurail to go to Bruges, from Brussels tomorrow, but after an hour and a half wait in line (Monday is penecost here, so everyone is traveling this weekend), we found out they didn't have any tickets. Upon arriving back at the Citadine, we found our group waiting for everyone to gather and head out to the bars, despite the 6:15 meeting time tomorrow morning. The three of us hadn't eaten yet, so after finding out where the group went off to, we dipped next door to the Irish pub where they had live music, good food, and great beer (for 7 euro a drink). The rest of the crew rolled over after about an hour, they obviously realized where the party was at, and we celebrated our arrival. After a couple beers, we called it a night and I came back to iron my dress clothes for tomorrow. Anyways, I'm gonna go stare at the Eiffel Tower twinkling in the moonlight and reflect, and then hop into bed. I'll post again tomorrow. I miss everyone!
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7 Euros per drink? Isn't that about $14 American currency? Well, I know you didn't drink too much at that place. Wow. Thanks for taking the time to post, even if you only have a short time, we love to hear about your trip. All is well here at home. We miss you, but we're so happy for you to have this experience.
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Hi Brad!
ReplyDeleteI was so glad to hear you made it okay from the airport to your destination! I know you wanted to do the train thing first thing when you got to Paris and I wasn't sure how that would work out. So, I was glad to know you had gotten to your housing - whatever way you decided to get there! Sounds like the taxi was a good call!
I am so appreciative of you writing on your blog Of course, we are so anxious to hear about everything you are doing It's like reading a good book - I can't wait to get to it and look forward to what is going to be happening next. I try to imagine you looking at the Eiffel Tower out your window - what an amazing site it must be. We are so happy you get to have this trip- you are in Paris!! WOW!! Write when you can. We understand you are going to get even busier now that the class has started and you are in full swing of things. Take lots of pictures.
Love, Mom