Usually, there is no class in the Paris program on Fridays. Every weekend = a three-day weekend. It's a pretty sweet deal. This past Friday, however, we had one last, lone orientation session to attend and then afterward we all went to a classic Parisian brasserie a few blocks away from school called Montparnasse 1900. It's a really pretty Beaux Arts style restaurant; there aren't too many of these left. The Montparnasse neighborhood where we're located used to be full of artists and writers and thinkers, but now it's just full of tourists and students.
On the menu for our group was an entrée of endive and Roquefort cheese salad, a plat of duck confit with potatoes pan-fried in garlic and a dessert of tiny scoops of salted caramel, chocolate, and cream (?) ice cream.
Overall, the food was nothing too special, taste-wise. I'll be totally honest and say that I thought I was eating really dark chicken before I heard the girl to the right say something about canard (the French word for duck). The potatoes were tasty though! The Roquefort in the salad was super strong. At first taste, it wasn't too bad but then it quickly infiltrated my nose, throat, cheeks, and tongue and it became waaay too much. I downed two glasses of water and two pieces of bread in approximately two minutes following that bite. Not exactly my proudest French moment, but oh well.
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