Rende-vous

Monday we had a short class followed by a trek to the Marais. The Marais is the jewish section of Paris and is populated with many stores often of a more affordable price range than the tourist traps of the Latin Quarter etc. However, being a Monday most of the stores were closed. Being resourceful shoppers however the girls led us to one store which was open, H&M. If we have no money left the last week of this trip, Monday afternoon will be where we last saw it. The girls had a fantastic time trying on clothes, and buying clothes. The guys, not so much. Though we did get to see our first Paris crime when someone shoplifted from H&M and ran away through the side street where we were resting a laurels while the girls made their fashion choices. Following H&M we returned to the FIAP (because we'd been at the H&M for like 4 million hours if it was a minute). After showers and a change of clothes we headed off to the Isle de Cite to meet Kathleen in the garden behind Notre Dame where we were to watch street performers as the sun set on Paris. Kathleen never showed and neither did the street performers. So after waitning around for an hour we decided to eat at a small cafe and take in the impressionist sunset. After food we traveled back to the Left Bank and the Latin Quarter to visit Shakespeare and Co. which is probably the coolest bookstore in the history of bookstores and it even comes equipped with Irish employees. After Shakespeare & Co., there were crepes in the Latin Quarter as well as some street performers finally. Our main interest was a homeless man who looked just like our friend Josh Santamaria and a guitarist playing 'Redemption Song' by Bob Marley. We then got separated on the Subway and had to wait for everyone to catch back up. We passed the time singing a stirring rendition of 'Folsom Prison Blues' for the Parisians. Some say the Parisians didn't like it, but how could they not? mahalo
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