Rebecca forgot the touch of denim...

Some of the school teachers all ate dinner together at this Tunisien resteraunt in Villers-Cotterêts Friday night. It's not the sort of thing I would usually be interested in, but I'm trying to do as much as I can during my remaining time in France, so Heather, Sarah, and I went together. The dinner started at eight, so we guessed we would be back around midnight, because that's how long dinners like this last in France. I had couscous and two desserts (I shared a banana split with Sarah and these honey pastry things with Heater), which was good but hardly 17€ good, which is how much I had to pay after we all split the bill. I was exhausted and ready to walk back to the lycée when it was finally over, but no, because some of the teachers wanted to have after-dinner drinks, and even though Rebecca doesn't drink, she got lassoed into going by a lot of sneaky people, but she's not going to talk about that now. Anyway, I finally got back to the lycée around one in the morning and collapsed into bed.

This morning I woke up early and went to Paris to see the Pére Lachaise Cemetery. It was unbelievably big, beautiful, and peaceful. The sun was out and it seems like every flower in France is in bloom. I was able to take a lot of pictures for findagrave.com and will get them up as soon as Sarah lends me her USB port.

Abigail Breslin's new movie Nim's Island has actually come to the theater here in Villers-Cotterêts, and I've managed to talk Sarah and Heather into seeing it with me tomorrow! *geekily excited*

Heather and me, in the kitchen Thursday night...

Heather: So, are you gonna miss your students after you leave?

Me: (incredulous) Miss my students? Now, I'm going to miss a lot of people, but my students are not one of them.

Heather: Well, I'm gonna miss mine.

Me: (mockingly) Well, I'm gonna miss mine.