Grand Magasins and French films

On Friday we had our placement exam for the grammar course at the Sorbonne. The test wasn't too hard. We don't find out which level we were placed in until Feb. 10 and then we don't start the Sorbonne course until Feb. 13, but I do start my three USC courses next week. I'm looking forward to finally beginning school and establishing a daily routine.

It's been unbelievably cold these past few days. On Friday after the test, we couldn't even bear to be outdoors any longer so another girl, Allison, and I went to the Galleries Lafayette, a HUGE "grand magasin" (department store) with everything you could ever imagine. They have over 5 cafes in the store so you could truly never leave... eat and shop, what more can you ask for? Well, I guess there's a lot of better things to do than that in Paris but it's quite appealing on a day when the temperature is below freezing.

After shopping, we met two other USC students at a cinema to see a French film called Les Poupees Russes. It's the sequel to the film L'Auberge Espanol with Audrey Tatou. It was really entertaining. It's a French film without subtitles, so it was a little difficult to understand, but some of the movie was also in English with French subtitles because the main character goes to London, so I could better follow that part! After the movie we just went to a cafe to get a late dinner, and then since we we're all cold and tired we just called it a night.

Galleries Lafayette... le plus grand magasin.