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Check this out...the new Lindsay's blog where you will discover, this time, my life in Paris after my year abroad. A new beginning...so let go guys!! Site statistics:Click here
Oh by the way... 2007-08-17 02:32:34 I said to you I had to go in this american meeting with MeetUp website but thanks to this crappy weather it was cancelled...so ahame!! I will test this out another and for sure I will let you know how was it :)
An instructive afterwork 2007-08-17 02:01:55 That was great yesterday afternoon , after my work I went to Bastille with Livi to have a drink. In Roquette street, where you can find plenty of bars,pubs and restaurants, we decided to go in one, "Objectif Lune", where, when it's the Happy Hour you can have your beer for 3 euros and every single cocktail for only 3.80 euros....pretty interesting huh, and really in outside this precious time drinks aren't so expensive. The staff is pretty cool as well, but I advice to you to come quite early 'cause the place is quickly crowded and small as well, but you have a really good atmosphere inside (even if it's still allowed to smoke inside :s)
That's pretty funny 'cause I'm a bit rediscovered this english pub atmosphere (I said a little bit huh) 'cause everybody was relaxed and talked to each other, seat to seat and try to establish connection between them.
I advice you to go at this address..really! You will tell me what you think :)
How to write an exciting blog in 15 easy steps! 2007-08-16 09:01:21
1: First you need a very cool username! Your real name doesn't do. Something with "sex" "666" "devil" "tears" "angel" or a lot of XxXxX in it should do.2: Live an exciting
life and write about that. If you don't have a great life, make up stuff you COULD have done during the day.3: Update at least once per day. You don't get those all important pageviews if people don't come back every day.4: Provoke your readers. Politics is a great way to do that. If you live in the US; write about why you support Bin Laden. If you live anywhere else; write about why you support Bush. If that fails you can pretend to have homophobia, hate _all_ animals, be a racist or become a nazi. 5: Tell about your sex life. If you don't have one, make one up. The more sex partners, the better. 6: Take and post a lot of pictures, often. Clothes are no good, try to aviod those. If you don't own a camera you should steal other peoples Read more:steps
Now... 2007-08-15 10:45:00 I will try to be more serious with this blog and post somethin' more often ( otherwise some guys will argue me afterwars :s). So just check out for news ;) See ya mates!
Another reunion 2007-08-15 10:43:00 Yesterday after I saw again Charlotte, my London buddy, the ime of a drink.
That was really nice to see her again and laugh again like we use to do when we were au pairs :)
In this occasion I invited two other friends of mine: Sally and Glad. We went at a boat party, at Assemblee Nationale station. The them of the night was "Girly", I mean it was especially for us, free drinks, gossips areas, a good place to be pamper :)
It's indicate it's every tuesday during this summer so have a look on this ;)On the boat with the "Polish", see ya soon mate!
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Be back now 2007-08-15 09:07:31 After a while away I'm back on the blog!Almost a month a plenty of things happen :)Firstly I have a summer job hehe (cheers miss Sally!) , I met new people new people (among them Livi, a really nice english girl and her friends: R.P, an english guy and Sofie her dannish friend), I register myself on Meetup to find out more foeign people to hang out with. Let's check out on this website : www.meetup.comYou will find plenty of people to practice your english and in the same time, I will test my first meetin' tomorrow so I will let you know how was it.
Good to see you here... 2007-07-25 06:59:00 My german mate went to visit me
during the weekend of 20th of July. She took for the first time the
Eurostar from Waterloo to Paris :)I planned for her a big tour
of the capital, she must saw whole the city within 2 days: Louvre
Museum, Notre-Dame, Eiffel Tower of course,Concorde,
Champs-Elysee....(actually we took Paris Tour to not miss any place in
Pairs...a long trip hehe).I was help with my lil' Sally to check this
out!It was so great to see her again in my environment, a bit
weird actually, but so funny to show her around, she discovered an
other cuty way of life :)I let you check with pictures of this great weekend, thanks mate again and see you on November ;)21th of July:Katja and Sally in front of St Michel fountainSally, Katja and I in front of the SeineA german tourist in Paris ;)Sally and me in the merry-go-round of LouvreIn front of Louvre pyramidWith Sally in the undergroundDon't need to tell you what it is, isn't it?No you won't hide it Katja :)Resting
First Polyglot meeting 2007-07-20 06:58:00 I
told you now I can't live without meet foreign people thus I registered
myself on a website to meet foreign people in Paris and practice the
languauge you wanna learn and by the same occasion meet people! By the
way for Polyglot website click right here(there
is english version as well)!! So on tuesday 17th at 8.00pm, with
Sally,we went at Snax Kfé, in the Marais, for an international meeting
in a café which invited at trip, with pictures of all over the world
hang on the wall. At every single table there was a differente language
which were speaking: one whith spanish speakers, another one with
english speakers, with chinese speakers as well...really good and a
really great ambiance with diverses subjects of talks.So this is a good thing to do if you wanna make meetings and have a nice evening!I thing I will do it again!
Snax Kfé inside Read more:First
13th of July 2007-07-15 06:56:00
13th
of July in Paris is the synomym of firemen bal and events all around
Paris and with Sally, after a break at Bastille's Paradis du Fruit,we
decided to watch out a concert here "African Rythms", a free outdoor
concert organised by the town hall of Paris and the international
organisation of french speaking world.This year, Bastille moved
on african rythms! The show was placed under the sign of variety and
dialog of cultures through African music. This was a true party
inviting to dance and share Parisians of all origins and all
generations.List of different artists:
Alpha BlondyAmadou et MariamBa CissokoJacob DesvarieuxDaby TouréDobet GnahoréFally IpupaIsmaël LôAmel MathlouthiJet SetJohnny CleggLokua KanzaMory KantéSergeo PoloSouad MassiLes Tambours de BrazzaZao How was the place!
A new place to discover! 2007-07-13 06:55:00 So,
this is the new map I have to re-discover, I'm waiting for your
suggests if you know bars, pubs, clubs good to go and test...All ideas
are welcome!
So amazing... 2007-08-20 08:01:54 To have a real summer...with plenty of things to do...always busy!! You look for this one during months (ok I admit I didn't search a lot...but for people who did huh!) and when you arrived you have nothin' to do during all day long!
And you feel so bored...you don't even know why you are employed actually! I feel like that since...the beginning hehe and I have to work where I am until the end of...September! I know some people will say "Why Lindsay don't stop to complain?!" but really who are happy to wake up so early to come at work and being as you are at home...I mean staying in from off your computer...if you are lucky with Internet and my best friend MSN, listening music (if you are allowed) and stuffs which are completly differents as I have to do normally lol
So my typical day is : arriving early to leave the office pretty early, drink coffee and eat cakes with colleagues who use to speak about "adult" things (I mean children, ho
What the hell is going on??? 2007-08-17 06:04:04 Paris is dead during this period...the weather is crap...and I'm tired...no non-depressed just a bit fed up! Almost the end of the summer and we can count on a hand how many time we saw the sun...
I'm writing and the sun which just appeared, hide to me now :s
Wanna on an island..........but I'm in an office just thinking about which must be better than today...but as somebody can tell me "Lindsay you are dreaming!!"...Damn!
As we used to sing : "Don't worry,be happy!"
Crazy world... 2007-08-21 06:46:56 As usual I have nothin' to do at work (and I don't why I'm here instead of enjoy the sunny parisian weather...anyway) so I decided, as usual to surf on Internet and I saw this funny article about weirdos names.
<<After "Metallica" in Sweden, "4real" in New-Zeland...This time, it's in China that happen : thinking this symbol reflects love they give to their child, a chinese couple decided to give "@" as name for their child.
The parents claimed the commonly used email symbol, pronounced in English as "at", sounded like the Mandarin for "love him" when spoken by Chinese.
But the government's state language commission has taken a dim view of the attempt to break the mould in a country where almost 90% of the country's 1.3 billion people share just 129 surnames.>>
Where goes the world....
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Outdoor activities! 2007-08-26 19:42:24
At least the sun (since yesterday actually and I think that was the last day yesterday :s) and we can finally enjoy a bit of it! With my friends Sally, Glad and Mamadou we decided to see the last free show in La Villette Park : Million Dollar BabyThat was a really good flm...that was hard to leave the park before the end ('cause yes I didn't want to miss my train...I love so much parisian suburbs and public transport!!) Read more:activities
For fun! 2007-08-26 19:28:00 Guys for all of ya who love rnb,hip hop, dancehall, reggae...this party is for ya! Every fridays of summer until the end of September there are parties which called "Chocolate" at Madeleine Plaza club. To avoid to pay your entry you need to go on JSPROTEAM website to know in advance what is the program and arrive in first :)I was there with my mate Glad, but unfortunately there wasn't a lot of people due to the hold-up 2 weeks before :s But I think with the return of holidays there will be more people so don't hesitate to go it's really a good place! When we were the them of the party was black and red, but the next week for girls it will be free all night long if you wear white and have the V.I.P text message!Glad and I
For culture! 2007-08-24 18:50:00 I learnt recently (this week actually huhu) when you are less than 26 yo, in Paris every fridays between 6.00pm and 10.00pm all museums throughout the capital is free.Though we decided with Sally, Livi and her friend Jessy to go to the Louvre and have a look (too huge to see it just in couple of hours!!)I was happy to notice that 'cause to be honest it's a bit sad to have pay for every single cultural thing...I use to compare with London where most of museums are free...EVERY DAY!!But now I know that I think I will go more often, and I finally see this museum with an other eye not as I used to see it as a pretty boring place when I was a kid!!
La Joconda!!
Sally,Livi and I in a Louvre's corridorJessy and Sally Read more:culture
University! 2007-08-24 10:29:00 At work (again and always!) as I had nothin' to do (again and always!) I was watch out for informations about my new university : Sorbonne Paris III and I found a forum about it.
After registered myself on it and post few worried messages (hahaha mouarff mouarff) about my thoughts about the next year and my apprehensions I was glad to find people to talk with and they succeed to reassure me a bit about it.
I found people around my age who had almost the same "way of life" as me..I think that will be as much interesting to do this year!
But to be honest I'm pretty urged to go, to make me a new "crew", not a little network you won't be sure to see again because they live all around the world as I used to meet in London.Now I will be able to have proper friends to hang out with and I will be sure to see more often than my "international" friends who pass and go all the time... Read more:University
Second project idea... 2007-08-24 10:13:40 My own place for less than 1€ per month...IT'S POSSIBLE and I will explain how I can make it.
Yesterday at work, I was bored (as usual you think!!) so I decided to begin my search for a student job the next year..yes I wanna have a bit of independence and freedom (so good to be a big girl hehe)...anyway the point is not here ! So on plenty of students websites www.jobetudiant.com, www.studyrama.com, www.letudiant.com ....I wasn't satisfied by what I found because they didn't suit with my timetable or just works were rubbish. And I found one was pretty interesting: in exchange of your own flat you help people, pretty interesting. Ok you haven't got your proper money but at least you can live on your own , have your own space (usually a student room but really enough to live). The places are usually in central of Paris and you have to work only 15 hours per week (if you work more you have to be payed!!). The help consists to do light houseworks, to help child Read more:Second
First project idea... 2007-08-24 09:55:06
This concept is a bright idea!!
CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. You only need to register on their website www.couchsurfing.com and you can begin to do your search for your next holiday trip :)
Membership in this organization is free (good point!!) and is obtained simply by registering on the website. The core activity of the organization is exchange of accommodation. Acting as a host, a member offers the possibility of accommodation at his or her leisure; it is not required, but obviously it is encouraged. Acting as a surfer (guest), a traveller may search for and request accommodation at his or her destination. Accommodation is entirely consensual between the host and surfer, and the duration, nature, and terms of the surfer's stay are generally worked out in advance to the convenience of both parties. It is also expected to be free; no monetary exchange takes place except under certain circum Read more:First
A real japanese please.... 2007-08-24 09:18:36 KIOTORI...I'm so keen of japanese food usually but when I ate in this restaurant with Livi I was so disappointed by what I tasted :s Really guys, if you really want to eat "good" japanese do not go in KIOTORI's restaurant...I would tested this one (actually it's a chain) because they seem to propose good price for "good meals"...Big mistake! When we arrived we were placed close of an open window (even if the rain was fall down so hard...), it's more like a japanese fast food basically than a proper restaurant: you haven't finished yet your plate and you have another dish on a tiny winy table...I found the menu a bit overpriced and I didn't really appreciated the sushis actually...
It was my first and last time in this place seriously!! But if you are not use with japanese food you will not compare as I did but for people who like they will definitely feel the difference!
But anyway my lunch with Livi was funny...after all these criti
Citation du jour... 2007-08-31 10:29:05
"Il n'existe que deux sortes de musique: la bonne et la mauvaise." (Duke Ellington) Read more:Citation
Havre de paix en plein coeur de Paris 2007-08-30 16:00:00 Pourquoi pas un peu d'exotisme et d'évasion à la sortie du travail entre amis (cf Sally et Willan). Direction métro Censier-Daubenton où se trouver la Grande Mosquée de Paris
pour déguster un thé à la menthée traditionnelle en terrasse...avec de l'imagination on pourrait se croire au Maghreb! Cadre vraiment magnifique avec parasol,fontaine, tables avec dessus posées des plateaux or "gravé" d'écriture orientale (désolé pour cette description peu soigné mais j'vois pas comment l'exprimer autrement :s), tout cela pour dire qu'il faut au moins y aller une fois. Moi qui d'habitude va mettre 4 sucres pour une tasse de thé à la menthe je n'en ai même pas eu le besoin tellement c'était délicieux et vraiment pas cher (2 euros le thé). Si vous voulez vous pouvez également manger...mais ça une prochaine fois :) Read more:Havre
Fiesta Bachata et Afro-Caribéenne - Le Théoz Bar 2007-08-30 06:26:00
Soirée riche en émotion et d'éclate!
Description de la soirée: avec mes tites Sally et Glad, ainsi que Willan et Lamine direction le Théoz Bar à Saint Michel, aux alentours de 21h pour un cours de Salsa,Bachata
,Merengue d'initiation. Vraiment très convivial cela se transforme par la suite en une partie "after-work": déenchement sur des rythmes zouk,salsa,merengue, dancehall.. et tout cela au milieu de la semaine. Point non négligeable c'est que la soirée démarre directement à 21h et vous pouvez passer une excellente soirée jusqu'à minuit et rentrer chez vous le cour léger, en reprenant les cours ou le travail sans être trop exténuer!
Bon plan trouver grâce au site ParisEtudiant!!
A pour infos ces soirées sont organisés tous les mercredi soir alors n'hésitez pas à y aller c'est vraiment un endroit très convivial et intructif par la même occasion!
With my crew (Sally,Willan,me,Gladys et Lamine) Read more:Fiesta
Encore et encore les bons plans de miss Lindsay... 2007-09-22 16:53:42 Adresse à retenir absolument, le Taïs, métro Ménilmontant, qui tous les vendredi et samedi propose le couscous gratuitement contre la commande d'une boisson (inférieur à 5 euros!!). Je m'y suis rendue avec Sally et Caroline (Flower Child) dans une ambiance de quartier très convivial: étudiants de l'école d'archi y viennent en voisins, se mêlant aux
familles et aux habitués du quartier. Dans une ambiance très animée, tu profites de l'aubaine. Caroline et Sally au Taïs Read more:plans
, Lindsay
Encore une bonne soirée... 2007-09-21 19:30:00 Au Facanex, un bistrot pour les étudiants, accolé à l'université Paris 3! Ambiance extra ( ce soir c'était thème pure variété française avec du Georges Brassens, Edith Piaf et j'en passe pour le départ en retraite d'un des amis des gérants, Johana et Eric comme ils disent qu'il faut les appeler!), des consos super pas chères (2,5 euros le coca!!) et des gérants qui savent convaincre les clients de revenir en parlant pendant des heures avec eux et en offrant un ti verre de rhum en guise de bienvenu (Ella s'en souviendra! :) ). Ils invitent à l'échange et à la convivialité en organisant des soirées à thème...adresse à retenir pour passer vos aprèm après les cours ou juste une soirée entre amis dans une ambiance franchouillarde! Bonne soirée avec my guys Sally,Glad et Ella! Par la suite avec Ella, petit passage devant l'hôtel de Paris où était diffusé sur écran géant le match de rugby France- Irlande , et ...on l Read more:Encore
, bonne
Petit trailer de Wilkinson... 2007-09-21 08:01:00 Parcours de page en page ce matin, je tombe sur ce petit film de Wilkinson
. Les bébés prennent le pouvoir...de la douceur!
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Petit résumé 2007-09-20 19:34:00 Je n'aurai cesse de rappeller à quel point je suis contente d'avoir appris l'existance du site internet: FACEBOOK! En effet hier grâce à lui j'ai rencontré deux canadiennes : Ella, canadienne partie anglaise et Caroline, canadienne partie francophone (pas le Québec! et accessoirement qui sera dans ma fac cette année :)) et nous avons passé une excellente soirée à déguster des crêpes à St-Michel à la Crêperie des Arts (adresse à noter, on se croirait dans un gîte et il y a des sculptures partout dans le restaurant, et le prix n'est pas excessif!)Caroline ( Flower Child) et Ella dans le restoPar la suite on a fini la soirée dans un pub irlandais de Châtelet très convivial encore, où un ami à moi nous a rejoins :)Le lendemain on s'est redonné rendez-vous pour encore une tite soirée pubbing! On a élu domicile au bar N'importe Quoi à Châtelet, un café déjanté où il passe de la musique généraliste qui met bien l'ambiance Read more:Petit
So amazing! 2007-09-15 19:21:00
Samedi vraiment très agréable et riche en voyage! En effet j'ai rencontré Fanni, la finlandaise et Isaac, l'américain au coeur de Paris. Je suis tellement contente de faire de telle rencontre et grâce à mon ami...Internet!
Je vous avez parler dans mon précédent blog du site Gumtree qui en Angleterre permet aux expats et même aux anglais eux même de se créer un nouveau réseau d'amis et de favoriser les rencontres (en tout genre...j'entend les rencontres amicales, pour trouver un appart, un job...) et je désespérais de ne pas avoir l'équivalent en France :(
Et bien j'ai trouvé : FACEBOOK et CONVERSATION EXCHANGE!! Grâce au premier j'ai fait la connaissance de Fanni, une au pair finlandaise fraîchement arrivée à Paris il y a une semaine et grâce au second celle d'Isaac, un musicien californien (et aussi de Livi héhé). Première vrai rencontre ce jour là, Fanntre nous ;)i et Isaac ne se connaissant pas le courant es
Un mot pour l'homme, un chapitre pour l'humanité... 2007-09-11 07:13:55 comme dis la chanson "J'aimerai" des HOCUS POCUS. C'est à la Bellevilloise hier soir qu'avec des amis je suis allée les voir. Un "café-théatre" des plus atypique: une partie dite marocaine avec des oliviers au milieu de la salle et des tables où l'on peut prendre son dîner ou tout simplement prendre un verre et une salle de spectacle en sous-sol.
Je disais donc que nous étions allez voir le groupe HOCUS POCUS,un groupe de hip hop français qui s'autoproduit. A l'occasion de l'enregistrement de l'émission "La bande Passante" sur RFI, il était à la Bellevilloise pour nous présenter 8 à 10 titres de leur nouvel album. Une ambiance de folie et des lyrics à tomber! Ils ont également chanter des chansons de leur précédent album "73 touches". J'ai vraiment hâte de la sortie de leur nouvel album "Place 54" le 8 octobre 2007! Courez l'acheter, il faut que des groupes comme cela
Ma tite Livi est partie... 2007-09-08 07:19:00 Livi,rencontrée via le site Conversation Exchange,un site où l'on peut rencontrer des natifs anglais à Paris, je me suis liée d'amitié avec elle. Souvenirs de soirées, de sorties et d'apprentissage mutuelle de nos langues. Là depuis plus d'un an elle est rentrée chez elle, en Angleterre mais ce n'est pas loin et on aura (for sure!!)l'occasion de se revoir!
Avant qu'elle ne parte donc, dernière visite, le samedi dans les carrières et catacombes de Paris! Pour la petite histoire:
"L’origine des Catacombes de Paris (qu’il vaudrait mieux appeler «Ossuaire municipal») remonte à la fin du XVIIIe siècle.
Le cimetière des Innocents (près de Saint-Eustache,
dans le quartier des Halles) avait été en usage pendant près de dix
siècles et était devenu un foyer d’infection pour tous les habitants du
quartier. Après de multiples plaintes, le Conseil d’État, par arrêt du
9 novembre 1785, prononça la suppression
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