more dead people...

I suppose dead people was the theme for my week here. I don't know how that managed to happen, but it certainly did. Today I went to the catacombs with a bunch of other exchange students. I hadn't really heard much about them before, but it turns out that in the late 1700's there was a cemetery that was causing people to get continually sick. So Paris decided to move all of the dead bodies to a giant storage area underground. They proceeded with this process for more than 100 years, collecting somewhere in the range of 6 million bodies. And that's what I visited today. The collection of all those bodies. It was super creepy, and pretty far underground, but a pretty incredible sight. On top of that, they were all arranged in an almost artistic fashion. Including a spot where there was definitely a heart made out of skulls. Really, really weird.

Beyond that, I just finished my first week of school here. With the incredibly short semesters that means I am 10% done 4 of my classes and 20% done 3 others. Which is absurd. My classes are all pretty random and don't really have a major focus to them, but I find most of them interesting which is good. That being said, all of the classes are 3 hours long and that is freaking long. I don't think anything can hold my attention for 3 hours. Seriously. Its ridiculous. This, inevitably, leads to me consuming more coffee than one ever should. But that's okay! The school cafe sells it for a pretty reasonable price.

Actually this school has some pretty ridiculous amenities. At times I feel like I am back in elementary school despite the fact that I'm attending a masters program. The school has a cafeteria, which is incredibly inexpensive. You can get whole plates of food and dessert and spend less than 4 Euro. And the food isn't bad, well it's better than EVK and that's all one can really hope for. Besides having a cafeteria, they also have a gym teacher and a school nurse. ridiculous. And possibly the other best point is they have a student run bar in the basement. Seriously student run. This isn't a traddies we are talking about. The beer is 2.5 Euro for a pint, or 7 Euro for a pitcher. Suffice it to say, it is a pretty good place to hang out!

I have a nice long weekend ahead of me now which always feels nice. I've also been working on solidifying travel plans. Next weekend I will meet up with Julia in Berlin. I'm pretty stoked. Other than that travel plans include London, Barcelona, Istanbul and maybe Prague! Fun Life.