I have 15 min before I leave for school so I thought I'd post something quickly. As you may be able to tell, school has very quickly eaten up a lot of the time that I would otherwise spend blogging...
But I wanted to describe the school cafeteria to you! So I aldready mentioned that lunch is a big deal here (as I side note, another exchange student recently contested with me that dinner may be as big as lunch here, but regardless I'm not used to much ceremony while eating in the middle of the day). So on my first day I was wondering what that would mean for school lunch. I knew that most people ate at the cantine, rather than bringing sack lunches or going out like most students do at home. As I was asking around about the school food I didn't get very enthusiastic reponses. The ubiquitous answer was "all right" but not "good". Comeing from the land which invented cafeteria mystery meat, this gave me a sense of foreboding.
However, on arrival I realized that their responses had no idea how low my expectation were! Walking though the line, I filled my platter with a salad, a small package of brie, and chocolate mousse. The main dish was hot roasted chicken, coucous, and ratatouille... all eaten with the fresh bread taken from massive bins at the end of the line. All in all, a far cry from the microwave pizza I never had the courage to touch at home!
The cantine is large, with tables full of kids talking, laughing and eating. Water pitchers are placed on the table as the beverage, to be refilled as needed. And I've even been lucky enough to be invited to eat everyday with different people in my class everyday... though after paying such close attention in classes I can't say I make a great conversationalist. Lunch is a wonderful thing here at my lycee, but it's also a much appreciated chance to let my brain relax!
(Again, apologies for typos as I'm on my way out the door...)
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