Trout, Petting Zoo, Liege, and Paris

My host dad went fishing one day and caught some trout. The next day we ate them, or the day after, I don't remember exactly. I was a little nervous because the fish was starring at me from the plate, but it was actually very delicious.

Liege is almost famous in the eyes of the exchange students, everyone wants to go there, but to anyone else, it's just another city. And the people back home, don't even know about it. It's common to go to Liege or Luxembourg to go shopping because there are a lot of shops. It's a very fun, and large city, and you might just run into people you know. I actually did. I saw two of the girls I met at the airport in Washington D.C. It was pretty awesome. Most of the exchange students live around Liege, so it isn't uncommon to see them.

Thursday, I was walking back from my special French class with Tara, my Canadian friend, and we found a "petting zoo" in a parking lot. It wasn't really a petting zoo, but rather a vendor selling animals. (Mostly chickens) They were all so cute and adorable. Then we started feeling really bad for them, because they were all cramped up inside these little cages, so we left.

I went to Paris yesterday with my art class at school. I never ever thought I would say that. Especially it being just a day trip. We left from school on our tour bus at 5:30am and arrived in Paris around 10ish. It wasn't terribly long though. I enjoyed looking at the French countryside, plus it was really early so I slept a bit.

In Paris we went to a science/art museum type place first. It was really cool. The anatomy stuff was awesome, because I actually understood what it was talking about. (Everything's in French) But it was big, and there were a million things to do. Here were just a couple things.

Afterwards we went to the Louvre Museum, which I believe is famous, or at least everyone seems to know it. It was beyond huge, and amazing. The artwork is fabulous. I didn't know any of it previously, but it was great. Here are a couple pictures.

Later, when we had some free time, a couple friends and I went to la tour Eiffel. (the Eiffel Tower) It was also quite amazing. We took the long way there because we were trying to find it by simply seeing it from far away and walking in the general direction. Bad idea. Look at a map. It took us over an hour to get there, and only about 20 minutes to get back. Yeah, haha, look at a map. What was quite skocking to me was that the Eiffel Tower wasn't the main attraction in Paris. There were plently more people interested in the museum and walking around enjoying the 'grand place.' It's so big, and beautiful. There's no way to describe it, and even pictuers can't do it justice. It's just something you have to see in person.