This past week school started, but I did not have any classes. Only lectures started, and with my schedule full of electives, I got the week off. Among other things I introduced some non-Americans to my famous apple pie. I also visited Versailles and the Catacombs. Most everything I did with a group consisting of a guy from Switzerland and girls from Holland, Australia, and the country of Texas. It’s a fun group of people and Paris continues to offer new things to do. Today it is finally sunny again and I went to a few board game shops in search of a cheap chess board.

The view from my window where my table is