Sunday, November 27
News from Paris...
Made it to Paris - La Defense - Courbevoie after walking 30 minutes in the dark with a map as large as a stamp. If you think the hotel in Luxembourg was terrible, well, you should see that one ;) I leave the door of the bathroom opened so that I have some light in the room! But for 40 bucks and a Wifi access, I shouldn't complain. Plus the CourtePaille is right next door so I'm going to enjoy a "confit de canard avec haricots verts" (duck with green beans) before enjoying some more GRE Practice tests. The test is tomorrow at noon. What they didn't mention though is that the first test consists in finding the place ;) It would have been too easy to have the examination center downtown Paris (or in Strasbourg!!!)... Instead they put it in La Defense, the craziest French maze ever... But at least I can see the Eiffel tower from my cell ;) OK, no more complaining for tonite... Diner time!!!!
2 comments:
Hi Olivia! I just took the GRE yesterday, and I wonder if they do design the locations so that finding them is the first part of the test. This one was in the wackiest part of Oklahoma City there is. Good luck and have fun!
Jessica Culler
I'm sure that there is a pre-selection!!! (finding the place, spending 8 hours in a train, spending a night on the premises, $$$...) But at least it proves that we are really motivated ;) Which grad schools are you applying to? Looking forward my 4 hours of fun tomorrow ;) Thanks!
Post a Comment