Sciences-PO, markets, and Mom's visit (part 2)

On the second day of Mom's visit, I decided to show her my school!

First, Monica and I took her to what's called the Gymnase, which is like the school's café and common area all in one. Students go there to meet for group projects or just to relax with a coffee. We got hot chocolate, coffee, and these almond croissants (which are amazing) for Mom to try.


Here we are relaxing with some hot chocolate!




Monica with her hot chocolate and almond croissant.




We also showed her some of the classrooms. This was where Monica and I had our European Economic Constitution class last semester.





Here's the Sciences-PO courtyard. It's really nice when the weather is warmer and you can have picnics outside.





Here's another courtyard from a different building.





This is one of the main auditoriums. We all decided to take a more studious-looking picture here...





Sciences-PO is located in a very chic area of Paris where there are a lot of designer clothing stores. Here is one of them.





Nice shoes!





This store is next door to Sciences-PO. Very chic.





We also took Mom to the Bon Marché, which is a huge store with designer labels on everything they sell, from all types of food to linens to lingerie. This is the center of it.





We really only took my mom there to see the food section because it's all gourmet. We weren't supposed to take pictures inside, but Mom managed to sneak a few pictures in anyway ha ha...





Mmm spices!






I taught my mom some French too! Poissonnerie = fish market.





After we saw Sciences-PO and the area around it, we went back to Monica's apartment to warm up with some tea. I also took a quick nap (walking around all day makes you tired!).

For dinner that day, we went back to my apartment and Mom made us this really good shimp lettuce wrap dish and we tried some typical French food too, including cheese and a tart and bread of course! So another good day!

Bisous XOXO