Darcy's Paris Blog

Another funky work day and dinner out with Averill

Today was another funky work day, even after traveling for two. We had a closed-door event I wanted to attend in Montparnasse, so I metro'd down there for the morning. Much easier than taking the car. That finished up about 2:00, and even though it took me nearly an hour and a half to get to the office from there (metro, walk to the garage, then drive to the office,) I still had to be in for a 3:30 meeting. It's ok, it's a meeting I really wanted to attend. (I had a very funny experience in the metro, too -- check out the pictures to see it --)

Late in the afternoon I got talking with two of the guys in the office, Etienne and Romain. It was good to start to know some people in the office more personally besides the handful I knew already. They were very eager to help me find flights to Madrid for when Mike's here in a few weeks, and Romain suggested we hang out this weekend if nothing else comes up. He seemed surprised that it would be ok to call me -- not sure why -- but he seems like a nice guy to count as a friend.

Afterwards I metro'd down to St. Michel to meet up with Averill. We wandered around until we found a Thai place and then went for coffee, and made plans to meet up tomorrow for lunch and shopping. Apparently he wants a woman's opinion on the shopping angle. I'm happy to do it -- for a while -- but isn't this a bit of weird role reversal?

I also heard from Loic (the crazy/fun guy from the metro) that they're going out tomorrow to a discotheque sorta near my place. Apparently they usually arrive at 11:30, which seems super late to me -- but I guess when 9:00 is an early dinner, your whole evening shifts. I might have to meet up with them just to check it out...

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posted by Darcy @ 11:04 PM