Allez bleu!

What a weekend...

friday was salsa dancing at Havana Café, which was insanely fun. I was dripping in sweat after about an hour...the piste de danse (dance floor) was so crowed you almost couldn't MOVE, let alone dance! I danced with a couple different people...it was actually kind of funny because no sooner would I break away from one guy and rejoin my girlfriends than another guy would grab my hand and pull me back into the crowd! I had so much fun dancing...my muscles were actually SORE the next day, but it was so worth it. We also managed to find a 70s-80s discothèque after the Havana Café, which was fun too...but I infinitely preferred the salsa dancing.

Saturday was some shopping in the afternoon and the evening...the evening was an experience, to say the least. I met up with the girls I went salsa dancing with to watch the rugby game in the centre ville (downtown area). We wandered from Bouffay to Commerce, trying to figure out which of the grand ecrans (big -and I mean BIG- screen tvs) we wanted to watch the game. We finally settled on the Commerce one and sat in the middle of this HUGE crowd gathered in front of the screen. I wouldn't be surprised if there was environs (approximately) a thousand people there...no joke. It was insane. France wasn't supposed to win the match against New Zealand...NZ is supposedly REALLY good. but...ALLEZ BLEU et VIVEZ LA FRANCE! We totally won! The entire city went NUTS, people were honking their car horns till at LEAST 1h00...it was so exciting. granted, I'll be the first to admit that I hardly understand (okay, don't at all understand) rugby, but it was still exciting to be a part of such a huge event.

oh and à propos de (referring to) Babar...I misunderstood when that little IES excursion is...it's this coming friday, not last friday. whoops!

à plus tard!