Real night out in Paris

Last night was one of our real nights out in Paris. We started it with dinner at a great Indian restaurant on rue Moufftard, which is a really famous 'local' street market and at night great for restaurants and bars. We were all dieing for something full of flavor and spicy so Indian food was perfect. It was delicious. Rue Moufftard is also nice because the prices are much lower than over near all the touristy spots. Paris can be expensive or not, depending on where you go. I guess just like any city really.
We bar hopped around and had beer and wine (much cheaper than soda most places! A Coke costs 4.50 or 5.00 euro! WHOA). Our favorite spot was this one bar that our friend John on our program wanted to stop into to see if they play sports (he wants to watch sports in the fall at a cool bar). It was super small and an 'American themed' sports bar. It was so great. The bar tender and owner was an amazingly friendly guy who has been in Paris going on 8 years and is from Nigeria. The wild thing about Paris that I didnt know to well until I got here...there are people from EVERYWHERE. Not typical places we are used to in So Cal. I have heard almost every language spoken here and seen so many different people. It is quite interesting. ANYWHO. So this bar was really fun. He gave us all free shots and Nora a free drink because it was her 21st birthday in the States a few weeks ago and the bar guy knows how big of a deal it is over there. So nice of him. The best part...they have BEER PONG (total SDSU sport of choice haha). I am going to bring some ESSEC students there when we settle down and I meet some new friends. The funniest part of the night however was at this other bar...Nora had to pee and she freaked out when she saw they only had one of those old fashioned squatting porcelain 'toilets'. Tried and failed by peein on herself a bit. Might kill me for writing this, but it was hilllllarrrrious! She forgot that those kinds of toilets are super common in older places who havent or dont want to modernize their bathrooms. So great.

The night ended around 5am by takinga taxi with a bunch of us (more SDSU people are here for ESSEC too. We have been meeting up). Woke up at 1pm and am emailing =)

I hope all is well. I miss you all and cant wait to show Paris to those who come

Tomorrow we relocate to ESSEC and move into the dorms. CANT WAIT. Our hostel is cool, but I'm sick of living out of a suitcase.

Bisous