4 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment

In honor of Independence Day, I went to Place de la Republique today and ate lunch at McDonalds.  That’s about as American as I can get.  I rarely eat at McDonalds, not because I’m morally opposed to fast food like a lot of people out there, but because McDonalds in London ranks about one notch above raw sewage in terms of taste.  [If you want American fast food in London, go to Burger King.]  However, McDo in Paris is LE YUM!!!!  It actually tastes like real food.  I ordered a filet-o-fish and fries.

In ten days, the French will have their national holiday.  Britian doesn’t have one, which is a topic of debate.  I guess it’s un-British to light fireworks and scream, “Yay, we’re so great!”  In these politically correct times, I think we should change the name of the American holiday from “Independence Day” to something else, because the current name disses the British and that’s really not very nice.  The British are our friends!  I think I’m going to write to the healer-in-chief about this.

I’ve actually been missing London a lot this week.  I finally have a good group of friends there and a real life.  And I miss the English language – I miss it so much!  Here, I’m pretty much alone and I can’t really speak to many people, which is isolating, but it’s one of the reasons I came here: isolation = total immersion in work.  And so far, I’m getting much more work done here than I did in London.  Only eight weeks to go!

Happy 4th!

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1. Caroline Says:

   July 6th, 2009 at 4:02 am

   Hearing about Pizza Hut and McDonalds in Paris. Hope ypu get some good food there too. For such a skeptic about sexism/brainwashing you seem content to eat what is fed you by giant corporations in a place where you can get good handmade food (Asian and Middle Eastern as well as French).

   Faut apprendre le francais aussi n’est-ce pas? Bonne chance avec le roman.

2. Anglofille Says:

   July 6th, 2009 at 11:33 am

   Seems like everything I do is open to critique! Sigh. I eat a wide variety of food and mostly cook my own because it’s cheaper. Outside of bread and patisserie, I’m not a fan of French food. I don’t eat beef and pork and must limit cheese, so my options are limited. And I’ve already eaten too much Asian food since I’ve been here!

   No, not learning French. Must keep my priorities straight. Or course I pick up words and phrases and generally improve my skills while here, but that’s it.

3. Caroline Says:

   July 7th, 2009 at 2:15 am

   You are right, it was none of my beeswax! Eat well and enjoy.