This headline appears at the bottom of my Directmatin newspaper (one of the free papers offered in the metro every morning, the other popular one is :20, so named because you are supposed to be able to read it in twenty minutes, I believe). Another headline reads "Basketball: LeBron James welcomed as an idol at the Grand Palais." Meanwhile, my Directsoir features a picture of Whitney Houston with the title "Whitney Houston, The Return of a Giant." All of these headlines are in French, but even so, American news and culture is everywhere.
Speaking of seeing familiar things - this is a sign posted in the student union at Sciences Po:
And speaking of Notre Dame, I wandered down to Ile de la Cite today, and look what I found:
Well, I have much more to tell you all - I registered for classes, moved into a new building, and started orientation classes all in the past three days! Unfortunately for you, I still have homework to do tonight for my methodology and language classes (well really, who am I kidding, that's unfortunate for me too...). At any rate, a detailed update will have to wait until tomorrow afternoon, by which time, with any luck, I will have a cell phone and maybe even my student ID!!
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