Dimanche de Cette Week-End!

(You learned what the "de cette week-end" part was yesterday. What do you think "dimanche" means? If you guessed "Sunday", 10 points for you!
So that should mean all of you get 10 extra points.)
Sunday, I got up early (around 9 am). I wanted to get some work done before meeting up with Lauren, since I didn't know how late we'd be out. I wanted to get the rest of my croquis colored in, so I spent some time layering colored pencils to figure out the best combinations to get certain colors, such as gold and bronze. I finished them around 12 pm, and I'm really pleased with them. (Susan was right about that flat color. Inside of my black lines, they looked like stained glass. I drew some of my inspiration from Frank Lloyd Wright-style stained glass, so it was very fitting.)
I ate lunch, and then got ready to meet Lauren at 2:30 pm in front of the school. I left the apartment, and approached the school. I recognized her immediately, we hugged and began talking. We decided to walk down towards Boulevard Port-Royal (the road which bisects Rue Saint-Jacques), but first we zipped into my apartment so that I could change. (I had underestimated how warm it was outside, and had been dressed in a long-sleeved tee, sweater and jeans. I changed into a short-sleeved tee, gauchos and sandals.) After that was accomplished, we walked down Port-Royal in the direction of the Tour Montparnasse (towards the 15th arrondissement). We stopped at a Starbucks close to the Tour Montparnasse to get coffee, and tried to decide what to do. Lauren wanted to see the Jardin du Luxembourg, so we headed off in the opposite direction. Once there, we walked around and talked and took pictures. It was such a beautiful day, and lots of people were out doing the same thing. We exited the garden, and walked toward St. Sulpice church. We circled the church, and then walked up Boulevard Saint-Germain. We walked along Saint-Germain until it curved north toward the river, and we found ourselves across from the Hotel des Invalides. We sat for a few, and decided to walk across the river to get crepes or find some other kind of pastry for a snack. There was a bridge nearby, so we walked over it and strolled by the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais. (That was the first time I had seen the front of the Grand Palais, and anything at all of the Petit Palais. Of the Grand Palais, I'd only seen the curved glass ceiling rising from among the trees.) We walked towards Champs-Elysees, and I remembered there being a crepes place along the way. It was still there, and despite it being Sunday (the day everything is closed), it was open! We both got banana-and-nutella crepes. (For me, that was the best banana-and-nutella crepe I've had here. I think it's because of the combination of the bananas being in larger slices and the fact that the nutella was lightly drizzled onto it, instead of smothering the crepe.) We then walked up Champs-Elysees. (As we passed Laduree, I made a mental note to get a macaroon there when I come back next week with Hilary. Those window displays are just beautiful.) After that, Lauren had to leave, so we took the metro, she getting off at a station ahead of mine. I was really glad with how the day turned out. I had initially been worried we wouldn't have anything to talk about, but that wasn't the case at all. I'm so glad I got to see her!
I went back to the room, and really did nothing else the rest of the day. (To be fair, it was 6:30 pm when I got back.) I ate dinner, talked with the parentals, and did absolutely nothing else (except for write this entry).
So we have classes Monday and Tuesday, jury Wednesday and Hilary comes Thursday. Looks to be a busy one.