Frogburger

I've got the next 9 days in Paris by myself as Kara is off to Italy with her Mom and sister. I'll be working during the week, but will try to hit all the things I've been meaning to try out but haven't yet. I knew this experience would go by fast, and so while I'm not surprised it's flown by, I am still sad that it's almost half over already!

So as part of adventure mode, I went and ate dinner at a burger place we've passed by a few times. I will say they have pretty good "American style" burgers, particularly compared to what's attempted to pass off as a burger in most French cafes. I also chatted with one of the workers who is Canadian and speaks about as much French as I do (aka hardly nothing at all), which was surprising since I would expect you'd have to know something to get by in the service industry here. On the other hand, it is a burger chain with the slogan "Genuinely Good Burgers" (and yes, that's right, $15 for a hamburger alone... welcome to Paris!) written in English on their windows, and most of the people there spoke English, so I suppose an English-only employee would work in that situation. She was in Paris on a year long temporary work visa after she graduated college. I do have to say I envy her a bit as once you start working, you don't get the opportunity for those kinds of adventures (unless you switch jobs) and while I had 2 months between graduation and starting at Freescale, I wish I'd had more. I always felt really bad for my classmates who started working the week after graduation.

Browsing Youtube today, there was an ad for Google's annual year-in-review, but in French. This made me curious, so I looked up the US/English version which is mostly the same, but somewhat different in various aspects which was interesting. More soccer and tennis, highlights of French deaths, and some highlights I have no idea why they're important in France. Gay marriage was big in both countries though (yay for love!) and space is a universal fascination. I'm always fascinated by things like this.