A few days ago my co-workers sent out an email on the internal Paris office mailing list asking if anyone would like to join them in "catch Mexican". As a person with Mexican background, I was a bit concerned when trying to read this in French, until Google Translate told me that "catch" is French for wrestling.
So of course I said I was interested. I'd never been to a wrestling show before, but come on, Mexican wrestling... in Paris... with French people, I had to check it out! It's held twice a month at La Lucha Libre in the 5th in a very crowded bar. You have to get there early (by 8:30) to pay the 5€ entry fee and get your hand stamped, and then the show starts around 10:15 in the basement. Kara got to meet some of my co-workers and their significant other's, and then we all packed the basement area where they had a small wrestling ring setup. There were 3 "matches" and it was every bit as cheesy and ridiculous and fun as you could imagine WWF-type wrestling to be. And it's all in French! Even though I couldn't understand much of anything, I still had a great time and my co-workers were able to tell me that the main "good" guy was French for "Drinks too much", which is why he has a drawing of a beer on his spandex onesy. It was definitely one of the most interesting Friday nights I'd ever experienced, and that's not even considering that it was in France!
Afterwards we got our first McDonalds of our stay since I always crave McDonalds for some weird reason in foreign countries after a long night out, even though I never eat it when I'm in the States. It was très bon though!
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