This weekend did not turn out as we had planned, as I contracted strep throat on Saturday. However, we did get one adventure in before the strep really set it. Leigh had recommended we go to one of her favorite flee markets. We road the metro all the way to the last stop on the 4 line to Port de Clignancourt. When Joanna, Raul and two friends from CEA got there, we stopped for my first crepe of the trip for lunch (I got fromage et oeuf). Then we set off to find the market. After going through some seedy people selling fake purses, sunglasses, t shirts etc, we kept following Leigh's directions until we found what seemed like an oasis from the loud rap music. There was store after store with antiques, vintage fur, jewelry, art, and a lot of vintage designer purses. It was cool to image French women in the 20s wearing/owning these pieces. I purchased these vintage earrings. It was a cool place! Joanna wants to go back to bring more euros :) so she can get a purse.
Being sick was also an interesting experience in itself. In Paris, they still do at home visits from the doctor. CEA helped me get in touch with a doctor that they said would speak English. However, that was no the case. After I got many calls where a French speaking man was babbling words I could not understand, I finally got "ouvre la port tout suite!!!" .. He had been waiting in our apartment hallway for some time.. Oops. Then he came up to our apartment, black bag and everything, speaking no English. Luckily, he had a translator on his iPhone that he would speak French into and it would spell out sentences in English that I could read. At one time the sentence read that I had Angina, but I told him that was not the case and he said he was mistaken with his translation and that it was really strep throat.. It was an interesting doctors appt. The next step in dealing with medical differences from the US was finding a pharmacy that was open to I could get my prescriptions. Joanna came with me for about a 20 minute walk to go to one we found online, even though there are about 10 within a one mile radius of our apartment. We successfully got the amoxicillin and acetometaphin and made it back to the apartment. Also, we both watched Midnight in Paris for the first time, and it was very good! Hopefully this week will be full of recovery and I can get out of the apartment!
Being sick was also an interesting experience in itself. In Paris, they still do at home visits from the doctor. CEA helped me get in touch with a doctor that they said would speak English. However, that was no the case. After I got many calls where a French speaking man was babbling words I could not understand, I finally got "ouvre la port tout suite!!!" .. He had been waiting in our apartment hallway for some time.. Oops. Then he came up to our apartment, black bag and everything, speaking no English. Luckily, he had a translator on his iPhone that he would speak French into and it would spell out sentences in English that I could read. At one time the sentence read that I had Angina, but I told him that was not the case and he said he was mistaken with his translation and that it was really strep throat.. It was an interesting doctors appt. The next step in dealing with medical differences from the US was finding a pharmacy that was open to I could get my prescriptions. Joanna came with me for about a 20 minute walk to go to one we found online, even though there are about 10 within a one mile radius of our apartment. We successfully got the amoxicillin and acetometaphin and made it back to the apartment. Also, we both watched Midnight in Paris for the first time, and it was very good! Hopefully this week will be full of recovery and I can get out of the apartment!
my purchase!
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