Day 7.

Day sevennnnnnnnnn!


It was a late start to the day; We had to report at 11am, which is 2 hours later than normal, so we were left with time to venture around the neighbourhood. We wanted to play touch rug 'cause the guys bought new rugby balls at the sports shop the day before , but we ended up interacting with the locals and taking tons of photos instead! (Like we met this one lady playing fetch with her 2 humongous dogs, prince and Pierre).


Before we went to Thomas Mann College, we stopped by for a second round of shopping at Decathlon, the sports shop round the corner. Lunch at the school was way better than what we expected (we had peas and a thin slab of meat yesterday but we had pasta with pork today) and after the get-together with our hosts, we went out of the school to take photos with our French friends and made our way to the sports museum that's just across from the school. They displayed equipment used by previous sports champions and icons from around the world (like Jesse Owens), and photos of well-known athletes like Tony Parker (Eva Longoria's husband). They also have chronological photos displayed to show the beauty of the form of high performance athletes (really cool stuff).


Next, we met members of the National Olympic committee and Singapore's ambassador of France. It was awesome meeting another Singaporean here whom we could chat with about how great Singaporean food is. (He also speaks fluent french which was really impressive!)


We got another surprise while we were there. Our friends, Julia and Aurelien who came to CJC in December had traveled an hour into Paris just to visit us! There was much to catch up on(= After countless photo shoots and a short tea reception with the students of Thomas Mann College, we had an emotional goodbye in front of the statue of Pierre De Coubertin (Father of the Modern Olympic Games). Although it was only a mere 3 days, we were really sad to bade au revoir to all our French friends. There was a frantic exchange of facebook accounts, msn addresses, last minute pictures and cheek kissing but alas we had to part ways....

After a Chinese dinner, it was another round of shopping for us at Champs Elysee (Shawn-Ze-Lee-Zay, not Champs Ee-Lee-See) which is 3 KM long and full of shops. The night came to an end quickly though and we headed back to Etap.

Time for another round of INP! Au revoir!