This afternoon, I met Alberte, a French speaking woman (originally from the West Indies), near the St. Sulpice Church. We have become good friends thru the English/French conversation class which meets Monday nites at our church. She is so friendly, and eager to speak English, and so she invited me to meet her on her day off from her work. She is an accountant for Alcatel, at Le Defense. I took the 63 bus, got off at St. Germain-des Pres, and walked over to the church. Enjoyed going into the church (of DaVinci Code fame), and from there we walked to the Luxembourg Gardens. It was such a lovely day, warm in the sun, and there were hundreds of people all around. It is a huge space, and some of the spring flowers were already blooming. People sunning, drawing, reading, playing tennis, going on pony rides, ...just brimming with life. Then we walked back to St. Michel, had a coffee at McDonalds, and then back to the church where I could catch the 63 bus back to our apartment. She lives quite far away, and so she made a great effort to spend some time with me. I felt very honored and had fun conversing in English and helping her to pronounce various words.
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