The Man Who Licked My Shoulder

Bonjour tout le monde!

I feel like I haven't addressed my social life enough since I've been here. If you're all sitting at home picturing me gyrating with french men at discotheques until the wee hours of the morning, you couldn't be more wrong. I consider myself to be pretty cool, hip, fun to be around...but I don't know how these french kids do it.

A typical saturday night involves eating dinner until about 9:30, heading out for "drinks" around 10. At this point you drink copious amounts of overpriced booze at a somewhat sketchy bar that doubles as a dance club, all the while trying to enjoy yourself while 8 different peoples sweat are mixing on your skin because the place is so crowded. Am I painting a good enough picture?

Did I mention a french man licked my shoulder. Some of you might shudder, others might gasp but apparently this is normal here? I've gotten cat calls before and had to tell a guy to leave me alone but no ones taken it this far. I guess it's my fault for wearing an off the shoulder dress, but after telling some man non merci for about the fifth time I turn away and he LICKS ME! Full on tongue meets shoulder people.

Luckily, that night we left promptly after I was salivated on. After the bar we went to the discotheque. More like a buidling full of discotheques, 4 different ones with coat rooms, smoking rooms, bars, people having sex in the bathroom etc...We danced our butts off for a good three hours, it only took me until I went to order a beer from the bar to realize why everyone gets so drunk at the bar before the discotheque. They wanted 5 euro for half a pint, thats like 8 dollars for a small cup of beer, thats highway robbery! For me however this wasn't a problem because I love to dance regardless of whether or not I've been drinking.

At around 4:30 we called it a night and took a taxi home. The next day I found out that french bakeries open at 4:30-5 oclock every morning and thats the best time to get fresh, hot, steamy, delicious french pastries. I'll have to do the night club thing at least one more time while I'm here just for the bread afterwards. So if you think you can handle the nightlife better than I can please come visit me. I'm having a blast, heading to Geneva this weekend with the girls, I'll post when I come home!