Quick, a French fast food restaurant
I have been back in the United States for three days now and the thing I miss most about France is the food. I feel like here too often we do not stop and enjoy the food we are eating, but I feel like French food is meant to be enjoyed. While in Normandy I ate dinner at Quick, a French fast food restaurant similar to McDonalds’s, and I noticed that their food was much better than similar food I have gotten from various fast food restaurants in the United States. Even the inexpensive bread I often bought from the grocery store was better than the bread of similar price that I buy back home. Overall I enjoyed eating higher quality food and taking time to enjoy the food I was eating.
The two weeks we spent in Paris led me to fall in love with the city. I was impressed by the public transportation system, specifically the Metro. Only on a few occasions did I have to wait more than five minutes for a train and the routes were easy to plan by simply looking at the map. The other main train lines that run through Paris are also on the Metro maps and purchasing tickets for these trains can easily be done from the Metro stations. There were also a good number of Metro stops, so within fifteen minutes walking distance of any place there is at least one Metro station. Being in France also gave me a chance to use some of my limited French and being surrounded by French speakers has made me want to work on my spoken French. I want to better understand French speakers and be better understood by them. The biggest changes for me after this trip were a greater desire to become fluent in French and a greater enjoyment of food.