Start
day full of energy and enthusiasm to execute my schedule for the day,
unfortunately got Nicolas wine store at 9 am for my first interview and the
store is not yet open. I was a little disappointed about the man not keeping up
to the appointment. At 10am I set out for my second interview for the day at Bo
Zinc Café at avenue Mozart. Though a little bit behind schedule to arrive at
the avenue because I didn’t expect the train will take longer than 30 minutes
to the last stop. It took me several minutes before I could locate the place
because there was no obvious sign for the café. Quite disappointed, the person
waiting for me left like 5 minutes before I identified the place.
However,
I returned back to the coffee café and spoke to the attendance if I could
public phone around. I was perplexed by the kind gesture of the guy. He offered
me to use his phone to call and I was able to get in touch with the owner of
Dominus Wine. I returned back to the hostel with hope to reschedule my meeting
with her later before we left Paris. On my way back, I found Nicolas Wine store
open and I quickly utilized the opportunity to get back on my first interview. The
man was very nice but doesn’t really understand English so much that it really
hard for him answering most of my question, though he did his best and I was
really pleased with his altitude.
In
the afternoon, the whole group proceeds for the visit to the US Embassy, Paris.
We had to go through thorough security screen as usually before allowing us
access to the Embassy. We had two section presentations at Embassy. The first presenters
spoke on the Eurozone economic crisis while the second speaker the head of the
FBI in the embassy talked about the roles they play in liaison with the French on
issues such as combating terrorism, money laundry and cyber-crime e.t.c. It was
a very educative and informative section, though that was not what I was
expecting at the Embassy. My thought was a presentation of the activities and
function of US embassy and a tour.
Immediately
after we finished at the embassy, proceed to the St-Pierre de Montmarte and on
getting there I was amazed seeing the great architectural work of all time
built long time ago. Also, standing in front of the church you get to see the
beauty of Paris. Seeing the whole city for the top of the hill and people came
all over the world to this place, that was very interesting.
Finally,
I took a trip with friends to the superlative Eiffel tower. I found myself not
see a picture of the tower or having a glance from afar but in reality at the
tower. It was an awesome was to end my day.
