After a short métro ride, we get down at Gare Montparnasse and walk down la rue de Rennes to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, where students get a short lesson on existentialisme et l' après-guerre (Jean-Paul Sartre et Simone de Beauvoir are mentioned but not expected to be remembered). We continue to Eglise Saint-Sulpice, where a little square with a magnificent fountain beckons. Kids take off their jackets and start a game of catch until it is time to move on to le Jardin de Luxembourg (which is closed at this early evening hour), and as stomachs now lead, we meander through the ancient part of Paris, glancing at le Panthéon, climbing the steep little streets of la Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, the Patron Saint of Paris, to la rue Mouffetard of rowdy students' fame.
After much discussions about dinner ("I would really love to taste French Chinese food", confides Lachlan, seconded by several students!) we all agree we should have French food! The dinner is memorable, everyone ordering in French, several students more daring and stretching their palates...
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