Musee Rodin and Pasta

As you may have noticed in my previous post I now have a fridge. Thank god. It is smaller than a normal Aussie fridge, but it is perfect for Paris and if it was any bigger would have been impossible to move. I went to the address in the 15e to pick it up but my friend, Oskar, who was supposed to help me never called or showed up so I thought I would check it out to see if I could handle it on my own. I realised it was too awkward even though I could lift it, so I called a friend then another friend and he came with a friend of his and I paid and we carried it downstairs. The boyfriend of the person we bought it off helped us by calling a cab, but he said the cab company would not pick up a fridge and that I should rent a car. I thought screw that and toyed with the idea of carrying it in the metro. But the gates to get into the metro would have been a big problem so the boyfriend called another company. We told him to ask for a large car but not to tell them we were transporting a fridge. He did so and we waited on the street with the fridge hidden behind a car (we were worried that if the cab driver saw us with the fridge he might just drive off and not stop). So he pulled over, we coaxed him into giving us a lift, then transported it for 10 euros to the apartment. The hardest part was getting up the 4 flights of stairs to my apartment with no lift. But we managed to do it somehow and now I have a fridge where I can keep milk and cheese. Yay.

Yesterday i went to the Musee Rodin. I haven't been to this Museum in 2 years and I am always impressed with its tranquility and beauty. It is in walking distance from my apartment so I think I will return sometime on a nice day to sit and read. The gardens are quite large and dotted all around them are sculptures by Rodin. He sculpts large and powerfully emotional works in which you feel like the scupture is going to move at any minute. Here is a few photos:


Well I have started cooking in a semi-proper way. Since I left Australia I have never really cooked. I have heated stuff up, made scrambled eggs, made sandwichs, bought kebabs, but never properly cooked. So, even though it is very basic and any smuck could do it, I cooked pasta the other night. It was pretty good, and I enjoyed eating it, but as I have no experience I had no idea how much to cook for just myself. I have since had about 4 pasta meals and worked out the perfect amount, but for this first trial I was way off. I made a bit more than double of what I could eat. Here is a photo. Yum!

Today I am going to the supermarket to buy some better quality pasta sauce and some garlic and onions to try and improve the flavour a little. Then I am going to cook some for dinner tonight. After which I am meeting some friends at a Scottish pub for a few hours of trivia. What are you people doing?