I started work today! I managed to get up at 7:00 despite not being able to get to sleep and got the bus to work although the walk to the bus stop took a little longer than expected. I was a little worried about the Paris traffic in the morning but got there in plenty of time. When I arrived I said who I was to the lady at reception and she organised an ID card for me.
I spent the day going through some parts of my job, the tools I'll use and the upcoming meetings. There's a guy training me who has been doing the job whenever there hasn't been an intern to do it (as far as I know).
At about 12:00 everyone was called into a room where I another woman (mainly the other woman) were introduced. Then came the champagne and hors d'oeuvres (including cavier on little bits of bread). A little later we all went to lunch. After lunch we walked upstairs from the canteen to the coffee bar. There's a "game" they play (I didn't have to today) where they all put there passes (which you use to pay for food) face down on the counter and the guy serving picks one at random so that person pays for all the coffees.
In the afternoon we sent some emails and drafted an agenda for a meeting next week.
Thankfully most of today was in English. I'm concerned that when the guy training me was speaking to the other stagiare I couldn't really understand but I think that was mainly because they were talking too fast.
I think I'm going to try and use more French before they start as then at least it will show I'm willing to learn and improve.
Anyhow, I've got to stop now as I need to get ready for tomorrow. I've got to cycle into work thanks to the strike.
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