Marble and Midterm

Sunday I woke up early, hopped on the metro and went to a hammam for the first time. I've been pretty tense and thought that it would be a good idea to relax for a few hours and recharge. No one spoke a word of English so I was a little confused as to what I was supposed to do. But I just followed everyone's lead and had a really good time. First you shower, and rub a black soap/lotion all over yourself, then go into the sauna. It was really hot but because bearable once adjusted. Then you go lay out on heated marble, which was really really nice. Then you can go into the sauna again, and swim in a cold pool. I payed extra for a full body salt scrub, 30 minute massage, and facial. Then you sprawl out onto couches and pillows and drink strong mint tea and nibble on Arabic pastry.  I was super relaxed and dozed off a few times during the experience. I ended up spending 5 hours there. I got home, took a proper nap, then attempted to work on my midterm. I was desperately craving Korean food so I looked online and saw that one of the best in town is a five minute walk from my apartment! So I went, with trepidation not knowing if it was going to be great. But the place was packed and I ended up sharing a table with a Chinese couple and their baby. And the food? Amazing! Their kimchi was super tasty and my bibimbop was just what I had been craving. I was thrilled and will be returning.
Monday I thought we were meeting at 10h but Sam discovered that it was 9h so we had to rush to the metro and made it over to Accent just in time. Two presentations and a review of neoclassical and romantic art (urgh) then back home to crank out the midterm. By the evening I had only three questions left, which justified going out to celebrate. Met up with a few other classmates at the poetry reading. The poems weren't as good as last time but it was still really fun and great to talk with everyone. Had to catch the last metro home, so left before it was finished. Feeling good about the midterm and looking forward to the long weekend in Provence!