Paris (Cheese and Jefferson)

Cheese in the St. German des Prés

I'm co-teaching a graduate seminar this semester with a colleague at Sciences Po in Paris, on Migration and Citizenship in the US and Europe.  We conduct the class on video conference, and as part of the plan we have switched places for two weeks, so we can meet each other's students and give some talks.  JGN is with me for one week and I'll stay on for another week.

We all know that Thomas Jefferson spent time on assignment in Paris--but did you know that he lived on the Champs Elysses?

Below the Passage du Clef, built 1835, one of several covered passages or arcades in the 2nd. This one has boutiques and art students on assignment.  We had lunch afterwards at a cafe called "Les Tetes Brulees" (burned heads--go figure).  I had eggs baked in cream with lardon (pancetta), which was, er,  interesting.