about day six....

SO I MISSED A BIG PART OF DAY SIX: before class sami and I are having a meeting with our landlord to draw up the contract. After much confusion as to where exactly we were meeting, Samantha and I finally sit down with M. Aimard at the Grand Hotel. Which was hysterical for sami and I because we were just at that hotel a month earlier for the gala. And it was nothing but debauchery then. Pushing and shoving to get in, more shoving to check coats. Drunkenness, and when it was all said and done, a lot of passed out French kids. All over the fancy hotel reception. This time around it was nothing but class. Minus the fact that Samantha and I are carrying our very large bags with all of our clothes that we’re living off of with us. c’est la classe. In any case, we show up to the meeting and make up the contract. And then when he hands us the contract he says okay, so the money. Samantha and I look at each other. And then back at philer. (NOTE: at this point he is asking us for 9000euros, or $12,000 in cash.) We explain to him that we didn’t know we needed to get the cash. To which he replies that if we don’t have the cash, then he can’t give us the contract. He was also a bit angry at this point because we had misunderstood. In any case, we reschedule a meeting for the following night, and say goodbye. This means that Samantha and I have to come up with 12,000 dollars in one night. And day. And to top it off, it’s martin luther king jr. day in the US. So naturally, all banks are closed. Great fun for us. after calling back home and figuring some things out, I decide that I’m going to just do a money transfer. Samantha on the other hand is going to try to get cash from her relatives since he wanted it all in cash anyway. Also, the banks here don’t let you pull that much money out at one time. You need to give them a 36 hour notice before you do that. We didn’t have that kind of time. Regardless, here is where our night with the boys starts. (the other day six entry) now onto the eventful day 7…