Group Dinner at the Chateau

Since the day we have arrived in Paris, we got ourselves so busy with our exploration of museums and new places; we actually didn’t had much time to have a wonderful evening together with all the members in the group. It had been kind of hectic schedule yet a learning experience. Personally I believe that we went through a lot of moments that were ups and down but all in all it was worth having ourselves involving everywhere. We came to know about the cultures and the lifestyles of the French people. Combining the lectures of the French culture class with the exploration on the outside world is simply an amazing to experience. We have witnessed almost everything about the French culture so far which includes their lavish dinner, world class wines, and their lifestyles. After the day gets over we usually go to a nearby restaurant for our dinner. It has been quite a time where we haven’t had a group dinner together by cooking ourselves. We had planned cooking together since the orientation classes at Colby-Sawyer but due to the time management we were unable to do so. Finally the group decided that it was time to have a group dinner together with our Professor Bill Thomas. This was completely a new experience because we hadn’t done this before. I was assigned as the head chef for preparing the dinner and Echo on the other hand prepared some Chinese dishes for the whole group.

It was on the 11th of October that we finally realized that we should do something as a group and so all the group members were pumped up with organizing this dinner. The day earlier some of the members went to buy the groceries from the nearby supermarket from Germany. We started preparing the meal at 5 pm and everyone seemed quite helpful in contributing something to make the dinner successful. Some were busy cutting the vegetables, some were cutting the meat, some were washing the dishes, and others were arranging the decoration of the dining table. After three hours of hard work and patience, we finally prepared our meal for the evening. Apart from the Global Beginnings group with Professor Bill Thomas, there was Sven who was our coordinator and Kate who arrived a couple days back in order to write an article about the Global Beginnings tour. They were the guests for the evening. The meal consisted of Nepalese food which was blended with the Chinese cuisines as well. Professor Bill Thomas complimented the food with his few bottles of wine and so it was one of the interesting dinner we had so far.

Personally I believe that this was not just a dinner, it was a way to see whether the members were compatible with each other and how well they communicate as a group. So basically the whole dinner was a complete success and everyone appreciated the night.