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Friday, 7 December 2007

Getting started in Perpignan - part 4

      by Poonam Ganglani


The next few days were spent equipping myself with a few more household essentials—kitchen utensils, dishes, house appliances, stationery and a few other things. That’s when I discovered (and am still discovering) Lesson number eight: There are a good number of places around the University with a wide range of choices at reasonable prices-Baboo (about 10 minutes away from the main entrance of the University), LeClerc (about 15 minutes away from Quick) and Au Chan (about 10 minutes away by bus). Be sure to check out these places, they have a lot of useful things including electronics, electrical appliances, clothes, shoes and loads of other things.


The week passed quickly and the warm Perpignan sun on Saturday morning lured me to venture out to Centre Ville and discover the place on my own. I asked my way around and finally got into the right bus, a very important Lesson number nine: Take bus number 8 at the bus stop opposite the main entrance of the University to get to Centre Ville, and the same bus at the bus stop beside FNAC at Centre Ville to get back. Buy yourself a bus card for 6,5 Euros that permits you ten trips and don’t forget to ask for a Guide Bus at the Tabac where you buy the card.


The day passed quickly wandering through the ins and outs of Centre Ville, strolling down the small lanes with quaint buildings, each time making a mental note of the places to come back for another day. That finally brings us to Lesson number ten: There’s lots to see here at Perpignan….museums, chateaux, historical monuments, the seaside, the mountainside…Famous favourites include Le Castillet, Musée des Beaux Arts Hyacinth Rigaud, Palais des Rois de Majorque and Colliure among others.


There’s so much more to share about how the whole Perpignan experience has been so far, how things have changed  between that anxious day on my Lufthansa flight and this moment right now, completely settled in and sharing my thoughts with you on the Mundus blog…. but it’d be much more fun for you to discover the rest on your own, so I’ll stop here!


Allez Ciao et A Bientôt!

                                                                                                                       - Poonam Ganglani

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