20 hours of sleep and all the Evian I can handle

I had to go to the doctor the other day thanks to some sketchy moroccan food. It was a very interesting cultural experience...

I got the names, address, and hours of some doctors close to my school who spoke english ( although I had already prepared sentences crucial to a good diagnosis ). So after my class I found my way to the building and entered the door code to get in. Well the doctor's office was in an apartment bulding which seemed really strange to me, but I guess maybe it's just a city thing - more practical than renting out space somewhere else. I had kind of assumed it would be some medical building or something. Well anyway I went in to the place and found myself in a waiting room which consisted of 15 chairs, 10 grumpy french people, and 1 table with a bountiful supply of magazine. At least 50 different ones. I was too spaced out to read anything though and I figured it would go by quickly. Unfortunately there was only one doctor and all 10 frenchpeoples were seperate. I waited for 2 hours. On top of that some girl budged in front of me - there's isn't a formal queue, you just figure out who was last of all the people before you and walk as fastly as you can to meet the doctor. Anyway the doctor's office was an actual office ( huge desk, mini library etc ) with a small area in the corner that had one of those exam bed/table things and various medical supplies. The doctor was really nice. He had me speak in french as much as I could and in english if I couldn't find the words. He wrote me out a prescription for some antibiotics and gave me my reimbursement forms. I had to pay him directly, 30 euros! Apparently though I get all those euros back.
My two prescriptions only cost me 6 euro though. :) Don't worry, I get that back too.

Anyway, I'm off for the holiday weekend tonight ( they have a government holiday for halloween but not thanksgiving? i think they have their priorites wrong ) and will get back Sunday afternoon. Should be a blast!

Happy Halloween from France!
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