Today I went to the train station and bought a special card for
the French train system that they offer to people under 25 which allows up to a
65% discount when purchasing train tickets.
I then immediately put it to use by buying the remaining train tickets
that I needed for my vacation.
After that, I went to the campus at Paul Valery and put some
money on my student ID card, which will allow me to go to the secret student cafeteria
above the normal cafeteria. The only
form of payment that they accept up there is by using the student ID card as a sort
of debit card. But it was easy enough to
figure out and definitely worth it, because you can get full meals for only
three euros, which is about two euros
cheaper than the sandwiches that I have been getting from the other university restaurant
and various cafés around town. Today,
for example, I had lasagna and couscous with a side dish and a dessert for
three euros. It tasted pretty good, as
well.
So now I have a cheap place to eat lunch and the ability to buy
discounted train tickets. A pretty good
day, economically speaking.
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