Discovering Metz at last

I went to Metz last Thursday. Here are some photos of the town:

The bottom-left building is their engineering school (for mechanical engineering); all the Malaysians in Metz are doing mechanical engineering.

And now for some photos of people:

the three on the left are the visitors

from left: Dinie, Hsin Shen, Iman, Azizi, Alex

These photos were taken on Thursday and Saturday. (the unis in France usually don't have class on Thursday afternoon)

On Thursday night we went to an Italian restaurant:

Hmm...the flash didn't light things up far enough...

What I ordered: tagliatelles with smoked salmon, foie gras, and scallops

On Friday Dinie and I went to Luxembourg while they had class, and after they came back from class we played a little ping pong. (Hsin Shen didn't go to Luxembourg with us because she had been there before) In their residence they have a gym with a ping pong table! And what's more, they actually play! So jealous... -_- If I had known I would have gone to Metz :P

After playing ping pong the Metz boys made us a home-cooked meal ;)

(I think there are a few dishes I don't have photos of...there's at least one soup missing)

We were leaving on Saturday, and most of them had class in the morning. Kai Lun came back after his class ended at 10 o'clock and we walked around a bit. At twelve we met up with some of the others for lunch, and after that walked around again before returning to their residence. Then we stayed in Alex's room until it was time to leave.

Japanese food for Saturday's lunch

fooling around in front of the train station
Clockwise from my shoe at the bottom: Kai Lun, Hsin Shen, Azizi, Joe and Alex. (I hope I didn’t make a mistake :P)

Alex entertaining us in his room ;P

And lastly, on the train from Metz to Lyon:


The train wasn't completely empty...there were some people at the far end. Well, it's normal since it was a Saturday...and usually students would return to Lyon on Sunday.