We reached Paris on 16th evening Novemebr 2013, to a 4 degree centigrade temperature.
Prof. Michele Chelini who is a Professor in the Department of History in Arras and University of Paris and
the Deputy Chair of the History department came to receive me along with his wife . We drove to Arras
which is about 170 km from Paris. This is a beautiful town with a lot of Gothic architectural buildings.
We are put up in a beuatiful place called Maison and have been getting very good French food . We have
asked for vegetarian and they are able to get this for us. We also saw the University of Artois and
I have to take a bus to reach here. I start teaching from tomorrow
and I am looking forward to meeting the students.
