Kitchen in the Lycée Marie Curie Internat

There is a kitchen for the assistants' use! Normally, it will just be the assistants who use it, but every once in a while the BTS students (who stay only Monday nights) will come in and warm something up in the microwave. The kitchen consists of a large refrigerator, a kettle, a hot-plate, a microwave, and an "oven" that's more like a large toaster oven. The kitchen is fairly well stocked with pots, pans, plates, cups, mugs, silverware, etc. The hotplate is kind of a pain to use. The dials are completely misaligned so you never know if it's as hot as it can be. It functions best when nothing else is being used (oven, microwave).

Important note about the fridge: There are 2 buttons on the top of the fridge, on the outside. The left one turns the light on and off inside the fridge, that on isn't a big deal. The right one, however, if you push it, it will de-ice the freezer. By de-ice the freezer, it shuts off the fridge until all of the ice melts, dripping over everything in the fridge and creating a huge puddle on the floor. Beware of that button. In its normal state, it should appear to be in the "out" position.

Madame Elizabeth will bug you from day one to make a list assigning kitchen cleaning duties. We made a simple list, and it turned out to be a good idea. We alternated, and when it was your "week," you had to take out the garbage that week (usually accumulated to about 2 or 3 bags, you can steal them from the cleaning ladies), sweep, and mop the floors. There was a general unspoken rule to clean up your mess after you cooked - it worked out pretty well for us. For the list, we skipped over the vacation weeks. If someone was assigned to clean a week they were in Italy, then the list isn't very effective now, is it?