This is one of my roomies Mackenzie! She is awesome and speaks French so she has to help me all the time.
Anyway, today was literally a day being a tourist, which I think is deserved especially since Paris is filled with tourists this time of year. This morning we woke up and got ready and walked to the building we were supposed to meet at for orientation. On the way there we stopped and bought chocolate croissants, coffee, and water.
This little bakery is going to be one of our signature "go-to" places because it's close and cheap. After eating we got to our school and had orientation from 9-12. We were given a lesson on the metro, buses, and just living in the city. They fed us sandwiches (Nana I had a ham and cheese sandwich!) soda, and get ready for this...especially you Angela Weimer...CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS! Oh yes, be jealous. They were delicious. After wards we wandered for a bit and then at 1:45 got on a bus and received a tour of Paris. We only got out of the bus at Luxembourg Palace and the Eiffel Tower but got to see ALL the sites from the bus. We were using this tour to just see where everything was, and then we will obviously be going back to see and photograph everything. I took pictures from the bus but they aren't that great....you can look at my facebook to see them, or go here:
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The bus dropped us in the middle of Paris and so my roommates and I rode the metro to another street and went shopping at a department store for sheets and towels. We then decided to walk home which took almost 2 hours but that's because we were lolligagging and just taking our sweet time...taking in the city. I even spoke French a few times!!! We stopped and ate crepes for the first time- I got Cinnamon sugar and it was delicious!!! French 15 is coming my way, I can already tell. We finally made our way home and then walked two doors down to the grocery store (pics coming soon for mom) and bought some wine and stuff for dinner. Now we are all just cooking, finishing unpacking and enjoying one another's company.
Tomorrow we have academic orientation, since I guess we are here to go to school (BORING!). The roomies and I are going to make a "Paris bucket list" of everything we want to do in Paris so that when we find ourselves in the apartment bored and on Facebook we can go out and explore the city to its full
potential. We are also planning a trip for our Fall break hopefully going to travel through Belgium up to Amsterdam and then to Prague, Switzerland, etc. So if anyone wants to donate to that fund....jk.
I'm really enjoying being here and really miss everyone back home, but I already feel like I'm a part of this country, city, and community. I can't wait for the next four months!!!!
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