My first class of the day was International Marketing. Mackenzie and I have this class together so we decided to leave the apartment at 8:20 this morning so we could enjoy our walk to campus. Unfortunately, even though we have walked this walk over a dozen times in the past week, we got lost on our way to school. We were practically running to campus, croissants in hand. When we finally got to school, we realized we were the first ones there despite thinking we were running super late. Turns out our class we thought started at 9:15 actually starts at 9:30. So we got some snacks and then got first pick of which seats we wanted to have. We chose middle...not too close, not too far.
Our professor is awesome and fun and jovial; however, the class is a bit dry and is 2 and a half hours long on a Monday morning (worst time for any class). The good news is that it only meets once a week, score!
Afterwards I had a 45 minute break which I spent in the computer lab doing homework....or on Facebook....the school has a little coffee vending machine and each cup is about 45 cents! Hello happiness!
At 12:45 Gabby and I had Haute Couture: History of Paris Fashion. Our professor is this awesome Parisian who has an amazing portfolio of work, I'm pretty sure he said something about working at Chanel, and was the historian fashion director for the movie Ever After. While this class seems interesting, sometimes he is hard to understand since he is so French. I feel like I'm going to be relying on the book for a lot of the information during class that I miss.
Class ended at 2 and Gabby, Mackenzie and I went to explore the streets around our school. We came across a small Mexican restaurant that we had researched online, and being the native SoCal girls that we are we were CRAVING!!!
We got tacos to go and went and sat in a small park to eat them. While they aren't anything close to anything from California, they were really good, and a small piece of home that I really needed today.
Afterwards we got some chocolate bars from the store and returned to campus where I had Beginning French I, aka my first french class ever. The teacher taught us some phrases and we went around and had to repeat them and in true Leah-learning-a-language fashion, I couldn't pronounce it and she made me re-do it like 30 times. How embarrassing! I was mortified and literally almost cried.
We finally ended our first day of school and the roommates and I walked home together, reminiscing about our glorious first day. On the way back we stopped in and bought a fresh baguette and then went to the store and got groceries for the week. The bread was literally the most amazing bread I've ever had in all my life.
I'm so happy with my life at the moment, living in Paris, with 3 amazing girls, and eating fresh food, walking everywhere. I'm having such a great time and can't believe that the first week is already over :(
This is my first day of school outfit. Parisians don't wear shorts without leggings or tights underneath. I know it's so weird in America but here it is completely normal. So I am trying to fit in and conform to become a true Parisian!
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