Les jours are flying by already! I am finding time to blog difficult because of early wake-ups and late returns to the apartement!
Since I last blogged, I had orientation and moved my bags into my apartement! So I am now living in le Marais with Caroline! Oh, and our new pet, Ratatoutille. Oui, last night while I was skyping with my sister, Amanda, a petit mouse ran through the kitchen and into my room. To say I was terrified is an understatement. But I am working on accepting the fact that old building have mice, and mice are little and harmless. It's too bad our mouse could not actually be like Remi - and make us delicious traditional french food!
Orientation was tres easy! Way easier than FIT, and everyone is so welcoming and nice! Apres orientation we moved my bags up the 3 windy staircases into the apartement, and had lunch in le marais near the Centre Pompidou, which I cannot wait to go to! One of the largest musuems in the city and I have never been. It's borderline avante garde modern art, according to Joshua. So I will do that with friends instead of mom, who hates museums. She was even bored today in the Musee D'Orsay! She rated it a 4, out of 10! How can you be bored in the middle of the original works of Van Gogh, Degas, and Renior - to name my favorites!
We had dinner with a group of other etudiants and our student advisors in Oberkamptf at a really cute local place called Chez Justine. Caroline got a mad delicieux burger that we shared with a salad! After dinner, a large group headed over les Champs des Mars, where a huge group of AUP kids, along with tons of others, were sitting, chatting, and drinking wine - while watching the tour sparkle every hour! It was my dream! Caroline et moi bought a bottle of wine, and sat until the last sparkle and the Eiffel Tower turned off for the night, just drinking our wine and talking! It is so funny to be able to just buy a bottle of wine, take it in front of the tour, and sit there with 100 people enjoying the view and company! Afer the tour went dark, we rented les velibs and velib-ed home! It was such a wonderful way to spend le soir! Only in Paris!!
We've also had some helpful meetings at school. Paris survival, and cultural activites ideas. Many of which are travels to really cool places for very cheap! Caroline and I have composed to following list of places we want to travel - so we better plan now!
- Catacombs
- Loire Valley
- Rome
- London
- Coppenhagen
Quite a list for only 4 months! We will try to do our best! I want to make the most every second I am here, but it already is going to fast!
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