Paris Dans La Neige!

Ohhhhh la la! Aujourd'hui a Paris il neige! C'etait incroyable!!

As Caroline and I were riding to school on the 69 bus for the last time, I was getting more and more melanchonly with each stop and writing in my journal about how sad I was. Then all of sudden, Caroline says "oh my gosh, it's snowing!" And I look up, to see giant white flurries fluttering through the Parisian air, falling to the ground and covering Paris in a white blanket!

I don't think I stopped smiling about it all day!

I had HOPED and DREAMED that before I left I would get to see Paris in the snow! And the last 2 days of my life here - it snows! How parfait! Another example of how me and God are BFF.

It was such a beautiful, snowy day! After class Caroline and I went to l'arc de triomphe, and walked down the Champs Elysees one last time, stopping in at all the fancy stores,and walking through the Marche du Noel! Knowing that was the last night I would walk down the Champs until who knows when was heartbreaking for me.,,

Afterwards, I went straight to the Eiffel Tower, because I wanted go to the top one more time, and look out over a snow-capped Paris! Mais, when I arrived - it was ferme! I wanted to cry! Partly because it looked so beautiful covered in snow, and partly because I was so sad I couldn't go up it.

But it so amazing to just stand there under it. Gazing up at huge and beautiful it is... I could do it all day and love every minute.

So since I was freezing and starving - I headed to Angelina's to meet Caroline and our friends Arielle and Leandra for - what else? CHOCOLAT CHAUD! Angelina's has the most incroyable chocolat chaud! It may or may not be better than City Bakery, because I award them bonus points for their homemade marshmallows - butI award Angelina's points for their macarons, and gorgeous salon de the. So it is a tough choice....

Anyways, we sat in the beautiful grand salle for nearly two hours, drinking our sinful chocolat and talking about how much we love and are going to miss (every moment of every day!!!) Paris. It is so nice to be with people who are equally as obbsessed with something as you are. In this example - Paris. (And chocolat chaud).

We started to walk home, (because hello - we just had drank liquified chocolat bars with real whipped cream) and stopped in the jardin de tuilieries because it was gorrrrgeous! All covered in snow and looking like a dream. Ohhh, Paris is even more beautiful in the neige!

We stopped to pick up a baguette and cheese for dinner. Our LAST baguette, wine, and cheese nightin Paris. It was soooooooooooooooooo sad. I just wanted to sob the whole time. But the cheese was so amazing I couldn't.

We got this cheese called "mont d'or" - which is a special cheese only made in France in the winter. It's super creamy and the way to eat it is to go at the center with a spoon, and then spread the spoonful on your baguette. So OF COURSE we had to try it!

I can't even tell you how delicious it was. We drank our last bottle of merlot together, ate our last baguette together, and enjoyed our fancy french cheese! What a perfect nuit!

Oh, P.S. I am desperatley sick! Like death by sneezing. Every minute or so I have body-shaking sneezes and my nose is constantly running. But like I would let that stop me from enjoying my last 2 days in Paris!

I bought some french rhume medicine at the pharmacie today and since everything is better in France it should start working soon. I'm hoping to be sick-free by the time I return aux etats-unis Saturday.

So tomorrow is my last day....
I cannot believe it. It is so so so so sooooooooooo
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
triste.

I BELONG HERE. And so everyone I love needs to compromise and move over to Paris maintenant! Got it? Good. I'm really not asking that much of you. You'd be glad you did it after 1 pain au chocolat. I promise you that!

I have a busy day of fun Parisian activites planned with Caroline for la jour finale. Ending with my champs de mars campout. Wish me luck....