So I'm back in Chicagi safe and sound, actually had a fantastic flight home all 8 hours went well, I slept for 6 of them which helped a lot and no usual ear problems.
I went through customs no problem found my parents no problem and then found out my dog died so it's been a little bit sour at home for the past two days...I miss him. Also I'm jetlagged a bit crabby and tired and in culture shock a little but it will all get better. I'm home, officially have been in 5 countries in my life and accomplished a huge amount of dreams so life is good. Pau, amazing, Paris, amazing.
Now on to more adventures in the United States...but ones I will not blog about. Thanks for keeping up with my blog though, hope you enjoyed being on my adventures with me!!! Have a great day!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Bon voyage à moi!
Thursday: Had super long and boring classes but I got my written class test back and I got a bien which means good yay meeee!
During my two hour break my roommate and I decided to finally eat like the French and splurge on a meal deal for 15 bucks, my 1st fancy one in Paris even though Parisiens define fancy as like…100 bucks a plate. Either way, we went to this mussels place my friend from my class recommended and I had mussels in wine sauce, French fries, a pineapple juice and a coffee all for 15 bucks, a good deal and the mussels were yummy, though I still prefer the Catch 35 mussels I ate the 1st time I ate mussels. I did love them though and we had fun. Got to my 2nd class a bit late b/c of it but oh well my teacher doesn’t care.
Had my written class, learned some latin words?? Then I went to the Eiffel to some last minute SHOPPING and to say hi to my favorite monument in Paris, got emotional. Went home, changed clothes and got ready and went to the ISA Farewell dinner…okay salad not so good meat, good rice and a swell dessert with live music and sentimentality everywhere.
After dinner, a bunch of us went back to the dorms where the dorm kids live and drank some wine then we all hopped a metro to this boat…no idea what it was called but it was free for foreigners before 12 30 for women so we got in FREE!! I bought myself two shots no big deal and then we all danced the night away…literally…we left the club at 5 30am, got home about 6 30am but on our way to the 1st metro we saw the Eiffel right before sunrise sooo beautiful. Had a BLAST.
Yet…I only got 2 hours of sleep before I had to get up, haul ass in the shower and get to class. Class was pointless relative pronoun stuff I already knew and one girl got to leave early b/c she was hungover but I didn’t get to when I was- UNFAIR. Anyway, my teacher kissed me. HAHA. Its true, I got a picture of our class, then one w/ him alone and he shouted GROS BISOUS and gave me a smack sound kiss on the cheek, there’s a photo. I loved him so, he was so animated and awesome.
Got a fruits rouge tarts, a jambon fromage and beurre sandwich and a pistachio and chocolate bread and a pistachio macaroon and an orangina for lunch. Best lunch EVER. I shopped all the boulangeries and then I went back to my house to eat whereafter I commenced packing. Packed for about 2 hours and was supposed to meet up w/ friends at Les Halles but couldn’t find them so I just shopped by myself, it was fun! I did wind up meeting up w/ one friend though later at Le Louvre after a quick ice cream fruit mix thing and we did all the French paintings and Venus de Milo again, so fun but she was with me at the club so we were and still are dead tired.
Got some energy, went to the Eiffel, bought half of a baguette for 45 centimes and took pictures w/ it and the Eiffel, so classique. Stayed at the Eiffel for probably an hour or so, then cried, said goodbye to my friend and cried more on the metro and then walked home pensively and being sad. I get home and pack more then my host mom announced that we are all drinking tonight aperitifs…where was this on my bday? I had one shot to be polite then water and then I politely excused myself to pack more. I really did want to get wasted with them though but here’s the other thing besides even the fact that I have a plane to catch EARLY tomorrow: I am running on 2 hours of sleep and am waking up at 5 30 so I will only get 3 tonight. Hope I get to sleep on the plane b/c I definitely need to catch up in general much less deal with jetlag.
Going to NOT miss:
Smokers
Homeless aggressive people and sad, desperately sad ones holding dogs or babies
People w/ body odor
Aggressive men
Going to MISS:
Everything, everything, everything. People, places, things, food like WOWZA and the music of Paris life.
Well anyway, I’m almost all packed, I will finish in the morning…hopefully write a conclusion blog tomorrow or whenever but all in all, bon voyage à moi!!
During my two hour break my roommate and I decided to finally eat like the French and splurge on a meal deal for 15 bucks, my 1st fancy one in Paris even though Parisiens define fancy as like…100 bucks a plate. Either way, we went to this mussels place my friend from my class recommended and I had mussels in wine sauce, French fries, a pineapple juice and a coffee all for 15 bucks, a good deal and the mussels were yummy, though I still prefer the Catch 35 mussels I ate the 1st time I ate mussels. I did love them though and we had fun. Got to my 2nd class a bit late b/c of it but oh well my teacher doesn’t care.
Had my written class, learned some latin words?? Then I went to the Eiffel to some last minute SHOPPING and to say hi to my favorite monument in Paris, got emotional. Went home, changed clothes and got ready and went to the ISA Farewell dinner…okay salad not so good meat, good rice and a swell dessert with live music and sentimentality everywhere.
After dinner, a bunch of us went back to the dorms where the dorm kids live and drank some wine then we all hopped a metro to this boat…no idea what it was called but it was free for foreigners before 12 30 for women so we got in FREE!! I bought myself two shots no big deal and then we all danced the night away…literally…we left the club at 5 30am, got home about 6 30am but on our way to the 1st metro we saw the Eiffel right before sunrise sooo beautiful. Had a BLAST.
Yet…I only got 2 hours of sleep before I had to get up, haul ass in the shower and get to class. Class was pointless relative pronoun stuff I already knew and one girl got to leave early b/c she was hungover but I didn’t get to when I was- UNFAIR. Anyway, my teacher kissed me. HAHA. Its true, I got a picture of our class, then one w/ him alone and he shouted GROS BISOUS and gave me a smack sound kiss on the cheek, there’s a photo. I loved him so, he was so animated and awesome.
Got a fruits rouge tarts, a jambon fromage and beurre sandwich and a pistachio and chocolate bread and a pistachio macaroon and an orangina for lunch. Best lunch EVER. I shopped all the boulangeries and then I went back to my house to eat whereafter I commenced packing. Packed for about 2 hours and was supposed to meet up w/ friends at Les Halles but couldn’t find them so I just shopped by myself, it was fun! I did wind up meeting up w/ one friend though later at Le Louvre after a quick ice cream fruit mix thing and we did all the French paintings and Venus de Milo again, so fun but she was with me at the club so we were and still are dead tired.
Got some energy, went to the Eiffel, bought half of a baguette for 45 centimes and took pictures w/ it and the Eiffel, so classique. Stayed at the Eiffel for probably an hour or so, then cried, said goodbye to my friend and cried more on the metro and then walked home pensively and being sad. I get home and pack more then my host mom announced that we are all drinking tonight aperitifs…where was this on my bday? I had one shot to be polite then water and then I politely excused myself to pack more. I really did want to get wasted with them though but here’s the other thing besides even the fact that I have a plane to catch EARLY tomorrow: I am running on 2 hours of sleep and am waking up at 5 30 so I will only get 3 tonight. Hope I get to sleep on the plane b/c I definitely need to catch up in general much less deal with jetlag.
Going to NOT miss:
Smokers
Homeless aggressive people and sad, desperately sad ones holding dogs or babies
People w/ body odor
Aggressive men
Going to MISS:
Everything, everything, everything. People, places, things, food like WOWZA and the music of Paris life.
Well anyway, I’m almost all packed, I will finish in the morning…hopefully write a conclusion blog tomorrow or whenever but all in all, bon voyage à moi!!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
My grand love affair…
I’m in love, it’s been 10 weeks so it’s a little fast but je suis amoureuse avec Paris. But at the same time, I daydreamed today about seeing my parents and how delightfully excited my mom will squeal when she sees me, my dad will just smile and open his arms and my brother will give me a friendly hug too and it will be sooo nice. I really am excited to come home, but I’m officially in love with Paris.
Class was stupid and I was hungover like woah, I really should have skipped but am too good of a student go figure. Ate lunch in Jardin de Luxembourg for the last time, had some thoughtful moments there, stopped at McDonalds for a à emporter cappuccino then Carley, a friend of mine, and I shopped the TOWN!! I spent a decent amount on myself for the first time which felt a little spoiling but I am so pleased and I love everything I bought. I now own a red and pink beret and two black ones, one is knit. I am in LOVE.
We souvenir shopped till about 5pm then Carley felt pooped so we went to her dorm and I napped while she facebooked and then we met up with another friend and went to CHINA TOWN in Paris, what a riot. We ironically ate Vietnamese but I had chicken and noodles and sauce and veggies and an orange presse, oh yes I loveeee orange juice here don’tcha know?
After dinner, stopped home and picked up my roommate Debbie, went to la Tour Eiffel for a few pictures b/c I essentially have none to take anymore errg but we had a blast and had some pistachio ice cream.
Here’s something I will need to realize: not every man I pass will go “wow,wow, wowww” at me googling at me and not every store vendor will ask me for my number and say How can you speak French if you’re from Chicago to which I respond I’m studying it and he says You are so beautiful bahaha. Men here amuse me as much as creep me out but I’m BEING SAFE it’s just funny/awesome/creepy how often I get hit on and googley-eyed.
Packing and organizing a little bit tonight getting ready for my BIGG packing EXTRAVAGANZAHH which will be Friday afternoon. I feel good, I’m throwing a lot of unnecessary things away.
I miss home, I love Paris, I had a blast today, minus the hangover haha.
Class was stupid and I was hungover like woah, I really should have skipped but am too good of a student go figure. Ate lunch in Jardin de Luxembourg for the last time, had some thoughtful moments there, stopped at McDonalds for a à emporter cappuccino then Carley, a friend of mine, and I shopped the TOWN!! I spent a decent amount on myself for the first time which felt a little spoiling but I am so pleased and I love everything I bought. I now own a red and pink beret and two black ones, one is knit. I am in LOVE.
We souvenir shopped till about 5pm then Carley felt pooped so we went to her dorm and I napped while she facebooked and then we met up with another friend and went to CHINA TOWN in Paris, what a riot. We ironically ate Vietnamese but I had chicken and noodles and sauce and veggies and an orange presse, oh yes I loveeee orange juice here don’tcha know?
After dinner, stopped home and picked up my roommate Debbie, went to la Tour Eiffel for a few pictures b/c I essentially have none to take anymore errg but we had a blast and had some pistachio ice cream.
Here’s something I will need to realize: not every man I pass will go “wow,wow, wowww” at me googling at me and not every store vendor will ask me for my number and say How can you speak French if you’re from Chicago to which I respond I’m studying it and he says You are so beautiful bahaha. Men here amuse me as much as creep me out but I’m BEING SAFE it’s just funny/awesome/creepy how often I get hit on and googley-eyed.
Packing and organizing a little bit tonight getting ready for my BIGG packing EXTRAVAGANZAHH which will be Friday afternoon. I feel good, I’m throwing a lot of unnecessary things away.
I miss home, I love Paris, I had a blast today, minus the hangover haha.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wine at eiffel tonight, beginnning of the end
A little drunk as I write this:
Had a scanvenger hint for class today saw the oldest confiserie or candy shop in pars and bought mints, ate at angelinas hot chocolate and a croissant instead of getting more lost and had a good day lol.
Wound up in les halles, famous for shopping, FINALLY found a leather jacket for only 40 euro that fitttt me and a beret that makes me smile, saw st eustache where moliere was baptized HOW COOL, went to my oral for the theatre class and acted like a thief and then came home. Ran to butte des cambones or something like that, famous garden with Debbie my roommate and came home to eat then went to Eiffel to have fun, buy Eiffel towers and drink a bottle of wine each,im having a good time tonight ;) ; love paris don’t want to leave….
Had a scanvenger hint for class today saw the oldest confiserie or candy shop in pars and bought mints, ate at angelinas hot chocolate and a croissant instead of getting more lost and had a good day lol.
Wound up in les halles, famous for shopping, FINALLY found a leather jacket for only 40 euro that fitttt me and a beret that makes me smile, saw st eustache where moliere was baptized HOW COOL, went to my oral for the theatre class and acted like a thief and then came home. Ran to butte des cambones or something like that, famous garden with Debbie my roommate and came home to eat then went to Eiffel to have fun, buy Eiffel towers and drink a bottle of wine each,im having a good time tonight ;) ; love paris don’t want to leave….
Monday, July 26, 2010
T-minus 5 days now...
Morning class! We received our tests and discussed a film we watched which was essentially a woman talking with her husband about what to make for dinner, her buying lobster and struggling to muster up the courage to knife them dead and then ultimately murdering the lobsters one in a blender and one by electrocution in a bathtub with a hairdryer. Good film, really funny ;)
Anyway, I got a Presque tres bien on my final! French grading is WEIRD it goes mauvais, assez bon bon, bien, tres bien, and I was just in b/w bien and tres bien so its like an A- or B I guess I am not sure how the grades will transfer but im happy. Tomorrow in class we’re doing a scavenger hunt!
After class, we were worried it would rain but we talked it out over quiche and water bottles and decided to still go to la bois de bologne, a famous HUGEEE park in France bigger than Central Park in NYC! We trekked out there, it took us a good 20 minutes through the foresty part to get to a lac or lake but we found one and I chose us a good hill and we laid under a tree and I fell asleep for about 30 minutes maybe just relaxing with the wind it was perfect weather. Woke up, two of my friends decided to leave to go elsewhere other things yada so they left and then me and my two friends Jenna and Carley hung about a bit more. We posed for pictures then when I told my friend Carley to pose by a bench we discovered it was a sex bench. Bois de Bologne is famous for being a hooker heaven at night and we found a zillion condoms and red lipstick it was sooo funny. Then as we started walking toward the metro, THERE WAS A GUY IN THE WOODS we just passed by him across the street and he was MASTERBATING. Hilarious, creepy, only in Paris. We then passed two HOOKERS just chatting up a storm on a bench and then we found a metro. Hilarious, hilarious, hilarious.
We then went to la Mosque de Paris, where I have been before, to let them try and cakes and tea and I had three cakes again and then I spilled my tea like a BUFFOOON so Carley let me have most of hers cuz she doesn’t love tea. After tea time, jenna and I went INSIDE the mosque for only 2 euros cuz we are students, beautttifulll pictures, carley went home to rest.
After that, I went home to change b/c at le bois I got maybe a little poop on my jeans (figures), though it could’ve been mud. Changed, tried French Nesquick b/c my German roommate wanted me to have some, then I headed out to Montparnesse where I met up w/ Jenna and Carley again.
We went up Tour Montparnesse, I had a croque monsieur and chips and a fanta and half of Jenna’s beer and we just talked about life, love, boys, school, everything. It was sooo relaxing and Tour Montparnesse is like a trendy Sears (I mean Willis) Tower with more of a café atmosphere but just as much of a view. We waited till dark, took another look around then separated and now I’m home happy and sad and loving Paris and missing Paris and missing home and loving Paris and missing my family and friends and everyone and I love the moments I shared w/ these two superbly awesome girls tonight I don’t know. Emotions, blah.
ce n'est pas que je ne veuille pas retourner aux amis ou à ma famille, c'est parce que je suis amoureuse avec gai Parieee et mes amis-ici. Je déteste aussi les au revoirs et la France gardera une grande partie de mon coeur quand j'y quitte. Zut alors, l'amour est fort et je suis faible et mon coeur sera divisé par les mers dans cinq jours...
Anyway, I got a Presque tres bien on my final! French grading is WEIRD it goes mauvais, assez bon bon, bien, tres bien, and I was just in b/w bien and tres bien so its like an A- or B I guess I am not sure how the grades will transfer but im happy. Tomorrow in class we’re doing a scavenger hunt!
After class, we were worried it would rain but we talked it out over quiche and water bottles and decided to still go to la bois de bologne, a famous HUGEEE park in France bigger than Central Park in NYC! We trekked out there, it took us a good 20 minutes through the foresty part to get to a lac or lake but we found one and I chose us a good hill and we laid under a tree and I fell asleep for about 30 minutes maybe just relaxing with the wind it was perfect weather. Woke up, two of my friends decided to leave to go elsewhere other things yada so they left and then me and my two friends Jenna and Carley hung about a bit more. We posed for pictures then when I told my friend Carley to pose by a bench we discovered it was a sex bench. Bois de Bologne is famous for being a hooker heaven at night and we found a zillion condoms and red lipstick it was sooo funny. Then as we started walking toward the metro, THERE WAS A GUY IN THE WOODS we just passed by him across the street and he was MASTERBATING. Hilarious, creepy, only in Paris. We then passed two HOOKERS just chatting up a storm on a bench and then we found a metro. Hilarious, hilarious, hilarious.
We then went to la Mosque de Paris, where I have been before, to let them try and cakes and tea and I had three cakes again and then I spilled my tea like a BUFFOOON so Carley let me have most of hers cuz she doesn’t love tea. After tea time, jenna and I went INSIDE the mosque for only 2 euros cuz we are students, beautttifulll pictures, carley went home to rest.
After that, I went home to change b/c at le bois I got maybe a little poop on my jeans (figures), though it could’ve been mud. Changed, tried French Nesquick b/c my German roommate wanted me to have some, then I headed out to Montparnesse where I met up w/ Jenna and Carley again.
We went up Tour Montparnesse, I had a croque monsieur and chips and a fanta and half of Jenna’s beer and we just talked about life, love, boys, school, everything. It was sooo relaxing and Tour Montparnesse is like a trendy Sears (I mean Willis) Tower with more of a café atmosphere but just as much of a view. We waited till dark, took another look around then separated and now I’m home happy and sad and loving Paris and missing Paris and missing home and loving Paris and missing my family and friends and everyone and I love the moments I shared w/ these two superbly awesome girls tonight I don’t know. Emotions, blah.
ce n'est pas que je ne veuille pas retourner aux amis ou à ma famille, c'est parce que je suis amoureuse avec gai Parieee et mes amis-ici. Je déteste aussi les au revoirs et la France gardera une grande partie de mon coeur quand j'y quitte. Zut alors, l'amour est fort et je suis faible et mon coeur sera divisé par les mers dans cinq jours...
Sunday, July 25, 2010
~Bliss~
What a fabbbulous last weekend in France, I truly had fun!! Versailles Saturday morning was a thrill, saw everything including Le Petit Trianon, Marie Antoinette’s separate playhouse/garden/separate city really it was hugeeee. I loved every minute of it. Had pesto pasta there and ice cream too and simply was delighted though exhausted by the trip.
Went to Gare de L’Est, bought Cassandra, my friend from Pau who is studying in Strasbourg, a mini snowglobe of Paris and a card as a thank-you for keeping me at your apartment and hosting me gift then jetted off to Strasbourg on a TGV!! Arrived about 9, went right away with Cassandra to dinner right on the river with her two friends there and had Flammenkuch? I think that is how you spell it. Its cream, onions and ham on a pizza crust like WOWZA YUM, had about 3 glasses of wine too a delicious Riesling and since I drink Riesling in Chicago so often it tasted like home. Across from us on the other side of the river a chorus was singing Joyful Joyful, it was so fun! They had to be like..junior high/high school aged chorus. After dinner we went to la cathedrale de Strasbourg and watched a BEAUTTTIFULLL light show, I have a video of it soo stunning. We even laid down on the street below to watch it.
Walked to a salsa club on the river, met a guy from NORWAY and told him I loveee the Norway ride at Epcot haha, he was so funny and I loved his accent so! He told me to come visit him in Norway so I’m skipping Chicago and jetting off to Norway next week, JUST KIDDING MOM AND DAD!!
Danced some, had mojitos, walked to a club and danced and was going to go back to Cassandra’s apartment and drop of my bag and go out again but we were so tired, it was 3amish and I wanted an early start Sunday so we just passed out.
Early start? BAHAH, we woke up at 10 30, it was fine though. Had a mini hangover and so did Cassandra but we drank coffee, she had REALLL coffee not espresso and she had petit madeleines which I ADORE and it was a delightful breakfast. Took an adventurous shower in her interesting only hot hot water shower and then we left to buy tickets for a boat tour! Bought tickets for only 4 euro cuz I’m a student and then I had gelato shaped like a flower…HOW COOL IS THAT? Hazenut, tirimasu and nutella flavors together like a flower. I have a picture it was so neat! Walked through la cathedrale de Strasbourg soo beautiful. Then got a biscuit from a little cute biscuit shop for free!
Hopped on the boat tour and saw Strasbourg and had headphones with a guy talking history! Saw Parliament building, beautiful buildings mixed German and French origin b/c of Strasbourg’s back and forth history with being Germanys and Frances city. I loved the tour, so relaxing, Strasbourg is freaking stunning.
After the tour, we went to Vieux Strasbourg, a restaurant and had chocroute!! MOMMA I HAD SAUERKRAUT AND LOVED IT!! It was sauerkraut, two ham things and a sausage and some potatoes and it was traditional Strasbourg history so I had to have some and it was a delight! Had a cappuccino b/c I was wornnn out and then we walked about and shopped a bit. Cassandra bought this baby onesie for her sister that said ca commence avec un baiser mais ca finit avec un bebe!! SO HILARIOUS I loved it.
Walked around and then at 5 15 went back to Cathedrale de Strasbourg and listened to an organ concert! It was sooo neat and it truly filled the cathedrale up with beautiful sounds.
Walked to train station, got a picture with a bachelor who was on his bachelor party and was wearing a chef costume and then we headed to la gare and at la gare I had a bretzel and an orangina, we said goodbye and that was that. Its sad to leave Cassandra, shes from TX so I don’t know how easy it will be for me to see her sooner rather than later :( Either way, it was a crazy fun relaxing weekend that I loved and it was good to have an old friend to make me feel better about everything and then some. Shes so incredible really.
Anyway, its 1 39 cuz Im a procrastinator and Im off to bed Now! MY LAST WEEK IN PARIS STARTS TOMORROW AHHH!!!
Went to Gare de L’Est, bought Cassandra, my friend from Pau who is studying in Strasbourg, a mini snowglobe of Paris and a card as a thank-you for keeping me at your apartment and hosting me gift then jetted off to Strasbourg on a TGV!! Arrived about 9, went right away with Cassandra to dinner right on the river with her two friends there and had Flammenkuch? I think that is how you spell it. Its cream, onions and ham on a pizza crust like WOWZA YUM, had about 3 glasses of wine too a delicious Riesling and since I drink Riesling in Chicago so often it tasted like home. Across from us on the other side of the river a chorus was singing Joyful Joyful, it was so fun! They had to be like..junior high/high school aged chorus. After dinner we went to la cathedrale de Strasbourg and watched a BEAUTTTIFULLL light show, I have a video of it soo stunning. We even laid down on the street below to watch it.
Walked to a salsa club on the river, met a guy from NORWAY and told him I loveee the Norway ride at Epcot haha, he was so funny and I loved his accent so! He told me to come visit him in Norway so I’m skipping Chicago and jetting off to Norway next week, JUST KIDDING MOM AND DAD!!
Danced some, had mojitos, walked to a club and danced and was going to go back to Cassandra’s apartment and drop of my bag and go out again but we were so tired, it was 3amish and I wanted an early start Sunday so we just passed out.
Early start? BAHAH, we woke up at 10 30, it was fine though. Had a mini hangover and so did Cassandra but we drank coffee, she had REALLL coffee not espresso and she had petit madeleines which I ADORE and it was a delightful breakfast. Took an adventurous shower in her interesting only hot hot water shower and then we left to buy tickets for a boat tour! Bought tickets for only 4 euro cuz I’m a student and then I had gelato shaped like a flower…HOW COOL IS THAT? Hazenut, tirimasu and nutella flavors together like a flower. I have a picture it was so neat! Walked through la cathedrale de Strasbourg soo beautiful. Then got a biscuit from a little cute biscuit shop for free!
Hopped on the boat tour and saw Strasbourg and had headphones with a guy talking history! Saw Parliament building, beautiful buildings mixed German and French origin b/c of Strasbourg’s back and forth history with being Germanys and Frances city. I loved the tour, so relaxing, Strasbourg is freaking stunning.
After the tour, we went to Vieux Strasbourg, a restaurant and had chocroute!! MOMMA I HAD SAUERKRAUT AND LOVED IT!! It was sauerkraut, two ham things and a sausage and some potatoes and it was traditional Strasbourg history so I had to have some and it was a delight! Had a cappuccino b/c I was wornnn out and then we walked about and shopped a bit. Cassandra bought this baby onesie for her sister that said ca commence avec un baiser mais ca finit avec un bebe!! SO HILARIOUS I loved it.
Walked around and then at 5 15 went back to Cathedrale de Strasbourg and listened to an organ concert! It was sooo neat and it truly filled the cathedrale up with beautiful sounds.
Walked to train station, got a picture with a bachelor who was on his bachelor party and was wearing a chef costume and then we headed to la gare and at la gare I had a bretzel and an orangina, we said goodbye and that was that. Its sad to leave Cassandra, shes from TX so I don’t know how easy it will be for me to see her sooner rather than later :( Either way, it was a crazy fun relaxing weekend that I loved and it was good to have an old friend to make me feel better about everything and then some. Shes so incredible really.
Anyway, its 1 39 cuz Im a procrastinator and Im off to bed Now! MY LAST WEEK IN PARIS STARTS TOMORROW AHHH!!!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Paris, Je t'aime
TEST DAYYYY!!! 3 hours of grammar exercises, oral comprehension, written comprehension and essay quelle horreur!! Oh well, we’ll see the result when the result is in. I did my best and that’s all that counts!!
After class, we all were going to go to this fashion show at Galeries Lafayette but we didn’t get an email back from them confirming our reservation free seats, so we voted to not go, instead we went to THE PANTHEON!! It was so beautiful and they had pistachio gelato near the beautiful building, YAY!
Before there, I stopped by a Boulangerie for a pizza and a macaroon, SO YUMMY
Anyways, at the Pantheon we saw the crypt and payed homage to Victor Hugo’s tomb and Zola and Rousseau and then just saw the beautiful architecture and it was swell. Then we caught a metro to Champs Elysees for gazing at the street, wandering the rue and just being Parisien. We stopped in a café to rest our feet, I bought a fruit pressee or a special orange juice haha and it was grand and we people-watched. Then we grabbed some to-go food at a Monoprix, aka a supermarket, and then caught a metro to Jardin des Tuileries and munched on our food which for me included brebis and chicken Caesar wrap thingys, a beignet of hazelnut chocolate filling and some of Jenna’s pistachios.
After Tuileries and good conversation, we walked to la Louvre, which is free for students on Friday nights and it started to sprinkle a little rain so it was perfect. We walked around the Egyptian area, saw a Kingston? I don’t remember his name but he made collages of paper and used charcoal and it made a sphinx with a moving tale, sooo neat. Saw beautiful art, including la bainoire I think it’s called? The one with the two naked ladies in a bath? Its super famous and we saw it, and the art portrait of Richelieu and the rape in the sabines, etc. I love it. And I got my picture taken with La Jaconde today, MONA LISA I adore her.
After 3ish hours in the Louvre, we sat outside until 10pm to see the pyramid glow and took some more pictures. Had a blast, walked back to Les Tuilerieis, got a crepe with banana and nutella and walked around the carnival that is there for a short bit. Took a metro and came home for packing for STRASBOURG THIS WEEKEND!! I go to Versailles with my ISA group tomorrow and leave early for Gare de L’Est and take a 7pm train to Strasbourg where my friend Cassandra will meet me and show me a great time, SO EXCITED! I need to pack. What an INCREDIBLE day.
Countdown at number 8 today...so weird, starting to get melancholy missing Paris
After class, we all were going to go to this fashion show at Galeries Lafayette but we didn’t get an email back from them confirming our reservation free seats, so we voted to not go, instead we went to THE PANTHEON!! It was so beautiful and they had pistachio gelato near the beautiful building, YAY!
Before there, I stopped by a Boulangerie for a pizza and a macaroon, SO YUMMY
Anyways, at the Pantheon we saw the crypt and payed homage to Victor Hugo’s tomb and Zola and Rousseau and then just saw the beautiful architecture and it was swell. Then we caught a metro to Champs Elysees for gazing at the street, wandering the rue and just being Parisien. We stopped in a café to rest our feet, I bought a fruit pressee or a special orange juice haha and it was grand and we people-watched. Then we grabbed some to-go food at a Monoprix, aka a supermarket, and then caught a metro to Jardin des Tuileries and munched on our food which for me included brebis and chicken Caesar wrap thingys, a beignet of hazelnut chocolate filling and some of Jenna’s pistachios.
After Tuileries and good conversation, we walked to la Louvre, which is free for students on Friday nights and it started to sprinkle a little rain so it was perfect. We walked around the Egyptian area, saw a Kingston? I don’t remember his name but he made collages of paper and used charcoal and it made a sphinx with a moving tale, sooo neat. Saw beautiful art, including la bainoire I think it’s called? The one with the two naked ladies in a bath? Its super famous and we saw it, and the art portrait of Richelieu and the rape in the sabines, etc. I love it. And I got my picture taken with La Jaconde today, MONA LISA I adore her.
After 3ish hours in the Louvre, we sat outside until 10pm to see the pyramid glow and took some more pictures. Had a blast, walked back to Les Tuilerieis, got a crepe with banana and nutella and walked around the carnival that is there for a short bit. Took a metro and came home for packing for STRASBOURG THIS WEEKEND!! I go to Versailles with my ISA group tomorrow and leave early for Gare de L’Est and take a 7pm train to Strasbourg where my friend Cassandra will meet me and show me a great time, SO EXCITED! I need to pack. What an INCREDIBLE day.
Countdown at number 8 today...so weird, starting to get melancholy missing Paris
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