Cordially Invited!!

MORNING….slept in till 9am, I’m on vacation don’t you know? It was my last opportunity to sleep in before diving into school, excursions and real Parisien life, so I did!!

Had breakfast with my Venezuelan roommate and host mom, realized I have not seen any movies…like they talked about all these international films from around the world and im like…I’ve seen the American harry potter films? I’m SO lame. I need to be more cultured

Went to buy an adaptor with my roommate, my converter I worry will die so my roommate and I split the cost of an adapter I will use it only for charging my camera. But yay now I have one for my camera!

After that I hopped a metro to le jardin de Luxembourg…got a little lost but was happy cuz im in paris. Stopped at a SUBWAY haha it WAS SO GOOD, had a wrap, vinegar AMAZINGGG chips and a coca light, yummmyy. Total tourist trap but I didn’t care lol

Found my school for tomorrow, it looks pretty from the outside, then found the nearest metro stop. I have to be at school at 9 30, I’ll probably leave here about 7 45 ughhh. I don’t want to be late is all!

Hopped a metro and met up with JESSICA B, an old friend who is from Naperville and is here till June 24th. We then saw her school, bought oranginas and went to l’ile de st Louis for berthillon ice cream, the most famous in france. I WILLLLL be wanting more of that stuff, I got raspberry sorbet and was happy. We lounged a bit next to la seine and then wandered to find some food. We wound up drinking virgin (for me) and alcohol-induced pina coladas and tAPASSS from a small quaint restaurant. They weren’t as good as in spain but I diddd love them. Then I took her to notre dame to see it in all its glory. Shopped a little, got some gooood stuff :)

Soon we were hungry, so I found a small crepe place near notre dame and Jessica tried her 1st crepe, ham and cheese for both of us and we sat and drank fantas and ate crepes in front of notre dame. What an unbelievable thought…notre dame, crepes and fanta. Perfection.

After crepes, we metro-ed over to la tour Eiffel for Jessica to see it and me to visit my favorite batiment of all time <3 I love it so. Finally bought some keychains and a scarf thing I wanted and these two vendors kissed my cheeks when Jessica took my picture by the Eiffel tower haha. It was in good fun they were a blast. We then wandered a bit aways from la tour Eiffel to see the score of the spain game…oh yeah did I mention that right in front of la tour Eiffel, not by le champ de mars but by the aquarium there is a big screen for the game and literally thousands of people sit and watch it together every time there is a game? SOOO cool.

Anyways, metro-ed back to my house b/c oh yeah…even though I’ve been walking hours on end for the past 5 days and today was my relaxing today? I got a blister today. It’s ENORMOUS and bloody and gross and I hate it and want it to leave.

I’m home now, happy, exhausted, nervous for my 1st day and sore still from never ending my walking lol. Maybe it willll be good to have class cuz then I have to sit….and work hard meh. We’ll see about the last thing :)

Started to paris with 300 euro…down to about 100, lunch/dinner yeah…expensive stuff here. I’m hoping there is a nearby lunch place to me at my school so I can spend less on food.

MISSSS my family and friends oooooodles today. Randomly saw a girl from usac who is staying an extra two days in paris with her MOM. HER MOM CAME, I WANT MYYYY MOM TO COMEEEE. Jealous. My other roommate, not Venezuelan, her mom, aunt, cousin and sister are all coming. DEAR PACK FAMILY, YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO FRANCE TO VISIT JANET, COME NOW I MISS YOU ALLLL!!!

I’m not homesick, just miss you guys!!

Okay, so off to bed and then to school in the morning (bah humbug a little, excitement too to meet new people and nervous too, eMOTIONS everywhereeee haha!!)