PARISIENNE!!

HELLO WORLD, It’s Janet aka Parisienne Lady :)

I’m thrilled here. THRILLED a lot of the time. Even when I’m lost it’s like..magical. I know there will be a metro or I can ask and everyone is so friendly!

Things I don’t like about Paris
1. My family/friends are not here
2. The gypsies…if someone comes up to you and asks if you speak English you say no b/c they will try to get your money. Sometimes they act very pitiful or hold puppies and I even saw one holding a baby and begging on the streets. I hate that.
3. My family/friends aren’t here.

Okay…that’s all really. I loveee Paris. I LOVE the Metro.

Today, slept in until 8am again, that’s annoying. Met the USAC kids at the Eiffel Tower by walking…I have every intention of haggling some mini Eiffel towers for my friends someday haha there are soooo many venders there walking around being aggressive it makes me laugh. If you scowl and say no they go away. One guy came up to me and said I will draw you nice girl for you it is free, I said no but he was right I am nice lol.

After the Eiffel Tower we metro-ed over to L’Arc de Triomhe, I took a mini video of it sooo beautiful Speaking of videos, I fully finished my first memory card of France today!! IT’S FULL, I have over 1233 pictures of Paris so far…it’s been 5 days…lol

I didn’t go up the arc b/c my museum pass expired yesterday but the view from below was perfect for me. I just relaxed, didn’t go up 300 stairs lol. I’m soreee from notre dame stairs yesterday

Atfer the Arc we hitched a metro to le Marais, one of the oldest parts of Paris and one of the most beautiful. It was fantastic. There, we went to the Jewish section and ate at an Israelian lunch place…YUP FALAFELS and onions and pitas and fries soooooo good. 13 euro for a plate of goodies, I left happy.

A few of us tried to go to the Catacombs after that but it was closed cuz it’s Monday. So I went to la Place Concorde while everyone went to Notre Dame. Sadly, Place de Concorde was blocked off b/c they are doing something in preparation for bastille day…aka my birthday. So, I forgave them. Sat in a nearby grassy area overlooking la place, didn’t go into Jardin des tuileries b/c I want to save that lol. Sooo I walked down rue de rivoli, theres a gazillion souvenir shops there I had to hold back! Got myelf and my brother these like…vinyl scarf things for our rooms, mine is France his Spain, hope he likes it!!

Then, I walked to le louvre. OH.MY.GOODNESSBEAUTIFUL. I loved it, teared up a bit of course. I went inside the big Pyramid cuz it was free and just stood. Then I left b/c I knew id be comng back a lot lol. So then I walked to la comedie francaise for a photo of that and look at the dates of shows there, then I walked to the moliere fountain to pay homage to one of my favorite playwrights…then I strolled, got a fanta (they TASTE SO GOOD HERE it isn’t like usa fanta at ALL) and headed home. Had some delicious chicken for dinner and couscous and an ice cream. There is no brebis cheese here, it makes me sad, I miss brebis a LOTT. I am managing with eating chevre though, that’s goat. It doesn’t taste as bad as it used to, maybe im becoming more and more French!!

Anyways, no big plans tomorrow except im meeting up with Jessica, she is from my hometown of Naperville and we are buds from way back and im excited to see a friendly face. The usac kids leave tomorrow :( tomorrow, I’ll stroll…maybe go check out where my school is and do le jardin du Luxembourg tomorrow I don’t know or maybe tulieries cuz I loved the outside of it haha. We’ll see. The world is at my feet still! But it isss my last day of freedom before classes start ugh. Oh well. When in Paris…learn?

LOVE AND MISS YOU ALLLL

PS Paris is HOT.