I've been really bad about updating, so sorry about that!
I've met a couple of really great friends! One that lives really close, Amanda, so it's been really awesome getting to hang out with her! I feel like I've seen so much of Paris in the past week: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Centre Pompidue, the Louvre (parts), the Latin Quarter, St Germain-des-Pres, and s
o much more! It's been an amazing adventure and my feet are close to falling off.
Classes start next week, so all we've been doing this past week is our language and culture class from 9-11 in the morning each day. There's been a ton of time for exploring! Tomorrow afternoon I'm going on a tour of Montmartre, a quarter of Paris, with IES and I'm really excited about seeing the area!
Everything with my host family is going great. Laurene made the chili that I gave them as a gift tonight and did a great job with it. She really enjoyed it too!! I'm not so sure what Lucie thought of it but she ate most of it, so that's good!
This past Firday Amanda, Bonnie, Darell, and I met Remi, Antoine, Johan and Yohanna (Parisian friends from London) at the Louvre (it's free Friday nights for students) and had an amazing time. Afterward we walked along the Seine to the Latin Quarter where we ate dinner at a Greek restaurant. Hands down the best night in Paris so far! I felt ridiculously french while walking along the Seine with everyone.
Also, the Pope came this weekend so everywhere we went was really really busy. It's also getting much colder much sooner than any of us thought it would!
Yesterday, Amanda and I were planning on meeting for lunch at one at a cafe and when we got there we realized that literally EVERYTHING (minus maybe 2 stores) closes in Boulogne after noon on Sundays. Everything. So we found a baguette and some cheese and went to the park and had a makeshift pick nick with the rest of the town. Also, roller blading and Razor scooters are curiously in style and everywhere in Paris. Even some of the police officers ride around on roller blades. It's pretty amusing to see men riding to work on their Razors.
Hope everyone is doing well!!
ps - I fixed the flickr link on my last post! Thanks Karlene!
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