I'm in Paris! We got here yesterday after a decent flight, but we were so exhausted that after running out to find a baguette for dinner, we collapsed at 19h30 and slept for a full 12 hours.
I'm living in la Fondation des États Unis at Cite Universitaire in the 14eme arrondissement. It's a lovely building and the common areas are absolutely gorgeous, but the individual chambres leave something to be desired. However, it is a dorm and I shouldn't be spending that much time here anyway.
My desk area.
My sink
My bed. Check out the blanket I stole from AirFrance!Today we went to the BU center (which is huge and absolutely gorgeous!) and we did some orientation stuff. Then we had lunch and went on a bus tour of the city, which was really fun. I got a few decent pictures, but the lighting wasn't so good.
This program is a lot bigger than Grenoble (60 students compared to the 23 last semester) and so it's a lot different. Also, none of the program people are speaking French to us (they're trying to "ease us into French life") so it's really weird.
Mais ca va! Everything is pretty good (except my internet, which keeps cutting off on me and rendering my AIM useless) and I just bought some Etorki and so am completely content!
5 comments:
what is Etorki?
Glad to see you're safe and sound, though I'd like to bop you on the head about now! I believe you still owe me a coffee, mlle. Flood.
Omg I know, I'm so so sorry! My break was absolutely crazy and intense. It went by ridiculously fast. I do still owe you a coffee and I haven't forgotten! I'm really sorry, I was uber stressed about packing and seeing family.
haha i totally didn't realize that blanket was from airfrance, what a great idea!
jillll i can't believe you're in france get some better internet because you are in a time zone near me! also i had more to say but forgot it completely je t'aime et tu me manques mais tout le monde ici parle en francais donc j'ai presque aucune nostalgie pour la france. a+
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