Days 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

sacre coeur and moulin rouge (sorry it's sideways)


Again, sorry for this ridiculous delay in updates. Soooo, I dunno if it's karma or whatever, but of course the moment I figured out we had free wireless at our dorms, they take down the network. So I had to go to a cafe to get wi fi. But it's all good now.

SO anyway, July 5th (happy birthday mommy!) we took a day trip to Normandy to see the Bayeux Tapestry and the town of Bayeux itself (they happened to have a medieval fair while we were there). So the tapestry was really cool because we studied it in Civ class, it was really sweet to see it in person. From the fair, I bought some really delicious crepes that were really cheap too. After Bayeux, we made a trip to the American Cemetery, as well as the really beautiful beach located there (Omaha Beach). It was really wonderful. The only bad thing abotu the day, though, was that we got stuck in some MAJOR traffic. ugh. but we went out to dinner at this cute little Italian restaurant located a block away from where we're staying.

July 6th- For my art/architecture class we visited the Place de Vosges and the Site de Sully. I really liked them a lot; they were very pretty and historical and stuff. I really love being in the art/architecture class, btw.

July 7- first day of real work at my community service site. We spoke to an elderly lady named Madame Durieux about her life, our lives, things in general. It was really cool. I liked it a lot. She was a very sweet lady. She drove an ambulance in North Africa during WWII! Went to see a play called le Rexsitance (word play!) at the theatre at my community service site. I had not idea what the hell that play was about, but they did a really good job with it! It was funny, because I guess it was put on by mo community service site (Entr’aide), so the administrators tried introducing me to a bunch of people who were in the play, but I couldn’t really hear/understand them so I was just kind of standing around like a loser dufus face. Then, I learned French slang/curse words. Perhaps I’ll share them with you if you ask/beg/grovel at my feet/give me money and/or food. ;)

July 8- For my art/arch class, we visited a contemporary photography museum, which was really fascinating and AWESOME!!! We also visited Eglise St. Paul. I also learned that from my friend's bedroom window you can see the Eiffel Tower, which looks absolutely AMAZING at night when it's all twinkling and glowing and stuff. OMG we saw Public Enemies with Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, and Christain Bale. The theatre fit like 400 people in it and- may I add- the screen was SO huge, it was crazy. We watched it at like 10:30 at night though because all the other showings were full (the 8th was the opening day for it) and came back home at like 1:20AM. But it was all good, because the movie was pretty cool.

July 9 (today)- I visited with some more elderly people (some of the sweetest people I've ever met!). We just spoke about where we're from and school and stuff. It was very relaxing and good practice for my French (listening and speaking to actual French people speak).

Tomorrow we're going to theLouvre!

I know it probably doesn't sound like we're doing much, but actually our days our jam packed.

9-10:15 French class
10:45-12:15 art/architecture
2:30-5:00 community service
5:45-6:20-ish journal writing time
6:45 dinner
after dinner, we're free unless we have something planned, but i usually try to go to those optional excursions so I can see as much of France as possible.

Anyway, Paris is soooooo suuuuper amazing. AND the weather has cooled down quite a bit, it actually reminds of back home. Love it!

Update soon,
Megan

PS- this is like what I eat for lunch everyday. It's a really awesome deal. You get a really huge and delicious sandwich, a drink, and a dessert for 6.5 euros, which, okay is kind of expensive in dollars, but whatever, it's one of the better deals in the city and it's way under my budget that I initially allotted for myself, so....

Love,
Megan




PPS- more pics coming soon!