Bonjour à Paris!

Paris, Je t'aime. I abosuletly love Paris. The people, the wine, the food. It's all incredible. The flight over was awful. It was turbulent and it was an 8 hour flight, but it was worth it to come here. I'll give you a play-by-play of everthing I have done so far.

Thursday 9/6
-Arrived at CDG airport in Paris. It was very quiet and a strange airport. We went through customs and got on the bus, which was terrifying because the driver was crazy, and arrived at our hostel.
-We got to our hostel, unpacked, and rested for a bit before we went out for lunch at the patisserie(sandwich shop). The sandwiches were incredibly good.
-We ate lunch in Luxembourg Gardens and Smiley and I went for a walk after eating around the gardens and it is absolutely gorgeous. There is a fountain in the middle surrounded by a long grass area filled with trees in three rows. It's hard to describe, but it's beautiful.
-We then relaxed for most of the evening, but soon enough we decided we went to get food and started on our journey for food. It ended up being Smiley, our friend Sean, and I walking around Paris going to the Eiffel Tower and getting lost for three hours instead of finding any food. It was awful, but we made it back to our hostel before midnight so that was a plus.

Friday 9/7
-We woke up and went to our morning meeting class and talked about the events and assignments we had to do for the rest of the stay in Paris.
-After the meeting we took the Paris Metro to Sacre Coeur and walked to the top of the stairs. The view was incredible from the top. Smiley and I walked inside the church and when we walked inside the Nuns were singing and it was like something out of a movie. It was just a fun experience. The church was awesome, but it was very busy so we went outside to sit with the rest of the group. After The group met up we took the metro to an open air market in Bourse which was an interesting experience.
-The market was smaller than I thought it would be, but it was still pretty cool. I ended up just buying an apple for lunch because I wasn't too hungry.
-After the market my friends Smiley, Sean, and I went to the grocery store to grab some snacks and went back to the hostel to hang out. I bought Nutella, wine(My first alcohol purchase) and bread.
-We stayed back in our room until we met up as a group on the terrace for our evening get together before dinner. Dinner was at 'La Geuze' and I had chicken and fries which was alright, but not the best.
-After dinner we just hung out around the hostel because we didnt want to go out and get lost again because we were still pissed from the night before.

Saturday 9/8
-We had our typical morning meeting and then we all split up as a group because we had partners for a Market project which we were supposed to go with our partners to the market. Everyone else did theirs, but mine was on Sunday so I took a long nap instead. The jetlag is a rough new experience for me.
- After I woke up from the nap we all met on the terrace and we then went to get gelato and ended up going to the bars. It was Sean, Smiley, Brittany, D.J., and I. We ended up going to a bar called 'Cup Rouge' and 'The Student Bar'. I got a beer at the first place and a mojito at the next and the mojito was awful.
-We made our way back to the hostel and passed out.

Sunday 9/9
-This morning was my markey day and I was with my friend Phil. We went to the Raspail fresh market and I bought a croissant with butter, and a pastry with chocolate in the middle of it. I also bought a bottle of wine that was independently made from this vendor. He grew the grapes and did all the work that wine making requires and it was incredible. That wine is by far the best wine I have had in France so far and I have had a lot of wine here. haha. With each person I told them 'Je ne parle pas bien francais, mais je voudrais....' which means I don't speak good french, but I would like.... and with each person they stopped me and said "No you speak good French!' It was awesome.
 -For dinner my friends Brittany, D.J, Kristi, and I went to a chinese restaraunt right around the corner from our hostel. It was so good. I loved it and food was actually cheap too.

That's about all we have done so far. I'm currently sitting on the terrace watching the Eiffel Tower twinkle every hour with the rest of the River Falls group.

I absolutely love Paris. It has such life and charm that it's unbelievable. The stereotype about the French being rude is ridiculous. I haven't encountered a single rude French person. They are all nice and very friendly. The food is good, the wine is good. Life is good. France is beautiful and I'll upload pictures soon enough.

Tomorrow my friends and I are going to Pere Lachaise which is the famous french cemetary with jim morrison buried in it. Sorry for the crappy grammar. My Ipad is freaking out and I'm scared this is about to erase everything. Au revoir mes amis!