The day started out with little sleep. Last night was a Saturday night which I guess is the only night that most people go out, unlike America where many college students go out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night if not more nights. Here its just Saturday night so most of the other students living in this dorm were up until two or three loudly chatting. I would have been right with them if I had not been without sleep for more than twenty-four hours, but they caused me to stay up rather late causing me not to get much sleep. We then met in the lobby for a quick tour around the campus of dorms that we live at. From there we took the subway to the PERL school which is where all French classes are held and we have our first lesson tomorrow (Monday)! From there we walked about ten minutes to this lovely restaurant where we had couscous with some chicken and veggies. Best meal I have had since being here! I have only been here two days now so I guess that is really not saying much. From there we went to the studio that Wells College is housed in. We had a meeting about Academic things and partying and getting mugged and other things like that. After that huge life lesson we ventured to Momontrea which I still have no idea how to spell. It is this beautiful hill that over looks Paris and on it is this church that is gorgeous inside and out. We ventured inside there and over looked Paris for a good hour. Then our guide informed us that she was leaving and we were to get back home ourselves. Well we didn’t even remember which steps we had gone up to get there. So we found some steps and ventured down, some girls were hungry while others just wanted to get a glass of wine or a beer. So we walked around looking for a cafe or a bar but we always found some excuse to look for another once we found one. So after we walked around for about two hours still food and drinkless we decided to just go back and eat closer to the dorm. We found the subway and the people that were homestay went in one direction and we went in the other. We made it back by ourselves! I was so proud haha but I hope that we find the PERL school in the morning. We found this cute french cafe called Rouge Pomme meaning red apple. They had crepes and salads and other good food. I got a popeye crepe that had ham spinach egg and cheese inside, it hit the spot! The other thing that I loved about it was they spoke english and had english menus! Oh my i was spoiled and in heaven. Lets just say I am going to be eating there a lot. When we went back to the room I met some new friends from chicago that were also studying here but had already been here for two months. We talked for a bit and then I was able to chat via facebook with my mom, dad, sister and some of my friends. Was a very good way to end the day. Tomorrow brings new adventures and hopefully wifi! I’ll let you know how it goes. Je’teime and Bon Nuite :)
YAY! So glad for this wonderful day even though you were tired! Those Chicago people will have a lot of great tips if they've already been at this 2 months. Write down what they tell you!
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