A few nights ago us San Diegans decided to host a San Diego night and cook Mexican food and just have a real good time. Sort of a piece of home for us as well as a way to share some delicious Mexican food that you seriously can't find anywhere here with our new international friends. Some of the girls and a guy from SDSU live off campus in the cutest and really old stone wall type french house. It is really a great place to hang out. Just a 20 minute walk from campus into some really nice windy old-world street and you come upon their house. It is 3 stories, very tall and narrow, with a front yard walled in! It is great. John, myself, and some of our international friends that we hang out with headed over to their house after class and the night began!The girls who live in the house are Mexican and I was overjoyed to help them in the kitchen. I love to cook so it was blast to be able to use ingredients that are so normal in San Diego, but were hard to find here. Things like chilies (that are actually hot! All they tend to have are bell peppers), tortillas, LIMES (impossible to find, but we did!), and cilantro! We were lucky and were able to get all the ingredients for our special night. Everyone was really excited to eat dinner together and have a good start to the weekend. We put on the iPod and speakers and listened to Shakira and all the other goodies in Spanish. So fun. We all ate in bliss and I seriously devoured my burrito. SO GOOD! and SPICY, oh how I miss spicy food. It practically doesn't exist here. Joanna then came out, surprise, surprise with a bottle of tequila, some limes, and salt and said....hey everybody, it's tequila time! Tequila isn't exactly my favorite choice 
beverage, but a San Diego themed party calls for tequila! It was funny to watch everyone take their shots and suck on the lime. Too funny. I can't wait for them all to visit San Diego and we take them to Old Town and have a total fiesta. It will be grand.All in all it was a wonderful night of good friends, good music, and most of all, good food! The best part about everyone being from so many different parts of the world is we all love to share things about where we came from. Being from SoCal, Latin food is a part of my life for sure. Having so many international friends is exciting because now they are welcome to come visit San Diego and I will be more than thrilled to be their tour guide! As well as us traveling the world. We now have so many friends who are willing to host us and show us a good time. It is wonderful. We are actually planing a trip with our friend Veronika to her home country of Slovakia to party it up. She is our local guide and says we will love it. I am excited to travel. I have a lot of time off between classes and it will be great to see the rest of Europe. For fall break we are planning a trip to Athens then to a Greek island, then to Barcelona, then to Madrid for Dia de los Muertos (HALLOWEEN!!!), then back to Paris. It is all so insanely cheap to fly, how can we
not take advantage of all the opportunities while we are here???
My birthday as you know is right around the corner...on the 17th, just 3 days away!!! I can't believe I will be turning 22. A whole year, lots of drinks, and good memories since being 21. Send me a bday postcard in the mail! =) Even though email is super easy and convenient, getting something in the mail is always so exciting.
Take care everyone!
Much love from Paris
not take advantage of all the opportunities while we are here???My birthday as you know is right around the corner...on the 17th, just 3 days away!!! I can't believe I will be turning 22. A whole year, lots of drinks, and good memories since being 21. Send me a bday postcard in the mail! =) Even though email is super easy and convenient, getting something in the mail is always so exciting.
Take care everyone!
Much love from Paris
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