Crazies On The Métro

Once again, taking public transportation never fails to be entertaining. Like the San Diego trolley, the Paris métro and RER system always has it’s fair share of weirdoes and crazy people who like to talk to anyone who will listen. Most of the time you can push them off with a simple ‘non merci’ and a wave of the hand to go away. Normally yes. Then there are the people who lovvvve to talk about anything. These ones are the best, as long as they seem harmless. Last night we were riding the metro back home from being at a few bars that night. Group of about 10 of us having a really good time coming home from a grand night out in Paris. First…we were sitting there chatting away when we heard what sounded like a waterfall in the area by the doors. We all look over and this drunk ass guy is puking his guts out…seriously like a waterfall. Everyone on the metro was like ‘ahhhhhhh nonnnnn’ and we all migrated down the train to another car in case it started to smell. OMG so gross. Thanks for dirtying the metro for the rest of the world and the poor soul who has to clean it up later when the metro is being inspected at the station. Our next encounter (same night) was this arab guy who was SOOOOO chatty with our friend Johana (who entertains most conversations….hilarious to watch by the way), then he wanted to know all about us, where we were from, what we were doing, etc. Such a funny train ride home. This guy talked all shorts of crap like france, politics, the US, ethnicites (I told him I was Russian), socialism, Paris…oh man, the topics were endless. It was great. Then he got reeeaaaaalllllly annoying because Georgina wouldn’t let him kiss her cheeks and he kept telling her she wasn’t cute. Hahaha. He also kept telling me how lucky I am to roll with so many ‘belles filles’ (pretty girls).. haha. I responded…well, I guess I just have that charm. So great. The guy got off at his stop (far before ours…thankfully) and he waved to us as the metro zoomed onward. Pretty much the night ended on a great note of hilarity and laughter. Always the best way to end a night out with friends.



Right now I am in my Entrepreneurship class talking about cash flows of a case study we are working on today. BLAH. The professor is really nice and knowledgeable, but yeah….financial statements aren’t exactly my favorite past time. Needless to say, I chose to write emails and a blog instead.

Just got a really wonderful package in the mail from my parents today..full of fun really nice gifts to remind me of home and make my room more like home. Finally got the new 32G iPod Touch which is GREAT, I am loving it already and it’s only a few hours old. Thanks Mom and Dad <3


I hope all is well back in San Diego, and wherever you are reading this…
This Saturday is Halloween and I am really missing the US Halloween culture. It doesn’t exist here in France. … SO LAME! Halloween is my favorite holiday (close tie with Christmas) so quite a bummer not dressing up and going to downtown San Diego. Next year for sure though =)

So have a great and spooky Halloween this Saturday, have fun, be safe, and take lots of pictures so I can see and show my international friends to show them how we do Halloween.

Much love from Paris

Getting cold..Fall has arrived

So, I'm definitely starting to experience what autumn weather is really like outside of southern California. Last night it hit -2C so about 28F. OMG what the hell is going on? But we were walking around Paris yesterday afternoon and it was just really nice to be able to put on a coat, a big scarf, and see your breath in the air. Fall is my favorite season so I am actually much enjoying this change of weather here. The heat in our dorm is FINALLY on, but quite unpredictable. They are radiators, which is funny, because this is a NEW building. Very odd to me that a new building wouldnt have a central ventilation system. Whatever. Who knows what the French think when building things. But so far nights have been quite comfortable. I like looking out my window and seeing it sprinkling outside and the wind moving the trees. Feels nice. Nights thought are a tad frigged for me. Still not quite used to the extremem temperature difference. -2C is like mountain weather for me! AH! haha. My friends from Canada totally make fun of me because they apparently have 3 feet of snow already (OMG).

As of now, Paris has calmed down significantly. Pretty much all the tourists are gone except for random families taking a trip to Paris for the weekend (mostly other European people). The nice part about all the tourists being gone, all the café waiters and business owners know we actually LIVE in Paris and aren't just here for a tour. Nice feeling =)

Yesterday, a small group of us went out for a day in Paris. Walked around the Opera arrondisement and window shopped, bought random stuff like GLOVES (so cold!), scarfs, Helen got a nice winter jacket, and just all those essentials that we dont really know about with these temperatures. Helen, Johanna, and Gareth are from Sydney Australia so we can all talk and laugh about not understanding this bizarre concept known as winter. HAHA. We get a lot of good laughed at ourselves.



We then headed over to what our day was aimed for, The Monet Museum. It is a small private exhibit in an old bourgeois manor. It was definitely a highlight of my trip so far. Even though it was TINY compared to something like the Louvre or d'Orsay, it marvels in its collection. Mostly Monet works, Degas, Manet, and other impressionists. For me this museum was like free therapy.





The feeling of being lost within the paintings is something that one cannot describe. For me, the world of Monet evokes a certain dreaminess and lucidity that can only relax one's self. Despite the small size of the museum, we spend well over three hours there. Sitting, standing, and mostly starring for what seemed like endlessness at such wonderful works of art. Priceless, is what can be attributed to the museum and the experience we had yesterday. I will definitely be returning when I feel stressed and in need of an escape.

Land of the Irish

Hello everyone, sorry for the long absence from the blog. I haven't really had anything quite exciting to write about for awhile. Have had a pretty bad cold also, so yeah, not much in the life of Matt. BUT! I have been waiting to blog until after my trip to Dublin, Ireland this past long weekend.

We left Paris suuuuper late because our flight wasnt until 10:50pm, which turned out to kind of a hurdle for all of us, we were all quite tired from the day. I myself was feeling like death. You totally know you are living in university housing when you are sick all the time when the weather is cold. It was the same thing at SDSU when I was a freshman. But eh, that's life in the dorm. Shared air system and all. Last two years in San Diego at my own place with Nate, I was nevvvvver sick. So on the bus to the airport I just kept trying to remind myself...okay, you bought tickets a month ago, suck it up and enjoy this trip, you may never go back to Ireland, never know. So that was my theme for the 4 days in Dublin, enjoy this trip and dont let the common cold get in the way =)

We arrived in Dublin around midnight and got onto the airport shuttle to the main part of the city and it was oh so quiet out in the city...Wednesday night of course. We found out hostel which was actually a nice place that was well known in Dublin for being a good one, and they offer their own tours of the city, etc. The nice guy checked us in and I asked him 'hey, so... what time do all the bars close? 5ish?'and he looked at me like I was absolutely crazy!!!! haha. 'What, I said...oh sorry, we are coming from Paris, everything is open til dawn'. The nice guy in his THICK Irish accent responded 'oh my boy, everything closes at 2 here, last call at 1:30, then you have to go home and sleep it off so you can do it again the next night!'

So great. I just laughed with him and said, 'oh, totally like in the States', and let him know we are technically from San Diego, CA, but Parisians for our stay in Europe studying.

Left to find a pub so we could have an inaugural Guinness to start the trip off then head back to sleep, but to our demise, everything was closed! Sad sad.

Thursday started early so we could get a head start on the day. We left the hostel and went to get a light breakfast to save room for lunch. Walked around the main square and found a normal looking coffee shop and got a good ol' cup of Joe. Actual drip COFFEE in Dublin. Yessss... The man who helped us at the register was SO INSANELY NICE. Even coming from southern california, I am not used to such genuine kindness from strangers. Quoting the man 'morning lads! You enjoy that coffee there, your trip going well?'....more conversation...'well have a grrrrreat time in Dublin boys, do come back'... okay so right then and there, the tone for our trip was set. It was official, the Irish are the nicest people I have ever met.

Walking through Dublin with a hot coffee in hand, check, walking shoes on, check, ready for my day.

Walked over to Trinity College, which is a major University in the city and it instantly trumped ESSEC in the looks category. This place looks like an old Irish castle, very VERY much to my liking. The students were all bustling around with books in their hand and looking very collegiate. Not so much at ESSEC, everyone runs around, but with a cigarette in the hand...très Français haha. I would love to say I go to this school, ahhhh, the feel of going to school in a castle. Would be so great. Though, I'm pretty sure their student housing might have issues with it being so old. HAHA I guess I have a better living situation.

Stopping off at the Tourism Office, which is housed in an old cathedral which has the interior remolded for the store, office, and cafe on the second floor. Really awesome remodel. Definitely a cool welcoming point for visitors to Dublin. All the employees were of course...VERY NICE and helpful with all our questions about what to do and where it all is on the map. I bought some fun things from the gift shop to remember Ireland.



Heading over to Temple Bar which is the main point for all buy pubs and things to do literally all day and all night until closing. Temple Bar is a really famous pub in the area and we were lucky enough to stop in just as the owner was hanging out in the main bar area. We had mentioned to the bar tender who had welcomed us in with 5 Guinness' where we were from and all that jazz, and he said 'oh our owner would love to meet people from San Diego'! Fun to chat with the guy and tell him his pub is awesome. He even let us take a picture with all of us behind the bar holding the taps like we were pouring a Guinness. So fun. It is on John's camera I think, so I will have to track it down. CLASSIC picture.






One of the highlights for me was going to the GUINNESS STOREHOUSE, birthplace of the wonderful stout, Guinness. The old storehouse has been fully converted into a modern tour house and was amazing to see what all goes into the making of this drink. All so interesting. This building was HUGE by the way, I dont remember how many floors, but so very large. At the top, which is the end of the tour, you get to the 'Gravity Bar' where you get your free pint of guinness for finishing the tour. The Gravity bar is one of the best bars I have seen so far. It is at the top of the storehouse with a 360degree glass view of Dublin. Filled with people and a bar tender woman on the mic welcoming everyone into her bar and to cheers to the new visitors to Dublin. So fun. My default facebook picture right now is from the Gravity Bar.

We then headed back to the hostel for a good nap before going out that night. Heading out that night we of course headed back to Temple Bar and John said it was a must to start the night off with a Guinness and a shot of Jameson Whiskey (we had done that tour also). Oh man, it is going to be this kind of night. Despite the tour at Jameson speaking of the sweet honey and vanilla notes in the whiskey, I have never tasted them because I shoot it down fast and follow with a beer. Sorry Jameson, I have never tasted you...i'm not a fan.. But, When i Rome, right?

Great live music in every pub we went to. We headed over to this other pub called 'The Porterhouse' which ended up being our favorite place for the weekend and we returned every night. We made best friends with one of the bar tenders who was a great gal. This 'pub' was pretty big, three stories, and a stage on the second for musicians. Such fun. They had booked great bands that weekend.

This weekend was special because it was and Ireland vs. Italy soccer match on Saturday night, so the Irish were a buzz and Dublin was invaded by hoards of Italians to watch it at the stadium. We felt it a MUST to get Ireland shirts, so that is what we did! Have to represent our host country! We had dinner and our waitress LOVED that we had our green on.





She ended up being so great John and I gave her our emails and said if she is ever in San Diego to contact us. We totally want our friends from around the world to come see our beautiful city. Especially because a lot of Europeans say they tend to meet Americans who arent that nice and what not... John and I definitely want to change that for everyone that we meet. We want the people we meet on our travels to think we are nice and welcoming people, just as they all have been for us.

We ended the trip the next morning with...(which was on the TOP of my to-do list) a Full Irish Breakfast. Oh yes, the best morning after...well for me, whenever meal! haha. It consisted of a fried egg, toast, two regular sausages, then one black sausgage, then one white sausage also, beans, ham, a slice of tomato, and some potatoes. ... Someone call the cardiologist in advance please. All I have to say is that it was AMAZZZZZING. A definite must if you like meat and all that is on the list =)

My conclusions on Dublin: I will definitely be returning here many times in my life and definitely returning this spring in March for St. Patrick's day. Dublin isn't as beautiful as Paris or have as many cool monuments, but what makes Dublin great are the people and the inviting pub culture that made us not feel foreign for once in our Euro adventures. I will also have to travel to the west, which is where we heard from many Dubliners is where the real Ireland is...ahhh, the Irish. Such a great feeling when I left. Honestly I didnt want to leave, but heading home was a nice feeling too. Getting back on the Metro felt familiar, like home, like Paris has become my home.

Much love from Paris, I will try to write more often.

Epernay, France: Kingdom of Champagne

So far September has been one of the best birthday months ever. So many things to do and see. All so new and fun!



This week a bunch of us didn't have class from Wednesday-Friday, so we have 5 whole days off. With five days off I thought we HAD to do something and not just stay near campus sleeping, online, and doing nothing. I had seen a friend here's photo album of a trip to the Champagne region with her French class so I asked her to tell me all about it...
I planned and planned all of Monday and arranged with some vineyards some group tours and learned all about the city of Epernay as I could so I could be a good tour guide. I sent out the invitations online to some friends here and got a really great group of friends together. Round trip to Epernay was 31euro, so it was a total deal! Only an hour and 15 minute train ride away from Paris. It was too perfect to be true. But it was!

We all woke up yesterday at 5am and started our day by leaving for Paris at 6:30am in order to be at the train station, get our tickets (some of us still had to buy some in person), and find our train. It was really early morning, but with that you just feel like it is going to be a really productive day! Leaving so early for Epernay was a good decision, because we wanted to get everything we could out of our day trip away from Paris.



The train ride was actually quite nice. I really enjoy train rides (I actually choose to ride up on the train from San Diego all the time to Irvine...it is easier and sometimes faster than dealing with traffic). It was so funny because the train had cabins of six seats with doors you could close. SO Harry Potter-like. We were all laughing (good thing im not the only Harry Potter fan here on this trip ;) Most of us in the group tend to be morning people once awake so we we chatted all the way to Epernay. Once we got there, the trip was already magical. Crisp air, foggy hills of grapevines, as far as the eye could see...Right then I was really glad we decided to take this trip.

The town is fairly small, lots of little shops, boutiques, hair salons galore? (kind of odd, I guess everyone just gets there hair done all the time), and lots of other fun things to see. Our highlight was this really beautiful park that is in the center by city hall. Between vineyards we would head back to the park with some wine and champagne we bought and just lay in the grass talking, wandering around, and just soaking up the beauty of countryside France. I love the big city life of Paris, but something about Epernay made me want to live in a small village for a month...just to experience it. The FIRST thing I noticed about Epernay were the people: they actually stop for you at cross walks without hand gesturing your stupidity for wanting to cross, they smile at you at the grocery store, the old ladies say bonjour to you, and the crepe man actually talks to you and asks how you are doing and where we are from! The people of Epernay are really nice and friendly...the real people of France. Parisians are just rude and cold faced because they have to be, Paris maybe be a piece of art work, but you have to look like 'hey, dont mess with me' or the crazies approach you. But not to fear if you end up traveling to Paris one day, if you ask for help or directions, they are instantly taken out of their stone faces and are more than happy to kindly help you.

Our first vineyard tour was at la crème de la crème, Möet & Chandon, the home of Dom Perignon Champagne. From the start of walking onto the grounds, it was a beautiful and welcoming with manicured orange trees, creme colored stone with black gates, flowers, (there are lots of flowers in Epernay), and a huge statue of Dom Perignon himself holding a bottle of Champagne. We entered the vineyard and were greeted by the receptionists in beautifully tailored suits (okay, California needs help with tailoring, the suits here are just amazing and I want one). 'J'ai une réservation pour Monsieur Confer avec neuf personnes'...'Ah, Monsieur Confer, right this way'... Advice if going to the vineyards, reserve your spot on their website before, the love it because it means you are not just a tourist popping into the vineyard, but that you planned your visit! The tour started off with a really well put together video about their champagne, comparing it's production with the three grapes they use, to a painter using the three base colors to create every shade and color in the rainbow. It was really interesting.



We then headed down the the cellars! This my friends, is what I had been waiting for. Underneath the city of Epernay exists a vast labyrinth of chalk caves that house the Champagne bottles. On our tour we learned that yes, Champs Elysee in Paris is the most expensive street in all of Europe, but technically, Avenue de Champange is because not only the real estate, but all the billions of dollars worth of champagne that lies beneath its streets...So interesting! The caves were VAST and just wildly impressive. Because the caves are carved (by hand back in the day) out of chalk, the caves are naturally at a constant temperature of 10 degrees Celcius, about 50 degrees Fahrenheit and with a humidity of 80% (when you feel the white chalk walls, they are moist and wet). Down on our tour with our guide, we learned all about the company Möet & Chandon, their different champagnes, the land they own and where they get their grapes, and the process from the vine to the store shelf. From now on, every time I drink champagne, I will honestly appreciate it because you would be amazed at the amount of work that goes into making just one bottle of champagne. We learned about their standard bottles of Möet, which sell for about 30euro at the stores, their Imperials that are finer champagne, what a Vintage is and why it is so special, and all about their bottles of Dom Perignon. Their most expensive retail bottle is their Dom Perignon Rosé which sells for about 600euro. The whole process to me is just absolutely fascinating. The history as well. The vineyard was visited many times and personally invested in my Napoleon the First back in the day...just all so interesting to think about.









At the end of our tour of the caves, it was time for our tastings. We all had a flute of their standard Champagne, then sampled a trio for comparisons. The tasting was mainly just really fun and time for us all to talk about how cool the caves were!!! Our tour guide, Maude, was super nice and extremely knowledgeable about everything Möet and about Champagne. She was super cute and had the greatest French accent. Ahhh, I love French accents! (well, not all of them, some are down right ugly...like some people I guess haha).





The rest of our day was spent exploring the city. We took this little street train called the 'Train Touristique' and it took us all abound the city for about an hour. It was nice to see what was around. Later in the day, Christina and I went to another vineyard to do another cave tour and tasting at a much smaller vineyard called Castellane. It was nice to be able to compare the vineyards and see a smaller production style. Castellane produces only (only?) 2 million bottles a year into the aging caves... Möet on the other hand, produces about 14 million per year to enter the caves and releases probably more. The guide at Möet says that every second of the day and night, a bottle of Möet & Chandon Champagne is popped. So cool!

The day was just magical and so much fun. I am really glad we were able to take this day trip on our long weekend. It has also inspired our group to take more trips around France. Europe is amazing, but our trip to Epernay has really shown us how much really lies within France...

Fun fact for all of you: How to tell the quality of your Champagne? The size of the bubbles...At Möet & Chandon, the bubbles were so fine, like golden fairy dust trickling up to the surface...



More to come perhaps on a weekly basis...

Much love from France... Go buy some French Champagne! Because if it's not from the Champagne region of France...it is just some plain old sparkling wine...

This Saturday 19/9/09

Join me and my friends at Le Queen, 102, avenue des Champs Elysées Paris, France (Métro: Charles de Gaulle Étoile) for a night of good people, good music, and dancing!

Even though my birthday was today the 17th on a good ol' Thursday, it is Saturday that rules the night in Paris for clubs, so come out and celebrate.

Check it out: http://www.queen.fr/V2/intro.html

Went here a few weeks ago, sooooooo fun!!!

Much love from Paris, I hope you all can join me.

Happy Birthday to ME!

WOW!!! I am already 22! Happy Birthday to ME! Or as we say in France, Joyeux Anniversaire!!

It is so exciting to be having my birthday in France and getting to spend it out on the town in PARIS! Though at the same time I dearly miss all my friends and family back home. Even though I have so many wonderful new friends here at ESSEC, you all at home have that special place that can't be filled.

Tonight we are planning on having a birthday dinner up here in Cergy, then heading back to campus to the campus bar Foy's for some good drinks and fun. This Saturday however, a group of about 35 of us are going to a club called Le Queen for a night out clubbing til sunrise! It is going to be SO fun. I am emailing the club promoter to try and get us on the guest list to get in for free. I hope it works. Cross your fingers everyone!

I love you all and thank you SO much for all the birthday wishes you have been sending me on facebook, in the mail, and just your thoughts back home. I miss you lots, but dont worry...im living it up for my birthday Matt style and I won't disappoint!



Much Love from the birthday boy in Paris!

Happy 21st Birthday Rachel!

This post is for one of my best friends back home in San Diego. Today is her 21st birthday! Back in the States, 21 is a big deal....we can finally legally drink!!!

Happy 21st Birthday Rachel. I really wish I could be there to celebrate it with you. It is such a special time in life, but I am there in spirit. I hope you have a wonderful dinner with all your closest friends, have a really awesome first 'legal' drink and get carded by the waitress. When you go out I'm sure you are going to look fabulous as you always do, and once again, get carded at the front of the bar/club. It is actually really fun to get carded the first few times. I hope you get lots of free shots from the bartender and all the drunkies around at the bar, because hey, you are freshly 21 now and you deserve some free drinks for all that hard work! Keep Brenan and Shea by your side, they will take good care of you if you need it. Never forget, a friend or a taxi is always a phone call away.



Have the most amazing time out tonight, I hope you remember it forever (just like, mentally add me in there somewhere haha!). When I come back, I totally owe you a drink on me ;)

Love you lots, much love from Paris.

Love,

Matt


(exactly, one year ago at Rachel's 20th Birthday)

A taste of San Diego

(ok so I have no clue what happened to the text font or how to fix it) LAME!

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

Bored in Paris?

Today was a late start. Back at 7am HAHA. We went out last night to a club called ShowCase off the Champs-Elysees... the club is UNDER a bridge in an old boat storage area. Really cool. Normally entrance to clubs is around 20euro. Insane, right? Well.. It's not really that crazy. It's $20 US to get in around LA and SD, but the exchange rate here is killer haha. Luckily, our friend Georgina from Barcelona, Spain is a night owl and loves going out at night and she knows the down low on things like this haha. Like in SD and LA, if you email the club promoter before 5pm a list of people you can be on the list to get in for FREE and no line. She seriously made a list of about 45 people (which we thought would NEVER happen)...and we showed up at midnight and, everyone was let in...again, for FREE! Biggest tip ever coming to Paris wanting to be able to go anywhere at night...dress well, be stylish, and have a tad bit of an attitude like you BELONG inside the place. It has worked so far haha. Being dressed well is key to getting in anywhere. I was out an about in Paris all day and met up with everyone around midnight and luckily I was dressed nice from my day out in the city and was fine to get in. Some of our other friends were not and were told to go home. OUCH. Dress shoes, nice jeans or pants, and even a black vneck is generally fine to get you in...collared shirts are better though. John just looked like a skater last night, so entrance was definitely denied.

Come to Paris, bring sexy clothes, and I will show you Paris nightlife. You will go back to SD and be like....what the hell.

That's all for now. I am just bored lounging in my hoodie (totally my Cali comfort item). Might go downstairs with people and watch some French tv or play pool. More class tomorrow. Good weekend though!



Much love from Paris

Getting Dressed everyday.

A big difference between San Diego and Paris in general is everyday getting dressed is much more effort. I feel like Paris never has ugly days. Always have to dress somewhat stylish or you will look homeless. No joke. I love being and seeing everyone always dressed to the T, but ohhh man...much more effort has to be put into getting ready haha. Yesterday I hung out around the dorm with people and just wore jeans, a hollister hoodie, and rainbows. oh yeah.. it was nice =)

Today we are gunning for a day out and about in Paris. I kinda just want to to to Jardin des Tuileries, read, and relax. It is one of my favorite gardens. Just quiet enough to relax, yet still busy with some people traffic for good people watching. The sun is out today, so I suppose I better get to rummaging through my closet and get dressed.

Much love from Paris.