As I write this I am surrounded by British high school students. It is mildly frightening because my only other experience with Brits of this age indicates they're a rowdy bunch. We're currently staying in a FIAP which stands for Foyer International d'Acceuil de Paris...This could be wrong. But basically it's sort of hostel like...and lots of random people stay here, young and old, French and not. The past few nights a different school group from across the pond were in a room next to ours, and they gave college students a real run for their money in terms of loudness.
Yesterday we took the metro to the Louvre and got a whirlwind, glossed-over tour by one of my future professors...we basically were instructed on the general layout of the museum. Afterwards a few of us walked to the Champs-Elysees by way of la Place de la Concorde...Saw the Arc de Triomphe (!) The Louis Vuitton store, Cartier...the Gap.
I've been extremely surprised at just how friendly parisians are. I have yet to meet a rude person here. They are actually nicer than most strangers in the United States. For instance while searching for Rue de Marie et Pierre Curie near the Pantheon, an old woman approached us and asked if we needed help. (The fact that 2 out of the 5 of us were looking at maps probably tipped her off)
I move in with my host mom on Sunday, and can't wait to be settled there. She lives in the 5th Arrondisement, which is very close to where I will be taking classes, and is a really nice area, le coeur de Paris :)
Time for dinner, then off to the FNAC to get Andrew Bird Tickets!
Bisou!
(photos to come!)
Sarah
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