Wow, long time

Midtterm week sucked, then packed up my room...and then the fun began

we came to paris....it was cold and rainy, and we had greek food
the next day,[sunday] we saw the Louvre [all of it], Notre Dame, and we got lost when we went out drinking
[monday] school with the girls, who all had uniforms, [st denis] then we went to the basilique st denis and saw where all of the kings of france are buried...then to the 'flea market' i love shopping...then went out to 'latin corner' with the girls from the school, one of then lost her bra when the male dancer took it off of her...then, met up with ppl from abbey, and had the infamous 'tray of 20 shots' bad idea
[tuesday] musee d'orsay, shopping on rivoli, moulin rouge [dinner was awesome, the show was fabulous, wonderful evening]

since last time

this week has been alright, thursday was another dinner at michelles, at which i had a bottle of wine...followed by margaritas (go marie) at commerce....then gabe let us in the kitchen late at night, what???? even woke up ariel, who popped out the window like french people on beauty and the beast....hilarious.....then, the next day, wrote a paper hungover...and went out to commerce again...today i went to blois, ashley got her hair done and i got my eyebrows waxed...tonight we may be going to a disco? not sure yet

Venice!!

Left friday morning by taxi to catch a train to catch another train to catch a flight to venice..although the weekend was very cold, i enjoyed it very much...

i went by myself, and i was scared at first, but this turned out to be one of the best things i could have done....first time in a hostel as well, so not scary!!!

in venice i saw countless museums, cathedrals, basilicas, and walked a billion miles....there were bridges and canals everywhere, most people there travel by foot or boat, as vehicles are not permitted once u get past the entrance to the island.

the food was great, especially the seafood and gelato.

even got to go out on the town b/c the people running the hostel were awesome and take guests out every night.....

the city is beautiful, day and night, and i knew not one bit of italian, and still made it through ok....got back on sunday as it was just a weekend trip, but this was a weekend worth all the money spend, and time i spent lost running around the city....

favorite painting was by kandinsky in the MoMA, called white zig-zags.....wonderful

movie night

what a waste of my time....now its almost midnight, and im still doing homework...
VENICE THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!

Good Day/Bad Day

class, tennis with casey (hella fun) and then i get the email that uncle rob died....dont really know how to handle this situation...the funeral is thursday....and im half way across the world, how does one deal with this?

Blugh.....I mean Blois

we went there yesterday...saw a chateau where there was a murder, yeah, creepy
i had pizza and creme brulee for lunch
walked around
went shopping
and had a very uncomfortable bus ride home with a bunch of french kids...
its now saturday, i went grocery shopping, and im making a very lazy attempt at getting all of my homework done.....yeah right

dinner at michelles

had dinner at michelles i think thats her name...and the dog nelson....

we had chicken and couscous...and salad...and brownies....and wine....

and i learned that fanny pack means coochie in england

the black and white affair

last night was out first themed party at Le Commerce...good job alexis, it went off fabulous....
i wore my sexy new french outfit that i got it tours last weekend....

i got super drunk, oops, but so did everyone else, that was the plan for the evening, so we all took a night to unwind....

too bad we all put off our homework as well.....

lots of pics were taken, and they are on facebook

today was our first chateau dinner, and chenonceau made red beans and rice, and with the help of axelle, we made french onion soup....both were fabulous...tonight i have quite a bit of homework to do....

and tomorrow is couscous dinner

oh yeah, we also had our first movie night in the flying buttress tonight....we watched la vie en rose....about edith piaf.....very very good movie

also

i got to see Dr. Netter's paintings...didnt wanna forget that

week so far since tours!

well, not much has happened since the weekend, monday and tuesdays classes went fine....had a meeting about travel and book spring break (paris, london, prague, budapest, rome, athens, paris) so im ready for that...

gunna visit blois this friday, and take the rest of the weekend off...

still trying to plan out my trip to venice and pisa the next weekend....

also still gotta visit amsterdam, barcelona, and probably a few other places...

more to come

so, i didnt actually see jay and amanda until we got to CDG in Paris....they had layover hell, and i already forgot about that....eventually they got their luggage tho

My first week

So, i dont really know where to begin...it started with andrew garrett and chris driving me to dallas, we had lunch with kylie and sara then i went to the airport.

i met ashley, audie, lindsey, jay, and amanda...and we flew to paris

the flight was fast, i got drunk and passed out

we got off the plane, got on the bus and got a tour of paris, then drove to pontlevoy and went to the abbey

at first it was odd living in this building, but it has grown on me, the city of pontlevoy is fabulous and i love the bar le commerce....

i also blew up my paul mitchell flat iron

ive met lots of wonderful people

first week of class and orientation took a minute to get used to..but all went over without many problems...im taking french through song and verse, world lit, world civ, and art apprecation

the teachers are amazing

i got to see the chapel at the abbey, breathtaking

the first week was alot of getting over jetlag and getting used to the new surrounds

my first weekend trip was to chateau chenonceau and Tours...

the castle was beautiful, and Tours....

has wonderful bars (B52, free drinks if u vote for obama)

had a hotel (le grand hotel) that we stayed at

i went shopping all day long

we missed the train because Jessica gave us misinformations, and Gabe was to busy trying to get some pull to pick us up

so we took a taxi from Tours to Montrichard (for 120euro) and then a prof picked us up and drive us back to the abbey....go sammy!!!!!

i got a new flatiron, had a blast in tours, learned a couple lessons about French public transportation, and then got over the situation

this is all for now, but i will have more