ok, not too terribly long, i promise.

Vendredi, 26 Janvier 2007

I would just like to say that while I may be in France, the land of culture, sophistication, and art, I am definitely still myself, uncoordinated klutz that I am. Missy, you would have laughed your ass off at me this morning. I was transferring metro lines this morning, and was walking up the steps to the platform, and I totally tripped and fell on my face, as you know I can do. Oh yea, and don’t think I got away with no one seeing this, it was in the middle of the morning commute, so, I would say there were maybe 40ish people around.

I ended up spending the afternoon shopping with a girl from my review class, Katerina this afternoon. It was really the first time I wish shopping since I was here. I’ve been trying to avoid it, because I’d rather save my money, but now is the time to buy things. Paris has a month long sale, where every store has their merchandise discounted (I don’t know if this is done throughout all of France, or all of Europe for that matter), which has made buying things rather tempting. I’d wandered into a couple stores that are right by my school, but I hadn’t really done much. Well, I ended up buying a pair of black ankle boots and two scarves, which I’m quite happy about.

By the way, the American stereotype of all French women wearing scarves is completely true. And it’s not just women, it’s everyone. If you come to France, bring scarves. There are people wearing think heavy scarves. There are people wearing thin silky scarves. There are men wearing pink scarves. So yea, if you want to look French, wear a scarf.

Anyway, after shopping, I met up with some friends, and we went to Montmartre for the night. We want to go back and see it again during the day, but it was great to see the city at night. For those of you who don’t know, Montmartre is the tallest hill in Paris, and it’s has some great views of the city. It’s very cutsy, touristy, artsy, and fun, and I’d recommend checking it out. You find lots of cafes where people can sit and drink a café or a glass of wine, during the summer the square is full of artists drawing tourist’s portraits and caricatures, and you can see the Sacre-Coeur Cathedral, which I think is one of the prettiest here.

Salut!