And life in Paris begins...

As I write this blog, I look at the time-10:47 on a Thursday night. Why am I not out? I m asking that to myself right now. I took a nap today and felt slightly sick afterwards. Its that in-between don't know if its just exhaustion or something else, so therefore, to avoid actually getting really sick, I m doing nothing tonight. BOo.

Life in Paris has stayed interesting. I went grocery shopping today! I was really excited, I was going to make a baguette pizza. I felt very french walking along the rue with my baguette in hand as I imagined how amazing this was going to be. But, it didn't turn out that great. I can't decide if its the ingredients together or if I am just going to kill myself trying to cook this semester. I think this is going to be one of the hardest things for me living abroad. Yeah yeah, I know, smirk if you want as you read this. Yet cooking is somewhat of a mystery. I cooked in the dorms and I can make desserts(if only I could live off of that ha)but cooking on my own is completely different. I normally cook with others and so if I have a question, I can ask. This is on my own, 3 meals a day deal. And believe me, pasta and cous cous gets old fast.(thats what i made first, turned out amazing, but I had enough for 6 meals. SIX! I was ready to kill myself for having made so much)

And there is this saying the first time you make something, it never turns out the first time very good. Unfortunately, its true ( at least for me). So I m trying a lot of new french recipes right now, and so therefore, nothing is turning out that great. I m so over cooking.

There is a BU cooking class but that s in October. I m going to starve. Or give myself food poisoning in the process. Which is why I m avoiding meat.

Okay, enough ranting about food.

I went to a club on Tuesday, which was a lot of fun. Lucky me, class on Tuesday doesn't start until 3, so I was able to go out. The club was really clean, really nice. Clubs here don't start getting packed until 12 or 1 though. Therefore, people are out MUCH later, which is fun, but also means the metro has stopped running, so you either have to hang around til 5, when it opens, or take a taxi. I think most people choose the first option, but I haven't stayed around yet to find out. A note about French guys at clubs--SKETCH! well, not all, but wow. Thought Americans are bad, they are nothing on the french. And that is where that subject ends.

And now on to the most thrilling aspect of my life here--classes!!

All of my classes are in French. Including my EU econ/politics class. The first class, I understood nothing, second, a bit more. The classes here feel almost like summer school(the horror) because they are compiled into 2 months. Yes, that means when you all are taking midterms, I ll be doing finals, and when you re doing finals, I will have been done for roughly two months. (mwhahah) However, that also means a lot of work has been squished into 2 months. Meaning that each class is 2 1/2 hours long. Meaning I have 5 hours of french language/grammar classes every tuesday and thursday. That was today. Maybe that's why I feel slightly ill.

To be honest though, the teachers are amazing and funny and very nice. The five hours could be so much worse, but instead, can be pretty entertaining. Its the econ class that I m really scared of. How I m going to get through that, I haven't figured out yet.

Saturday is Guignoleries. So excited! And sorry, but no pictures of the apartment are coming yet. Look on facebook. If you can't see them and want to, let me know, and I will post them here. Otherwise, none will be forthcoming.