la vie en rose: always bring a jacket.

18/5/16 18:15

Saturday
As a class we went to Fontainebleau which was like a summer home version of Versailles if that makes sense. It was a lot less crowded and a lot less gaudy and all in all I liked it more. Even though the gardens are not as extensive and ornate, they are still very beautiful in a more simple way. We took an embarrassing amount of pictures, but hey it paid off because we got at least like 1.5 cute ones out of the (large number I don't want to admit) we took.

Sunday
churchhhhh woot woot youpi. Then we explored the Jewish quarter a little more and I got my fist falafel and some boba. It was a good day. Then I headed home and I have no recollection of what the heck I did.

Monday
We did walk #15 "Saint-Ouen's Labyrinth: Navigating the World's Largest Flea Market" which was cool and there were lots of cute little shops, including some with stacks on stacks of bongs. quality. then we headed back over to the marais and Claire and I went thrift shopping and got some quality black leather jackets! am I a native yet!?!? lol then we had FHE and watched a 40 minute long video and I was sitting on the arm of a chair the whole time and my butt totally feel asleep, but hey at least I didn't actually fall asleep like a couple of the people there. Then we headed home for dinner with our host family which was a crepe party! yay! pro-tip: for the best crepes just put sugar and lemon juice on it.

Tuesday (yesterday)
We did walk #11 "Lutetia Pulchra Est: Musée National du Moyen Âge, Sorbonne, Pantheon, Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Arènes de Lutèce" and the weather was actually really nice so it was very pleasant. On our walk we ran into a girl from our ward and she came along with us for the rest of the walk so that was really nice because she's been living here longer and was able to teach us some words and help us learn more "slang". The parthenon was a crypt-like thing and I can now say that I have seen where Victor Hugo and Marie Curie are buried. Swag. Then we ended up on Arènes de Lutèce which was an ancient Roman arena where animals and humans fought each other. Instead of watching that at the arena, we got to see lots of little school children flirt and play soccer. Supes interesting.

Today!
Walk #16 "Montmartre: Saint Denis and other legends". A little background: today the weather report said that it was going to be nice outside so I wore sandals, and didn't bring a jacket or an umbrella. Rookie mistake. Anyways, for the first couple hours it was actually a really nice day. And that is where we shall begin our story. We headed over to Montmartre and then took a bus (huge props to the driver, those roads are cray) to where we had lunch and then we headed up to Sacre-Cœur where we climbed to the top (300 stairs, so ya know, another leg day) and the view was absolutely stunning. besides the Eiffel Tower, the Basilica is the highest point in paris, so yeah, that was swaggy. Had a nice Beyonce dance party at the top. Then after we got out it started raining. And then as we continued the walk, it started REALLY raining. So that was fun. (see below for pic of me loving the weather!!!!) Anywho, despite the rain and getting soaked and absolutely freezing most of the day, it was a quality day. There are worse places to get soaked I suppose. And oh yeah we also saw Van Gogh's house and Moulin Rouge so that was cool.