Chillax

Here's a link to my second photo essay. Enjoy!

Well this week has flown by. Probably because I didn't really do that much, it was nice to have more of a low-key week after the craziness that was last weekend.

Monday we went to St-Germain-en-Laye, a little suburb of Paris. It was very quaint, and the chateau houses an archaeology museum. It was cool to see the really old artifacts of the Gauls and Romans. And even cooler when I looked at one of the labels (it was an iron age artifact found in the Seine) and remembered that one of my archaeology professors at BYU works in France finding that exact thing. I wonder if she found that one? After we just hung out, ate lunch, laughed, and had a good time.


Tuesday I went on one of the required walks before class. It was about the first malls-they are basically alley's covered by a glass roof, started in the 1800s I think. But they are so cute! I loved it. And then we peeked into the national library, this room is so cool! And I got a pistachio/chocolate chip pastry. SO GOOD.

Wednesday:
Class again. And we wandered around the Latin Quarter, bought some street art for my momma and got delicious gelato! Amorino gelato is sooooo good. I'm excited to try it in Italy and see if it's better--I can't really imagine it! They even put it in a flower around the cone with the different flavors.

Today was the last day of photo class, because our professor is leaving, and the next one is coming. So we only have one more assignment left! And then after class we went and saw Pirates of the Caribbean 4. It was so weird haha. A slightly more coherent plot than the last 2 but it was still very bizarre.

But tomorrow we are going to the catacombs! I'm excited, hopefully I won't get too creeped out haha. Luckily I'm going with a bunch of guys so that helps. AND I get to see my childhood best friend, who I haven't seen since we were 13 tomorrow! I'll get to show him all my favorite places in Paris.

We just had a super good dinner with Claude (our host mom). She made us something very similar to ratatouille, she insisted it wasn't the same, but it was super good. With couscous, salad, bread and cheese, and really fresh mangoes for dessert. I think that's the first time I've had a mango I've liked, my sis would be proud. The mangoes were kind of hilarious though, because neither me or Erin knew how to eat them with a fork and knife, and Claude didn't have one so she just laughed as we struggled along haha. But it made for some great entertainment.

A bientot!