Hi :) so HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Sorry I'm not there! I hope you have a fabulous today. This blog is going to be short because I really am not feeling very well. I think every fashion girl either was sick last week or is sick now. Literally, girls are walking together in groups to the American doctor to try and get better. None of us want to be sick for Wednesday (when we leave for Paris) but I'm thinking it is inevitable. I am supposed to work on a group project today and then go to a dinner at one of the nightclubs here. The dinner is for a bunch of girls that have gotten to know the promoters of the club. It was supposed to be really fun, dinner and drinks all for free! But it doesn't look like I'm going to make it there.

Wednesday evening we leave for Paris. We are taking an overnight train to get there. We have plans to go on a bus tour, take a riverboat cruise, attend the Premiere Vision fabric show, attend the Moulin Rouge, and we have been given a pass to enter all the museums in the area. Some of the girls want to visit Disneyland, but I don't know if we will have time. One of the biggest things I am looking forward to while in Paris is having STARBUCKS! For some reason, Starbucks is banned from Italy, so we cannot get it here. We had it while in London and it tasted so much better than in the U.S. so I am greatly anticipating indulging in several of my favorite frappuccinos while in Paris!

That is all for now, I will try and leave another message before I am gone from Wednesday evening until Sunday. I hope all is well, and once again, Mom- have a good birthday! Love you and miss you all...

Ciao for Now,

Carrie