First day of class was today! We got up early to get breakfast and then headed to our lecture. It was just an introduction to the program and we got some good ideas of things to do with our spare time and how to handle class. After that we went to lunch and then to our separate French classes. I learned I have the worst French pronunciation ever but hopefully that changes with more practice. My teacher is awesome and he makes the class fun so we all just laughe...

Today was another day of exploring Paris! Tori, Decker, and I got on the metro and decided to just get off at a random stop. It was cool because we ended up somewhere that was definitely not touristy at all. After walking down some streets for a bit, including what we assume was a version of Little Italy we were starving and decided to get lunch at a little café. Thank goodness we have Tori as translator because since it wasn't such a touristy area the waiter ...

Today I learned that my favorite phrase in the French language is "bon appetit". After sleeping until 1:00 (woops) Tori and I set off for our first day in Paris! We took the metro and got off at Champs De Mars around 2:30. Without a single clue of where we were, we started walking straight and luckily soon spotted none other than eiffel tower soaring above us. So obviously we both started freaking out and being typical tourists squealing and whipping out our came...

Bonjour! And that's about all the French I know so to say the trip here was interesting is an understatement. I was really surprised everything went so smoothly getting on the flight. I met Tori at the airport and knowing us we were bound to goof up something so I felt great when I was finally settled in my seat on Air France. That was until a flight attendent started talking to me in half French half English which was semi-confusing slash I'm more than semi-deaf...