Well, today was my last day in Paris. Kate left very early this morning, and I had every intention of getting up early to say goodbye to her and then heading out for a run along the Saine, but I went and overslept. Ughh.... I hate when I do that! There is no one in Europe who knocks on my door to wake me up for practice when I sleep through my alarm like Diane does =/ Anyway... after sleeping in later than we had planned, Susanna and I headed out to go see Mus...

The Hall of Mirrors was way too packed for pirouettes. Shucks =/ We started our day off by swinging past the corner bakery and fruit and veggie stand. The bread in France is delicious, no surprise there, however I have been really taken back by how friendly everyone we have met has been. We have yet to encounter anyone who has given us any sign that they are annoyed with us because we are Americans (or from Finish). On the contrary, when someone realizes that...

We started today off by heading to Montmartre and Sacre Coeur.Yesterday our tour guide told us that historians consider 19th century Montmartre to be one of the coolest, most exciting places to have lived in history. Today it is basically crawling with tourists like us, but it is still very pretty.I would have loved to have spent some more time there— there were quite a few really cute looking cafes off the main drag—but we really wanted to go shopping, and...

Today is our first full day in Paris!It took longer to get from Charles De Gaule to our hostel in Paris than Susanna and I anticipated—we actually made it just in time to check-in—so Kate (my friend from home), Susanna (my friend from Jena) and I decided to plan out our day last night instead of going out to see the city. Susanna and I had quite an enjoyable trip to Paris yesterday.When I was in elementary school, I used to watch the Mary-Kate and Ashley...