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Woke up this morning to my alarm (no sadly I did not get to sleep in) and I realized I made it through day 1. Woah. Yesterday I was superhuman. Thank you Jesus.
Today I was more myself- did my morning routine in my apartment that had towels and everything, how cool. I stopped by the nearby bakery for a pain au chocolat... 1 euro... AKA that'll be my daily breakfast. I walked to school for registration where I met many nice friends and figured out some class stuff. I then went exploring with some of my friends and we got kabobs- not the kind of kabob that comes on a stick, no these were like a flatbread sandwich. It was pretty good, plus it came with fries and a coke, so it counts as a win. Then my friend Kristin had to go to meet a family friend, so Celina and Reid (my other friends) and I walked her to the bus stop and continued exploring. We went to the City Centre where most of the Christmas market remained, including a super cool ferris wheel. I'm determined to ride it, but on a less rainy day, if that ever comes. We stumbled upon many weird things but had a lot of fun and got to know each other pretty well. Celina and I love to joke around and Reid is the kind soul who puts up with us. We took wifi-shelter in a McDonalds (Macdo) and I finally got to connect to the world. Oh btw Gina let me borrow her ethernet cable so I can have internet in my room, amazing! Anyways, we looked into some bank accounts and then headed home. I explored my area for a bit and then picked up some toiletries and some baguette and brie for dinner. Yum. It was the only thing I didn't need utensils for (floss works as a knife). Now I'm just loving the fact that I have wifi and will go to bed early to shake off the rest of the jetlag for orientation tomorrow.
also I would like to say that the selfie stick you see in the pictures is not mine... Celina also appreiates selfie sticks so ha!
Today I was more myself- did my morning routine in my apartment that had towels and everything, how cool. I stopped by the nearby bakery for a pain au chocolat... 1 euro... AKA that'll be my daily breakfast. I walked to school for registration where I met many nice friends and figured out some class stuff. I then went exploring with some of my friends and we got kabobs- not the kind of kabob that comes on a stick, no these were like a flatbread sandwich. It was pretty good, plus it came with fries and a coke, so it counts as a win. Then my friend Kristin had to go to meet a family friend, so Celina and Reid (my other friends) and I walked her to the bus stop and continued exploring. We went to the City Centre where most of the Christmas market remained, including a super cool ferris wheel. I'm determined to ride it, but on a less rainy day, if that ever comes. We stumbled upon many weird things but had a lot of fun and got to know each other pretty well. Celina and I love to joke around and Reid is the kind soul who puts up with us. We took wifi-shelter in a McDonalds (Macdo) and I finally got to connect to the world. Oh btw Gina let me borrow her ethernet cable so I can have internet in my room, amazing! Anyways, we looked into some bank accounts and then headed home. I explored my area for a bit and then picked up some toiletries and some baguette and brie for dinner. Yum. It was the only thing I didn't need utensils for (floss works as a knife). Now I'm just loving the fact that I have wifi and will go to bed early to shake off the rest of the jetlag for orientation tomorrow.
also I would like to say that the selfie stick you see in the pictures is not mine... Celina also appreiates selfie sticks so ha!
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