Last night was our last dinner together as a group. It was very sad. We said goodbye to Ragen this morning. I will miss him. Tonight will be the hardest because I have to say goodbye to the good friends I've made here: Vineeta, Deepak, Melissa, Rob and Ana. I have been hanging out with them the most. We are getting together for dinner tonight and then going to sit on the Champs du Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower and share a bottle of wine. Went to Eiffel Tower ...

At expensive internet place so don't have much time. Just wanted to check in and tell you all that I am in PARIS. Saw Notre Dame yesterday and did some shopping. France played in the World Cup last night so I went to a few bars and watched that. They won and it was crazy here. I stood on a corner and watched for an hour and then went back to the hotel. It was still going on when I went to bed at 1:00 last night. People were hanging out of cars, honking, screaming...