I just arrived in Paris yesterday after a awful tube ride to the street that the foyer is located. We left England around 3 and arrived in France at 6pm local time, because there is a one hour time change. It was rush hour at the underground so it was packed full of people and being tired after a trip didn't help at all either. The language barrier is okay... i mean i am not totally lost but it does help to have someone around who is fluent. WE finally got to the Foyer at around 8pm because of the traffic of people and had to immediately go to the supermarket to buy food for Sunday.
On Sunday's in Paris there is not a lot open and it will be hard to find food. So we stocked up. A huge market that had so much i was overwhelmed but it worked out okay and we went to bed around midnight. We woke up today quite early in order to go to the Louvre Museum because it is free on the first sunday of every month. It was the first time that i actually looked at Paris because yesterday i was so tired that i didn't want to take any pictures.
We took pictures in front of the famous triangle that is in the center of the palace grounds and with the mini arc de triumphe. Inside the Louvre is amazing.. there is so much to see that i must go back before i go to Spain. I also saw the famous mona lisa and the winged victory. I cant believe they have to many famous pieces of art, as well as the place itself being a peace of art. But we did get to avoid the line and get in the back way to the museum where there was nobody waiting nor guarding. It saved us about 2 hours of standing in the sunlight, which i really didn't want to do.
Afterwords we had our orientation for class, i am still not sure about how i feel about what the class is about or how it is going to be conducted. Either way i hope it is not a grueling it would be in the regular year, because i want to enjoy Paris and what it has to offer.
Exploring today was not exactly something that we could do because Parisians usually stay in on Sundays and everything is closed but we did get some reading done on the terrace of the foyer, where we are staying. it is beautiful, i still cant believe that i am here and with a view of the Eiffel tower. The food is so good as well... it feels lik i am in a dream. Europe is a place that i felt that i could never go, and never get to and now that i am here, i need to be pinched.
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