Can’t imagine time passing any quicker. This semester absolutely flew by. Just finished packing ma valise and cleaning my room for the first time in 4 months or so. Can’t wait to go home and explain exactly how much money I’ve spent to my loving parents. Why didn’t I ever learn the accordion? You can’t play a piano in a metro-car…I need to pick up a small instrument so I can go car to car and get money. Or I could just look for a job. Either or.
Since Morocco (going back for sure next semester, and hopefully a few other neighboring countries if I can scrounge up the time and dough), I’ve not really left Paris. Until yesterday, when I went to Barcelona for Alec’s 21st birthday and came back to Paris all in under 24 hours. I feel like a jet-setter.
Unfortunately, I’ve had exams up the wazoo since late November, so I have no cool pictures to show or stories to tell. Good news: I didn’t fail out of SciPo. Bad news: the wrapping paper I taped on my wall just came crashing down and I don’t have anymore tape.
Discovered some cool Paris places though – the bars by Parmentier and Republique are awesome and conveniently located walking distance from me which is super-rare. So I actually got to sleep in my own bed after going out for once instead of crashing at friend’s places!
Sugarplum is a bakery near Cardinal Lemoine and it is freaking fantastic. It’s an American place and you go in and you’re surrounded by Americans and Aussies and Brits. Didn’t speak a word of French when I was in there. Ate tons of chocolate chip cookies and there is bottomless coffee if you’re into that kind of crazy stuff. Since I don’t drink coffee, I just kept getting pots of jasmine tea and brownies. Like Americanish brownies. I know its lame to go to a place that’s just like home when I’m here to be all Parisian…just not during exams sorry. Wore sweatpants to my last final. It was liberating and scary all at once. Probably not going to wear sweatpants again in public…
Bye Paris. See you in a month!
Can’t wait to be in my own warm bed and take a long shower and spend less and drive more.
OH RIGHT I went to Versailles with my friend Kendra. It was pretty cool.
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| desk where the Treaty of Versailles was signed |
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| the whole palace was too big to get on my camera, so here's a corner |
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| This was about as close to fall foliage as I got this year (in Versailles) |
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| Galeries Lafayette! |
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