I have had a busy and exciting first few days in Paris! We have had orientation activities for the first few days and have our day trip to Provins tomorrow! And I was a little confused as to the location at first but apparently there is a Provins, Province and Provence! We will get to meet all of the students staying over from session one tomorrow. Our session two group though is all girls, there are 10 of us from all across the country. Yesterday we went to our study center where I will be taking beginning french. The center is in the middle of the city, about a 15 minute walk from the Louvre.
Yesterday, after finishing our orientation sessions at the center, the group went to hang out near the canal for the afternoon.
We went shopping afterwards at the Gallerie Lafayette which is the most BEAUTIFUL mall I have ever seen, and it's six stories! This is the view of the center...
Today we went on a boat cruise on the Seine and to see the EIFFEL TOWER!
Emilea from Iowa
My roommate from Colorado, Rose!
The group getting ready to start the boat tour!
We took the metro back to the hotel and it took an hour and a half to get back. Note to self: never ride the metro during rush hour. There is no air conditioning in Paris either so you can just imagine....
To end, quite possibly my favorite picture so far...
Au revoir!
