this will just be a quick update because i believe my roommate is going to go to bed soon, and seeing as our beds are a sofa and a trundle bed right next to each other, that means I have to go to bed too. yesterday we had our 'test de niveau" where they tested our knowledge of the french language at long last. after a week of all us americans hanging around and speaking in english (oops)...and it was basically a french grammar test. and the last time i took a french grammar test... was not any time in college. [View Full Entry]

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hallo! photos are up from my adventures to date on the previous entry. i'm not sure why they posted there, but go look at 'em! anyway! today we went on adventures to the touristy parts of paris. started off the day with a fire alarm at 730 in the hotel... that maybe woke up only half the hotel... only to find out that they burned le toast. which was then followed by a fire alarm at 8. got up for real around 10 to begin the day for real. finally set out from the hotel around noon and began our journey [View Full Entry]

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salut tous! so, day two in paris, complete. i actually have more internet access than i was expecting (which was none). we were at the center for a while today that has free wifi (en france you pronounce it "wee-fee" and if a cafe has free wifi, it's called a "wistro"). and then it would appear that the guy who works the front desk at our hotel has taken a liking to most of the americans and just gave my room free weefee for a week. anyway, today was action-packed... or however the movies advertise awesome new movies that actually just [View Full Entry]

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HELLO ALL! and greetings from france. this is your highly jet-lagged captain speaking, so please forgive any lapses in sensical things. we got free internet for one hour right after i got back from my first epic paris dinner, thus why i am writing this now, in this state. i am in a pretty small hotel room/suite with a kitchen- fully supplied- a table, a tv, one bedroom big enough to barely fit a double bed and then a sofa in the kitchen/living room with a trundle bed underneath it. i have taken said trundle bed and shoved it against our [View Full Entry]

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Ok so, the packing is practically done. save for a few necessary objects and the random ones I'll find tomorrow morning in all the rush and the madness. just to let it be know- Meg Salocks fit her life into 2 suitcases and 2 carry-ons without having to sacrifice anything!! i have all my maps, my clothes, my books, and ringo and his yellow submarine. if you haven't seen that movie yet (or even if you have), watch it whenever you start to miss me! anyway, all that's left is traversing the woes of online ticketing, shoving those last random items [View Full Entry]

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Trial entry, here goes nothing. I hope people read this! countdown: 4 days till leaving, 5 days till arriving in France [View Full Entry]

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