J’adore Paris!

Written on Monday, November 26, 2007

I am really excited to be back in Paris! I really wish my French was better and I wish I had been practicing more since I went in July but I did try using some today and had some successes. One, I asked where I could find an ATM and then we went to a restaurant and I used a little and the waiter told me I had good French. He may have just been humoring me. Then this group of Asian girls came over to me to ask where the elevator was. They hardly knew French and were trying to speak French to me while French isn’t even my language. It was such a funny situation. I figured out with they wanted and pointed them in the right direction.

Today I ventured out with Adrienne, Brittany, Mauricio, and Norman, a guy from consessions who is Dutch. We went to the Arc du Triomphe and walked along the Champs Elysees. They had just put up light on all the trees and it looked pretty awesome. They have these awesome lights that look like a rain drop falling down the tree! We had perfect timing because when we were up on the Arc the Eiffel Tower was glittering. We ate dinner at this chain called Hippopotamus and even though I know that the French are known for drawing meals out I am just so not accustomed to it. It felt like the longest meal ever!