Here we are--finally in Paris. We arrived yesterday, 5:30 am Paris time, after a turbulent 8 hour flight from JFK in New York. After not-so-gracefully lugging our enormous suitcases into the wrong building, watching our poor cab driver try to help us manage the said luggage (to little avail), and finally, struggling with the elevator doors, Abbey and I finally made it to our beautiful apartment here at 53 avenue Parmentier.
The apartment is surprisingly spacious, and fully equipped with a kitchen, bathroom, sitting room, coat closet, and internet connection. So far, we don't have much going on, except we're still pretty exhausted from first missing a night of sleep and then a very busy two days. Yesterday we spent most of the day getting settled and unpacking our things, and today we had our first day of orientation, which included meet-and-greets, basic info about Paris, and a 2.5 hour bus tour of the city. We got to see all of the major monuments-- le Tour Eiffel, le Bastille, l'arc de triomphe, etc.-- and drove down the Champs Elysees and past Notre Dame de Paris. It all just got us even more excited to be here in Paris and made us eager to get out to visit some of these places in more depth.
We had our first two successful French-speaking exchanges today, too! First, we found ourselves a little cafe on a random corner where we ordered and paid for two cafe noirs. The drinks were absolutely disgusting, but we still left the place completely giddy. Then, later in the day, we purchased our metro cards-- again, an exchange completely in french!
So now we're heading out to buy some groceries. Then the plan is to cook ourselves dinner tonight, so we'll see how that goes...
Well, that's all the news I have thus far, but take a look...
kitchen |
outer room |
coat closet |
bathroom |
our (messy) bedroom |
Abbey struggling to set up her duvet |
l'arc de triomphe and the Champs Elysees |
first picture of us! |
le tour eiffel |
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I'm so excited for you!! And I second the above commenter's recommendation on the crepes. Next time at the cafe, try a cafe creme instead. It's like a capuccino.
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