For the past couple months, I've been having a recurring nightmare. Once or twice a week, I would wake up with my skin crawling, having dreamed that a huge spider had laid an egg either under my skin or in my mouth. Then the egg hatches and thousands and thousands of spiders come out, covering my body like a wave. I had it last night, so this morning, when I my host mom asked how I slept, I told her...

Summary of the past 2 weeks: Missed plane from Paris to Berlin. Had to sleep in airport to catch the next plane in the morning.  Just as I was starting to feel healthier, I got sick. Again. Head cold, ear infection, and nasty cough. I am only just recovering from it now, a full 2 weeks later. Found out that Linnea is not coming back to Paris because she couldn't find a new host family after she...

I meant to post these a while ago but never got around to it: On the way to Paris with Sarah and Linnea. That's what the RER C looks like, kids. I spend a lot of time in those trains and they have become dear to me.  On Linnea's birthday, getting ready to go out. I was already ready so I went around being the papparazzi and taking silly pictures of Sarah and Linnea. That's her place, by the...

Today is a special day. Not only is it Thanksgiving for you people (Happy Thanksgiving!!!!), but it is the 3-month anniversary of me coming to Chaville! 3 busy, fascinating, wonderful months.  Walking home from the station just now after coming back from class in Versailles, I was thinking about the first time I saw Chaville, how I got lost. How familiar it is to me now. I remembered the part in ...

It's Thursday! I get to see Dad and Yvonne in 2 days!!! I love showing off Paris, which I feel really possessive about. MY city. My Sacre Coeur. My Eiffel Tower. My Quartier Latin. Good thing I'm soo good at sharing, huh? This week has been pretty laid-back. On Monday, Marie and I went to the Chateau de Versailles....only to find it closed. As it is every Monday, apparently. So instead of seeing the...

My weekend was pretty good. Friday night, I went to the movies with Sarah (in English with French subtitles...I refuse to pay €8 for a movie and only understand half of the dialogue). We saw Vicky Cristina Barcelona , which was really interesting. On Saturday, I went to Paris with Linnea. We went to the Quartier Latin for lunchies and then went to a bunch of souvenir stores to buy stuff for her...

I could hardly sleep last night, I was sooooooooooo excited. I got up at 6 AM today to check the kick-ass news. I watched his celebration party and speeches and stuff and I was crying. What an amazing day for America! Let's just hope he won't disappoint us. Although, just from what I've seen here in France, just electing Obama was enough to make the world like the US a whole lot more. Already, we've...

My date was soooooo nice. He had offered to pick me up in his car, but since I don't know him that well, I thought it would be better to meet him at the train station in Montparnasse (in Paris). I had such a good time....Yannick is a perfect gentleman, opening doors and pulling out chairs and stuff. He also manages to correct my French without being annoying or condescending, which is nice. We went...

So I haven't updated in a few because I've been practically living over at Sarah's house cause her host parents are gone for the week. Thursday was Linnea's birthday, so I headed over there in the morning after dropping off the girls. We watched all 5 hours of Pride and Prejudice and squealed every time Colin Firth came into the picture. We also had chocolate cake, pasta, and baguette with cheese...

Oh no, I haven't updated in ages! Ok, so only 3 days or so. But still. I don't have class this week because it's vacation, but I still have work. Have to wake up the kids at 8 to take Adèle to preschool and Louise to her pony camp and then I'm free until 4:30. On Monday, I went to Paris with Linnea. First, we went to Pigalle in Montmartre to see the Moulin Rouge. The entire street is lined with sex...