I'm finally catching up with everyone!

Hi everyone!

I'm completely new to this blogging thing, so please bear with me if it looks ridiculous or totally incomprehensible!

I've been in Paris for about a month now and I'm having a BLAST! Every day I try to get out and do something French, whether it's going to the Louvre for an hour or doing homework at the Luxembourg Gardens (home of my favorite spot in the world now: The Medici Fountain).

I live in an apartment about 35 minutes away from Paris, in a suburb called Boulogne. My apartment is MUCH MUCH larger than I thought it would be, and looks down on an adorable plaza, complete with a French movie theater and typical French cafés (just like a postcard!).

The atmosphere here is amazing. Every day the ride on the metro is more like a fashion show than a commute, I have no idea how all of these French women survive in stilettos all day, but the majority seem to do it! My friends and I still haven't gotten over the romance of the city, couples kissing all over the place- not just tourists under the Eiffel Tower, but French couples in the metro, on street corners, and park benches!

I'm going to keep this updated whenever I have fun pictures or stories to share! Here's a sampling of what I've been doing lately...

Kevin (friend from SCU), Katie (met her here, from Maine), me, Sal (also from SCU)

The Medici Fountain, absolutely stunning,

especially with the leaves changing for fall

My room in Boulogne!

Pretty stark, but I'm not spending much time there anyways!

The Arc de Triomphe

More to come soon!