i don't know what to title this post...

hi! i haven't been very exciting lately... sorry.

i've been continuing with my french class at the sorbonne, which is going well. i am actually learning some good stuff, so hopefully i am improving...

other than that, i've just been hanging out, 

which doesn't really make for an interesting blog post...

this is pic is of moo and andre seen from the apt.

i just liked how they glowed in the bright sunlight, with moo's blonde hair and andre's bright white shirt.

i saw this cool old-fashioned rail car yesterday! i was totally jealous that it was going the other way! i wanted to ride it!!! :) apparently they use these when they are performing maintenance on the regular cars. and it's just cool.

i am baby-sitting now! fun! this is my little cutie-patootie ella!

yesterday, we went to luxembourg garden and had tons of fun. 

ella rode the horsies and then we went to the playground.

andre played with us too! ella loved it when i sat behind her on one side of the see-saw and andre was on the other side. she kept saying "faster! faster!" we got some air on that thing! :)

then we tried every slide available. i got on one too, which of course is comical bc i am 5'10" and those toys aren't exactly made for someone that size... but i had fun anyways. 

ella has such a fun laugh.

after we'd exhausted every game at the playground, we got in the poussette (stroller- i learned a new word!) and walked back out through the garden.

it was a really beautiful day: the flowers were in bloom, the sun was shining, a nice mild temperature. perfect park day.

we stopped to watch the boats for a little bit. ella wanted to do that too, but it was time to go.

so we walked home and she was fast asleep before we were half way there.

i met moo and madona for a juice since we hadn't hung out in a while. then just watched a movie and passed out. i was WORN OUT! haha, guess i played to hard at the park too...

my first day in paris

so! i am here in paris!!! it's kinda crazy really... what was i thinking coming here all by myself??? it's pretty awesome still, but i would like it even better if i had a friend or family here to enjoy it with me. so i'll post some pix and tell you all how it's been so far...

so i flew aer lingus. not too shabby. the first flight was ok cuz we each had our own tvs with movies, tv shows, music, etc. which was pretty nice. i watched "charlie bartlett" and "mad money" (cuz i figured i'd never actually pay money to see that movie!). i couldn't sleep very well even though i had two seats, but yeah. then i had a layover in dublin which lasted FOREVER. and dublin is NOT a cute airport either... i was sooooooooo tired too!!! and then our plane was late bc of technical difficulties, so they had to have a test flight before we could leave for paris. lucky for me, i met this nice french lady who gave me advice and also helped me find my way once i arrived at the paris airport.

cool moving walkway tunnels at charles de gaulle airport. oh yeah, i forgot to mention that they had claire's accessories stores in both dublin and paris airports!!! claire's??? so random.

so then i took the RER (train) to gare du nord in paris. now, mind you, i did not pack light... i don't know how apparently, bc in my mind i barely brought anything!!! yet i had 3 suitcases, a carry-on bag and a lil mini-bag. yep. that was me packing light... so i was carrying all my luggage and was trying to get out to the taxis, yet every sign i followed led me somewhere else!!! i was dying at this point bc i was sooooo tired!!! finally i made my way outside and found a taxi (godsend!). i collapsed in the back seat and made it to my apartment safe and sound. another lucky-for-me was the apt caretaker helped me up the stairs with my ridiculously heavy bags. we are on the 2nd floor french-style, which is really the third. and our stairs are SLANTED. it's tough to navigate with no luggage, but with? i thought i was going to fall and the apt man was going to collapse and have a heart attack!

so i settled in a bit and then went out in search of food. probably shouldn't have left the house without a map though, cuz i got a bit lost. luckily i asked a lady who spoke very good english how to get back to my street and i got back safe and sound. i stopped at a little middle-eastern place for some meat and cheese pies and some hummus. then i went to a little mini-mart for some basics. the little man was nice and he even gave me an apricot free as a present, he said.

my first grocery trip

my free fruit

my "american sandwich" bread and the skippy i imported for sandwiches. i gotta have my pb!

more pix of my cute apt.

so yeah, then i ate and went to bed and slept forever. the end.