Now for something a little more coherent

Hello all

It looks as if I am starting to get over my head-cold/sick/thing. This is very good news! However, another sickness is striking other members of the group, which is no good at all!

Friday: Mia, Rachel, Kaori, and I bought our train tickets for our trip to the Loire Valley! I am so excited to go and visit amazing castles like this one. That night some of us went to a tiny wine bar by the Eiffel tower for dinner. It was adorable, and we had a very satisfactory meal of omlettes and wine (and a shared dessert...yum!) Then we got to see the Eiffel tower sparkle. It is magical. No, really.


Saturday: a couple of girls and I visited the most gigantic flea market I have ever been to! There are the typical sections, with multitudes of scarves and cheap shoes. Then there are the really sketchy sections (Julie was especially enchanted with a particular alleyway. I know this because after going through it she whispered, disgusted, "I think thats where people pick op prostitutes!") After going through the sketchy-ness, we found ourselves in the beautiful, but expensive, antiques section. Seriously mom, it was like garage sale finds on steroids. You would have gone crazy. Of course, as we walked further the items became more and more out of our price range. We saw books for over 400 Euros and a small pendant for 250. Still, it was nice. AND it was here that I ran into Elizabeth Farrell!!! This miraculous meeting brought to you by my hair (I knew it would come in handy sometime).

After talking with her and exclaiming over and over how crazy and cool this meeting was, I had to go because I was NOT feeling well. Unfortunately, from that point until this afternoon (Monday) I was sick and not very coherent. We were supposed to go to Notre Dame as a class on Sunday for mass. I, however, slept until noon. Then I managed to get out of the room and look for some French people to talk to, because we have to do that for our speech. I came back and basically rested the rest of the day, and worked on homework and my presentation.


Today:Monday: I gave my presentation and in class we were visited by a missionary in France. I came back to my hotel room, had lunch, took a delightful nap, and then rode the metro to Monmartre where I met up with Kelsey P. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time walking around and people watching. Then tonight, we watched Anastasia (that one is for my housemates!)


Anyway, in summary, the sickness is going away (lets pray!), and how lucky am I to be given this opportunity??? Very, very lucky indeed.