Spring has sprung

I know you're all thinking - wait a minute - Katy just updated last week - what's going on?!! I'm simply putting off studying for my tests - so here we go.

Well I guess I'll start with yesterday - yesterday was simply the best day that I've had yet in Paris. I woke up at 10am, had a nice breakfast, checked some email, and met Claire and Caitlin at the Eiffel Tower. There were approximately (I actually have no clue, but you get the point) 2000 people at the tower - just hanging out in the grass and enjoying the clear blue sky and 60 degree weather. We played a little soccer, read, listened to MY ipod (as Claire has sent hers with Billy...) and stayed for about five hours. Afterwards we walked around Paris a bit and then went on home. What a wonderful spring day here in Paris. Today was much of the same although I had class and that was a bummer. In the afternoon I went to the craziest grocery store in Paris - Le grand epicerie de Paris (i think...) it's connected with Le Bon Marche. Anywho -then I took the metro to the edge of Paris to check out this huge park called "le Bois" - I went for a 35 (yay!) minute run which was wonderful although I learned that Paris has alot of prickers...

This weekend: Friday I had class and then took a little nap and met Claire and Caitlin and Jackie for dinner - we then attempted to go to church but there were no seats! So we got gelato instead and talked about God ourselves....Afterwards we went to the Latin Quarter and shared a bottle of wine in this cute little (and smokey) wine cellar. Caitlin had been there before and she was trying to tell me about it and the first thing she told me was that, "I wouldn't want to be there in a fire, but it was pretty sweet" - well - I would have to agree with Caitlin and say that I wouldn't want to be there during a fire...Next we headed to an Irish Pub for some dancing, but wanted to make it home before the metro closed so we didn't stay long....The next part of the story is pretty hilarious and pretty unKatylike so get ready....SO, the four of us (LA and Annie were in Ireland) were planning on going to Reims (in the Champagne region of France - to say the name you have to actually say the word "Prince" without the p and then gargle the r - the french language, i tell ya) Saturday morning by train. We planned to meet at the train station at 7:30am (it's an hour and a half by train to Reims). So what happens? I get a call at 7:40 being like, where are you? Where am I? Oh, still sleeping....So I jump out of bed, throw clothes on, grab my toothbrush (just in case) and RUN to the metro. I then proceded to RUN through two metro changes and made it to the station for the 8:21 departure. That's one way to wake up in the morning....Reims was very neat - we explored the city - toured a champagne cellar (Champagne is the only region in the world that can produce ACTUAL champagne - international law) - ate some Barbe de Papa (Cotton Candy) - and then came the planetarium. Caitlin really wanted to go to this planetarium so we all agreed to try it out, although I warned everyone I was pretty tired and would probably fall asleep if the chairs were comfortable. As it turns out - we were all pretty tired because ALL FOUR OF US FELL ASLEEP. We were awaken by several french people laughing at the four american girls sleeping in the backrow. Oh goodness. We quickly lefted - grabbed dinner - and headed back to Paris.

The rest of the week before the weekend was good. Caitlin and I studied outside Le Louvre one day. We met Robin in Le Marsais for Falafels. I ate some crossiant de amandes (almond). Ran twice. Slept some (not alot). And that was about it I believe. My bestest friend, Steve Guns and his mom are coming to Paris on Sunday and I am BEYOND excited. In fact - I might cry at the airport. Of course I have two tests the week that he's here - but no worries - school doesn't count in Paris, right?