Lentement mais Sûrement: Slowly but Surely

I have been settling in here a little better. There were a few days there that were really shaky but I am starting to get the hang of things. French is starting to sink in a little more, I am settling into a more set schedule, which allows me to pretty much have afternoons free, I have more food and just household objects I need for daily life, basically I have had more time to nest haha. 

We have done a few interesting things recently. On Friday night the program directors from our Wells College program took us to a nice french dinner where I tried escargot and duck for the first time! Plus, the chocolate cake I had for desert was heavenly :) Afterwards we stayed in that part of town, called Bastille, for a few drinks before we headed home. Saturday we took a walking tour through the Marais area and saw the Hotel de Ville and all kinds of historical sights that I unfortunately do not remember because I was more so looking around curiously and taking pictures for my photography class. That night a few girls from Wells, myself included, tried to meet up with some new friends from my French class to go out, but it ended up kind-of being a bust because no one was familiar enough with the city to find a good place to go. Sunday Elise and I checked out a big market in Bastille, which turned out to be awesome (I may just become a regular sunday afternoon customer!). After that we met up with a friend I met in Chicago, actually, at the French Consulate while I was getting my student visa. We went to coffee and talked about all the things we are loving about Paris so far and the dilemmas we are getting ourselves into. Basically, it was so nice to just have another English-speaking American to talk to who was having as much trouble adjusting as I was. Plus, since he is staying for 2 years he has a whole mess of things to deal with that I do not, thankfully. On Monday I had my first Photography class which was great! Elise and I are the only ones in Photo 2 so when we arrived he decided it would be nice to just walk around some pretty areas and take pictures and get tea at a Mosque turned tea shop for our 3 hour class.

Other than that I have just been taking more dance classes (I am sooooo sore!) and I am possibly going to Versailles for a day trip this weekend which would be fun! More later! 

XO Bisous!