Paris

I spent another day missing class because for some reason I decided to stay up until 6am.  I was super lucky that I had packed for our trip to Paris in that time because I ended up waking up at 1215pm to be on the bus for Paris at 1pm.  Obviously, busses didn't leave until closer to 2pm.

The distance from Nancy to Paris isn't too much, but with the speed limitations for busses and traffic, it took us a looooooong time to get there.  When we did, we took a nice stroll through the Tuileries headed towards the louvre.  It was nice to just hangout and take in the scenery.  In the louvre, we were really only looking for 2 pieces: the Mona Lisa and the statue of Aphrodite.  We got to see both!  The Mona Lisa, as most say, was tiny and we didn't see it from up close.  I appreciated it from afar, especially remembering many a conversation about the punctum in that painting during COMN 2314 tutorials with Gregg: basically the idea that no one really knows what she is smirking at, if she's a she at all, and how that makes the painting special (totally random information, sorry).  Aprhodite was a very interesting sculpture to see, as most are, too.  We didn't have much time to explore anything else that night and were to meet for the busses (who were late as usual) at Place de la Concorde.  From there, as it got darker, we were able to see the Eiffel Tower and it's glitter in the night.  Heading towards our hostel, we drove through the Champs Élysées and there were rows and rows of chairs set up for the Tour de France as well as a fashion show that would be taking place.

This is random but on the bus we were having a conversation about peeing in the shower (which I do and talk about openly) and everyone thought I was so strange. Édouard I guess overheard us and Jessica made a joke about how the French don't shower anyway... He didn't seem pleased about that one.

After we got settled into our rooms, we went on a Kebab hunt with Dr McCreary, who took us to a place he said he goes every time he's in Paris.  We had a strange conversation about fresh bread compared to factory bread.  I don't remember much of it now.

When we got back to the hostel, Jessica, Katrina, and I stayed up pretty late just chatting about who knows what.  I really enjoyed spending time with those two.