After a very long day of traveling, I arrived in Paris, France this morning at 8:10 am ( 1:10am Memphis time.) I was not freaking out going through Immigration and customs because my flight mate was a 26-year old American woman who lived in Paris this past year and was returning to Paris to reside here permanently. She walked me through the exit and told me what I would need to be allowed to enter the country (my Visa, which, thanks to my mother and my good friend Lexi, I was able to acquire without much fuss.) Then, due to my last minute boarding (my connecting flight almost caused me to miss my flight to Paris) my luggage was one of the first to be dropped so I was able to get out to my shuttle very quickly. The shuttle driver was very nice and he made sure all the passengers were settled at their hotels before he left. *Quick note: What a small world after all, a young woman and her mother were traveling with me on most of the same flights and it turns out the young woman is a dancer with one of my friends who is in my Paris group and will be arriving tomorrow, it was cool that we made that connection.*
So After I settled in and showered, I fell asleep for five hours and woke up refreshed and ready to venture outside, well a short distance anyway. I made my way to the super market (supermarche) and bought some dinner for myself, conversing entirely in French (minus the time I asked a woman, in French of course, if there was another department to the store which sold food items, it turns out there were two levels to the store and I needed to be downstairs!)
That pretty much sums up my day, tomorrow I meet my friends at the hotel across the street that was reserved for us by my school and the day after next the real fun begins! I meet my host family and discover my new home for the next 8 months.
I am very excited about my upcoming adventures and I am glad to be sharing it with all of you.
Love you lots, M and S!
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8 comments:
How exciting!
Have you communicated with your host family before this? Or is it like an 8-month blind date?
I'm glad you arrived safely. What an exciting adventure this is going to be!
it sounds so exciting and you sound so easy going about it all - how very cool to be able to come with you through this blog!
HEY! Nice first post there, girly whirlie! Proud of you! We'll talk via I.M. tomorrow.
We love you lots, too, Sweetie
XOXOXO
M and S
Hey Kathyr,
Yes it is an 8-month blind date... none of the other 24 girls in the program know about their families either... we meet them for the first time tomorrow, I should post again tomorrow evening, with lots of exciting news!
Love you lots M & S!
If I were in your position, I'd have to live on bread and butter for a while, since those are the only food words I remember. Oh, and coffee.
But really, what else do you need if you have Paris?
best of luck! my daughter spent a month in japan, one summer during high school. her host family was lovely, but it felt so awkward to her.
you have some years more experience with meeting and living with people you didn't know before. and your own family is so welcoming to others, so it is in your bones. still, quite a big leap! xoxox
What a fantastic thing to be doing with your life. I've never been to Europe, so I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it.
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