Paris!

So today we arrived in Paris!

It was marvelous! I got to sit next to this really adorable hispanic couple on the flight over and everything went according to schedule (except I may or may not have properly entered the country and gone through all of customs…but let's just keep that on the DL). I don't think I am appreciating Paris enough because I have had only about 3 hours of sleep and am now in a different time zone, although I seem to be doing fine now.  We shall see.  

We walked around the city and saw Notre Dame!!! A little bit sad, I was not wowed like I was at York. That may just be because I'm not used to Catholic statues being on/in cathedrals or the fact that me and God ain't feelin' each other right now, but I'm still so glad I saw it and took a bajillion photos.  

We are staying at the most ADORABLE hotel called Miji, I believe.  It is in a medieval building and is just awesome-except the down stairs has begun to smell like pee….sigh. Oh and I apparently don't know how to properly plug in an adapter because I shocked the wazoo out of myself and now have two lovely blister to mark my stupidity.  I really do like Paris though.  It's a blend of all these different cities, but is its own unique Paris.  It is interesting to walk through town and buildings will date from the modern period and then all of the sudden BOOM there is a tiny medieval building.  To everyone else it might not go BOOM, but that's how it seems to me.  I love it.  Although it seems as if people don't appreciate the medieval Paris as much, maybe it's just because there is SO MUCH medieval Paris or that these medieval parts don't particularly mark something as significant as the giant pillar-monuments that may or may not be phallic representations of power (thank you dr. berryman).  

I was really worried about the group at first because everyone was really quiet.  I already knew Robin and Dr. Hill, and kinda knew everyone else, but I always get nervous about this kind of stuff.  Maybe after we all drink wine together tomorrow everything will get better?  Alcohol fixing problems? Maybe, just maybe…when you are in FRANCE. 

I really hope the trip to Taize goes well. I'm really nervous about it. 

Well hopefully I'll be able to post this soon! 

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So it is really the 14 as I am posting this, and obviously I haven't had access to the internet, but I've been trying to get access so hopefully every couple of days I'll be able to post stuff.

Cheers!