I have arrived!

Well, I've really never been much of a writer... at all. Most of my friends have probably even acknowledge that I claim to be illiterate because I despise writing with such a passion, but I figured I would make an exception this time. This could quite possibly be due to the fact that it is nearly four in the morning and I am wide awake, but who really knows?

As the title says, I am in Paris which is pretty incredible. After a long journey of flights and airports I got into Charles De Gaulle with directions on my phone from my landlord instructing me how to take the RER B and metro to reach my apartment (though none with walking directions from the metro to my place...). I miraculously managed to make it to my apartment and meet up with my landlord, Christophe. He was super friendly and showed me up to my apartment, which I really like. Its small, of course, but cute and pretty cozy. I am sure I will have no problems living here. I am up on the 7th floor, which is the 6th according to the french (what?) but thankfully there is a tiny tiny elevator that gets you up here. But from the top floor I have a really beautiful view and can actually see the top of the Eiffel tower.

For the first time, I met up with two other girls from SC in my program and we wandered around Paris a little. Naturally the first thing I ate for dinner in France was a nutella crepe and it was damn good, but definitely doesn't bode well for that whole trying to not gain 30 lbs while abroad thing... I left the girls early and came back to my place showered and skyped my mom. I pulled up an episode of Fringe on the internet and probably got 15 minutes into it before I could no longer keep my eyes open. I passed out around 7 pm and woke up before 4 am. I'm hoping I will adjust to the time change soon, though if not I will be insanely productive in the mornings before school.

I'm still feeling pretty apprehensive about a lot of things, but I think that is mostly due to a lack of knowledge. Orientation for ESCP starts Monday and I think that will really help. It will be nice to have a routine to follow and things I have to do. Yesterday I kept myself busy getting a phone, toiletries, and trying to (unsuccessfully) open a bank account. For today I think I will get up and wander down to a boulangerie and buy a fresh baguette and find a shop for some cheese and make myself a little breakfast. Then I may just start exploring Paris. There is definitely a lot to see and I may as well get started! I had intended for this to be more of a photo blog, which I am clearly failing at, but I will try to get some photos up soon.

I think you get a high five if you actually read all of that. But either way, thanks for stopping by and I'll try to update again soon!