A little random.

 This post doesn't really have a theme, just a bunch of random pictures that I've taken off my phone because I found them funny. That's pretty much what I use my phone for, to take photos of things I find ridiculous.

I've been further adapting to life here and just starting to get into the flow of life here. It's definitely different from home, but I am really enjoying it. I think part of the big difference is the fact that I am in Paris, but I think a lot of it is just simply having free time, as I don't usually have much of that back home. Between work and school and interning in LA I tend to be pretty constantly doing something, and when I don't have anything I lay in bed watching hulu. That's definitely not the case here.

Cigarette pack wall in the student bar

I have classes 4 days a week, which will turn into 3 at the end of February, which leaves me a lot of free time. Thankfully, I haven't been spending any of that on hulu. This is probably because they don't have hulu here... I have spent some time watching crappy american TV on my laptop (it really is my guilty pleasure), but not too much! I spend a lot of time sight seeing, which you have seen the picture results of. I also spend a lot of time walking around, but mostly because I like to. The metro is an amazing way to get around, but you get to see so much more of Paris when you are above ground. I think it was Jesse Friley who gave me the idea, but when I have extra time, or I'm not in a rush I will walk places. I've also really been enjoying having time to buy groceries and actually cook meals. I haven't had the time to do that type of thing in a lonnggg time.

The Line up to get into Abercrombie & Fitch on Champs-Elysees. I'm not even kidding you. I think I puked at the sight of it.

It's been fun getting to know a new city and figuring everything out. For example there was a building on my walk to school that every time I passed by had a group of young people standing outside it. Literally, every time. I was also intrigued by the fact that there were two rooms visible from the first floor windows; one was a really nice looking library/office and another was a sitting room. But there was no real signage. After some googling I discovered that it's actually an acting school which rather explained a lot.

 On Monday night, three students and I rushed out of our class ending at 8 pm and hauled ass to make it to the eiffel tower. It turns out that they set up an ice skating rick on the first floor of the eiffel tower every winter from Dec. 1 to Jan 31. We, of course, got the idea to go skating which sounded fun then realized that we were running out of time. Either way, we made it to the tower and after some waiting in lines we got to go ice skating. The rink was pretty tiny but we were still skating on the first level of the Eiffel tower, which was pretty insane.

I'm pretty excited for the month coming up. It'll be pretty busy which I'm stoked for.  On top of a few group projects for school, I have already booked trips to Berlin, Barcelona and London. It's also my birthday on one of the two weekends I'll be spending here and on the other Kristina will be coming to visit.

It's pretty incredible to look at my calendar and realize that I already feel like I don't have much more time left here. I know it sounds crazy, but I know this time is going to absolutely fly by. I'm just trying to absorb as much as I can, and I'm loving every minute of it. (Minus trying to set up a bank account. That is a massive pain in the ass.)