Today marks the third day of my stay in Paris, but I will start this post from day one.
Before I could start my journey for Paris I had to frantically sign up for classes online. I say frantically because every exchange student in the Paris program signs up for classes at the exact same time, this led me to only getting 1 class that I actually wanted to sign up for. Once enrolled i=I started my 13 hour journey to Paris!Blah Blah Blah a few hours later and airplane food in my belly I arrived at the CDG airport. While trying to figure out how to buy an RER ticket I made friends with Brittany whom had been through this experience before. Lucky me she happened to be taking the same RER! Everything was smooth sailing till I departed from Brittany, and lost my metro ticket. A few exhausting flights of stairs later I was on my way to my apartment, where I ran into my second road block....where are the street signs! Although my apartment was directly across the street from my metro stop I didn't notice because the street sign was tucked away on the side of a building. Thankfully I ran into a very nice man outside of the "Red Balloon" bar whom called my landlord for new directions. The nice man drew me a map and I made to my apartment in no time! I had only spent 3 hours in Paris, but I was ready for bed!
My second day in Paris consisted of the Sciences Po welcome program. The best part of this was getting to meet the other exchange students. I now have some familiar faces and some new Facebook friends! I also got to go on a tour of the "campus" which consists of 4 buildings that are all about 5 mins away from each other. The streets in Paris are a little confusing so I will definitely be relying on my campus map for the next few days! After the tour I went out to eat with some really nice Australian boys at a Lebanese restaurant.
Day 3:
I slept in super late in an attempt to cure my lingering jet lag ( I think it worked!). I then proceeded to try to get into some of the classes that I actually want to take, keep your fingers crossed for me! I hadn't had a chance to go to the grocery store yet so that was my big adventure for the day. I asked my roommate Lena where the closet one was and she said it was just a few metro stops away but wasn't sure which one. Well I ended up getting off at one stop to far, but it gave me a chance to walk around the streets which I really hadn't done. To my surprise the supermarket Carrefour had everything that I wanted except for peanut butter! I then went home to make my first meal and this blog!
Tomorrow I will be meeting up with my exchange group at the Paris Mosque, which is very close to me so I will attempt to walk there! Wish me luck!
au revoir!
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