That is all boring and behind me, and I am now settled in at my foyer, which is basically an independent dormitory. Mine is called "Les Amandiers" (meaning "the almond trees" - there are none, unfortunately) and it is in the 20th arrondissement, in a neighborhood called Ménilmonant. I absolutely love it so far, but I won't go too much into detail and will do another post dedicated to my neighborhood, because it absolutely merits its own.
The first few days were spent touring around with Natalia who is another Goucher student living in Les Amandiers. We saw a little bit of everything and did A LOT of walking. Some highlights:
Jardin Luxembourg
Tuileries
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Latin
Marais
St. Sulpice
Panthéon
The market on Rue Mouffetard
...and everything in between that. Yesterday we began orientation for this semester's program, which includes a part-time internship--I will be doing mine with a feminist organization called Ni Putes Ni Soumises--, French language classes at the Sorbonne, and a Goucher class Friday mornings called Paris-France-Paris. It is a little ambiguous, but I will have more details eventually.
During orientation so far, we have met the IFE staff (they organize our interships and a lot of our program), saw the Ecole des Sciences Politique and, today, toured around on the Bateaubus. I don't love being led around a city in a group, quite honestly; I prefer to discover things on my own an on my own time, but none of it has been terrible, or terribly boring. Tomorrow we will be going to Place de la Bastille and St. Ouen.
Right now somebody below my window is playing Michael Jackson (good choice!)
I was going to leave you with a picture, but unfortunately the internet is being sketchy, as per usual. Next time!
Bisous!
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