the update of the week!

Sorry that my blogging hasn't really been up to snuff lately. Paris is sooo busy!!! Mucho school work and projects etc. Tis crazy. Anywho here's a little update on my week thus far...

Monday

Bastille day! After our lectures in the morning, I walked around the Champs Elysee and went shopping! Being a holiday, it very busy and crowded but I managed to find a cute little black dress at a decent price. It pretty much is Audrey Hepburn's Breakfast at Tiffany's dress. I love it. Pictures soon!!! Dinner was a picnic in the Tuileries gardens with two other MEI groups, English Through the Ages and Trek 1! I spent the night chilling and catching up with Michael Brown and Patricio Gomez, both charming gentlemen. They have become amigos and they both told me of how they are loving their trip too. I'm pretty sure that our two trips will end up bumping into each other again soon. The night ended with fireworks. Yay!

Tuesday
Catacombs! Amazing and creepy but holy moley it was a long walk early in the morning! Planning for the gr 12 Extravaganza project in the afternoon. Preetttty much.

Wednesday
We went to see some pendulum thingy that one of our teachers couldn't shut up about. I didn't think it was that amazing but whatever. The res of the day was planning and prep for the Extravaganza and then that night was the performance. Oh yes I should tell you that this Extravaganze thingy was a production type show we had to organize, write, and put on for the teachers and gr 11s...in 2 days?! Well we pulled it off. it was called "Awake in a Dream" (I came up with the title) and we were all either good or bad fairies. Still confused? Ask me about it and I'll tell you about it in all its awsome ness. Did I mention that is was again at the Tuileries having a picnic? Yummy!

Thursday
Yesterday! We had our lectures outside the Palais Royal in the gardens, then went over to the Musee d'Orsay. Orsay is filled with artists I love- Monet, Van Gough, Degas and many more! After dinner that night we planned to go to the Louvre but to my dismay it was closed. Some of us opted for crepes and then headed back to the hotel for bed. This is the day I started to get sick.

Friday (today!)
I woke up feeling a little better as we walked to the Eiffel Tower this morning. We took some pictures, then took the elevator up to the 2nd level (3rd level was way to busy), and then took more pictures.
In the afternoon we went to go see Napoleon's tomb then the Rodin Museum, which is one of my favs! Rodin is that guy/brill sculptor who crafted this nifty piece of art...

look familiar? If not well it's called The Thinker and is just a peek at some of the emotional driven work that Rodin created. Plus there's a lovely garden with yummy sorbet as part of the gallery.
We had the rest of the day off until 8 (dinner time) to do whatever we wanted so me and a few other quickly dashed to get some laundry done. To put in plainly, a group of us have been meaning to do laundry since Monday... today is Friday. Yeah. All my clothes are done and clean now though so YAAAAAAY! Tonight and tomorrow we are doing a swap dinner so we cook one night for ourselves then someone else then tomorrow vise versa. Tonight we were drawn to cook dinner for the only 2 boys on our trip, and might I say I'm prettttty proud. Did I cook it? Sadly not. But still! Delicious! The appetizer was bread veggies and dip and then the mina course was cooked potatoes, beef with gravy, broccoli, and salad. Oh and dessert? WARM BROWNIES AND COOKIES AND NUTELLA FONDUE WITH FRUIT! I love life.
It is currently 11:11pm! Make a wish!
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But yes it is getting later, and I'm starting to feel not so great heath wise. I also have many readings to do. Ack!
Tomorrow the Louvre and Pompidou! So excited!
Goodnight everyone (well good morning or good afternoon depending on when you read this)
xoxo Kate

ps. pictures soon I promise!!!!