Some PICS

The 4 girls that were lucky to experience PARIS!!! this is at our last diner in Paris with Carol, Terri, Professor Sawyer and his wife!!

This is me at the Musee D'Orsay!!! I love it sooo much!!!

Yup CHICKEN IT IS!!!! I seriously think I ate chicken every day in Paris!!!

Noheli and I at the Louvre Pyramid!! AMAZING!!!

4 girls in a 9 story mall!!!! wow!!!!

I AM HOME!!!!

I am home!!! We got hear yesterday but I was soooooo exhausted that I had to energy to even turn on the computer!!lol... oh and the hour change is horrible... I seriously went to bed at like 6 pm and then woke up at midnight... Its about 7 am and I feel like it should be 2 pm. It was a smooth flight and I have to say that it was a lot more comfortable then the one going to Paris. The eight hours were not that bad...

Well anyways before I tell you guys about our last night in the magical city of Paris, let me say that I had miss my family so much and I'm so glad i get to see them!!!

Ok well we couldn't have end our wonderful trip in a better way. After going to the Louvre which is by the way incredible. I mean seriously knowing that you are in there looking at the real paintings gives you a little goosebumps. Seeing the Mona Lisa is kind of surreal. I was also excited that I recognized some of the painting from the once we study in my Art class. But anyways after the Louvre Professor Sawyer invited us over to his house to meet his wife before our "last" dinner. Mrs. Sawyer needless to say is a wonderful lady.

Our last dinner was great. We ate a a little but expensive restaurant. We sat outside in a high balcony that overlooked the surroundings. The weather was great so we could enjoyed every minute of it especially the delicious food and dessert!!!! I like usual had chicken but everything looked delicious. What really got me were the desserts.... mine had rose petals on it!!! yup that's right rose petals!! crazy right?? They looked gorgeous and tasted even better!! I have to upload some of those pictures... I promise I will do that tonight!!!

Our LAST DAY!! :-(

So this is officially our last day in Paris... we leave Saturday morning!! and you have no idea how sad I am... I really really love Paris!!!! I have come to the conclusion that I will move to Paris one day! I have to cause it really is amazing!!! With us leaving there is sooo much things we still have to do... today is a busy day for sure!! First we just finished our final test and well lets just say that a little more studying would have helped.

Yesterday the girls and I were sooooo tired after our long day at Montmartre ( a part of Paris). We were to meet our professor at a metro stop in Montmartre at 3 pm but omg!! when we were on our way the Metro people made everyone get out in one station that was about 4 stops from where we had to meet Dr. Sawyer. We are still not to sure why we all had to get off I think it had to do with an "accident" but anyways you could just imagine how not fun it was...there we were in the middle of Paris and not exactly sure where to go to or how to get to Dr. Sawyer. I am so glad that Noheli is a genius in terms of map reading!!! She figure out where we were and how to get to our destination... but it was not easy we had to walk like a lot!!!!! We found a pay phone and called the professor just to let him know and then started our long journey!!! By the time we got to Montmartre it was like 4 pm. We were very tired but we had to keep going.

Montmartre is located at the highest point of the city which means that there are sooo many hills and yup we had to get up there!! Let me tell you guys that it was the first day that my feet really did hurt!! ;-(. The walk was crazy but Montmartre is a beautiful place. I love the way it has a village feel and it is very relaxing. Noheli and I had to do our presentation on the Sacre Coeur Cathedral and I think we did great well hopefully!!!

Well this is the last post that I will be able to write from Paris!!! ;-( IT'S SOOOOOOO SAD!!!!!
As soon as I get home I promise I will upload some pics!!!

but for now bye!!!! Au revoir!!!!

what? what do you mean only one more day in PARIS????

We only have one more day in Paris... :-( I feel like I waited so long to come and the 2 weeks have passed by sooooooo fast!!!!

I really wish we could stay a few more days!!!!!

The real Van Gogh, Monet, and Manet!!!!

OMG I love the Musee D' Orsay!!!! There are so many paintings that I recognized from my Art Appreciation class that I took at AU. I new that I liked impressionist painters but actually being there and seeing the really thing its amazing!!! Van Gogh, Monet, and Manet were definitely my favorites!!!

After the great time at the Musee Me and the girls when up to see the Sacre Coeur Cathedral. Let me just say that its soooooo beautiful. We went up because Noheli and I have a presentation about the cathedral today so we wanted to go see it before the presentation. The church is built on the highest point of the city. From up there we had a perfect view of Paris!!!

Class, shop, food!!!!!

Yesterday we went to visit the History of Paris Museum, it was very interesting and I think that Professor Sawyer does such a great job keeping us interested. We got to see some paintings that really helped describe some of the history of Paris during the first Revolution.
After the museum our assignment was to look at the hotel des Invalides and see the tomb of Napoleon. Let me tell you that the tomb is huge and the Hotel' des Invalides is beautiful.

Me and the girls like always wanted to continue our shopping so we went to the little vendor shops by Notre-Dame. I got a few more things and I think that I am finally getting close to getting things for everyone back home.

We had dinner at a very cute place called le Petit Pont. I order what I have order in all the places we have been CHICKEN!!!! as I tell the girls you can never go wrong with chicken. And i was right the food there is really good. But not only the food was great just the atmosphere was great. There was a man playing the piano right behind us and we ended up staying there for a few hours. We all agree that we want to go back before we leave!!!

When we got back to the rooms we all called home. I talked to my Mami and she can't wait till I get back. As I said yesterday I miss my family soooooo much!!!!!!! But I kind of wish we could stay a few more weeks!!!

oh today we got our test back and I am happy to say that we all did really well, i guess studying all night pays off ehhh??? lol!!!

Today Musee D'Orsay!!!

Weekend in Paris!!!!

My first weekend in Paris was great!! We did so much and everything was great! On Friday we went to see the Hotels Particuliers. This hotels were built by Kings in the 1500's. They are like everything else in Paris just beautiful. After that we went to the PAMPIDOU center. This building is crazy. We went to the top of it and had a great view of the city.

Saturday we went on a boat trip on the Seine River. We had a good time and it was very relaxing. After the boat trip we spend some time shopping around and we ate at a really nice restaurant right by the river. We also went to the Piccaso Museum. The museum was not very big but the collection was impressive. At night we went to see the Effiel Tower and the experience was amazing!!!! The Effiel Tower looks so beautiful at night.

Sunday has been one of my favorite days in Paris. We took a trip to Versailles. The train ride was a little long but worth it. We went inside the chateau. The chateau was the house of many kings between the 1600's. The inside of the chateau is so elegant and beautiful. But what I really enjoyed was the Gardens. The weather was not the best but I enjoyed the gardens so much. They are huge and so green. I can just imagine how beautiful they must look in the summer ( I might just have to come back to Paris in the summer to see them) lol...

Monday in class we had our midterm test... the girls and I stayed up till late studying so hopefully we did great!!! I must say that our professor is great and has explained things. After our test we got to go to a 9 level department store. The Galeries Lafayette is really cool. I got a few things and we are already planning to go again!!! jajaaja 4 girls and a huge department store!!! yup it was amazing!!! After the Lafayette we went to see the Pont Neuf which is the oldest bridge in Paris. We also go to see the outside of the Louvre. Let me just say that it's impressive how large the Louvre is. I can't wait until we get to go inside.

I really wish I could upload pictures but i can't so I promise that as soon as I get home :( i will upload some because you guys have to see how beautiful Paris is!!! There is sooo much I want to tell everyone but really I don't get a lot of time in the computer we are always doing something.

Oh by the way only 4 more days in Paris :-( I wish i could stay!!! but I do miss my family!!!!

Notre Dame and Champs Elysees

Hey Everyone guess what we did yesterday??? We got to see Notre-Dame!! OMG it is soooo amazing!!!! I have seen pictures of it but up close and in real life it is just so amazing to look at!! Our professor did a great job of describing the different architectural styles that were used when building it. I was excited to know that I knew a lot of the thing he was saying cause I remember talking about them in my Art Appreciation class my freshman year at AU.

After the Notre-Dame we went to the Champs Elysees. Let me just tell you that its huge and nothing compare to Michigan Ave in Chicago!!

oh by the way I am working on uploading some pictures but its not really working

Lutetia, the Crypt, and Roman baths

hey guys so I am really sorry that I didn't get to write as much as I wanted to yesterday its just that there is so much we have to do that time in the computer is really limited!

Let me contiune to let everyone know that Paris is soooo beautiful we got a chance to go see the old part of Paris (Lutetia) and saw the ruins of the Crypt and Roman Baths. Also we saw the old Arena that is still used by people. We saw a few boys playing soccer it look like a lot of fun!!
After visiting these we had a chance to walk around and we even got a few little gifts for our love once back home!!! And by the way I love shopping!!!
I am very happy with the way the French are treating us they are just so nice and helpful. I did take a few years of French so I try to use it as much as I can but the French are very nice and they help us out!!! Well everyone once again I have to go because We have class in a few minutes!!!

Today I am really excited because we are going inside Notre-Dame Cathedral!!!!

In PARIS

HEY EVERYONE!!! SO WE ARE FINALLY IN PARIS AFTER 8 LONG HOURS IN A PLANE WE ARRIVED. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN HOW BEAUTIFUL PARIS IS... WOW!!! WE GOT HEAR YESTERDAY AT ABOUT 9; 10 IN THE MORING PARIS TIME WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 2 AM OVER THERE!!! WE WERE SOOOOOOOOOOO TIRED BUT WE MANAGED TO WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVEN GOT TO SEE THE EIFFEL TOWER!!!!! IT WAS AMAZING!!!

I HAVE TO LET YOU GUYS GO BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ORIENTATION AND THEN OFF TO OUR FIRST DAY OF CLASS!!!!!

HEY...

HEY!!! so I realized that I never introduced myself in the last post... sorry!!! but well I guess I will take the time and do it quickly... My name is Sandra I just finished my second year at AU and I'm majoring in Biology Secondary Education. I've always wanted to go to Paris especially because I took about 5 years of French in middle school and high school. I am very excited about the trip especially because the next time that I post something it will be from the beautiful city of Paris!!!

I will be leaving to the airport in just a few hours so I have to say good bye!!!


Talk you guys later from PARIS!!!!!

Count Down!!!

WOW! 11 days 9 hours 23 minutes and about 2 seconds until I' am sitting in a plane traveling to PARIS!! I been waiting for so long an it finally seems like its just around the corner. With finals this upcoming week I can't seem to concentrate... i mean seriously how can I think about test when Paris is calling my name.