troubles in paradise?

Since we've been here, various kids in the CEA program, including my roommates, have been getting sick. I thought I was escaping the epidemic- at least until last night. My best guess is that I way overate, and now my body is getting back at me. I felt a little better this morning, went out with Amee to some other girls' apartment and then we went to check out the technoparade.
As you can see, it was intense. There were so many 15-18 year old scene kids just packed in the square. I started to feel pretty sick, so I left after about 15 minutes of extremely loud music, loud kids and massive amounts of smoke. I spent the rest of the afternoon and most of the evening up in my bed, napping, drinking lots of fluids, and watching some TV shows online.

I was upset at my body for making me waste a precious Saturday in my room, but I didn't want to feel any worse so I made the choice to rest up. But, I just couldn't stay in all night, so at around 9 I left to meet some friends at the Eiffel Tower!

Yes, the bottom half of the tower is green! The glowing white blob is supposed to be a rugby ball, and the colors of the 2007 World Cup (which is being held in France, fyi) are green and white. So I'm fairly sure the Eiffel tower will be half green until October 20th. It's an interesting look. That's Elyse, me and Amee- Elyse is in a different program, but she is friends with Annie from CEA. We met a bunch of kids from her Parisian school, and it was a good night! I'm still not feeling 100% right now, but I'm better than I was most of today. Here's hoping I'll be all better tomorrow!



I feel like I should be updating more often just because the time has gone so quickly! This past week I've gone to Hotel de Ville to watch a rugby game up on the big screen set up there, went to a French club called Le Mix, and went shopping on Friday! Tomorrow (if I'm feeling up to it) I'm going on a walking tour of Montmarte, maybe something for the weekend of Patrimonie in the morning, and the the plan for the evening is to attempt to figure out the trip to Italy I want to take over break!

I still have to figure out when to fit in my homework...

Notre Dame at night, on the way to Hotel de Ville

Hotel de Ville, with the big screen set up (and fake grass for people to sit on!)

Amee and I were feeling a little homesick, so we decided to try the Subway here to see if it was anything like home! It was actually quite good and really hit the spot. I think sometimes it's really nice to be able to have something familiar to help you feel a little closer to home. But don't worry, I won't be eating here every weekend! I am trying to adapt to all the French restaurants too!

P.S. You can click on any picture and it will open full-size in a new window!