Hello there everyone. Sorry it has taken me so long to put up my first post from Paris, I've pretty much been a zombie since I first arrived here because I barley slept on the eight-hour plane ride from Chicago. In fact, I was so spent that I went straight to bed after I arrived at my host family's house and didn't wake up until eight hours later. After having a great meal that my host family prepared for me, I went straight back to bed.
The next day I had to figure out how to get to the IES center for orientation by the public transportation system. Fortunately, my host father Leon was kind enough to walk me down to the station by their house and explain to me the transfers I needed take to get to the center, and after a bit of confusion as to which direction the trains travel I made it to the station I needed to and, eventually, to the center.
The process of finding the center for the first time also took a lot out of me, so I spent the rest of Friday and all-day Saturday to recuperate. Today, Sunday, was the first time I actually got to explore some of the city, so my fellow Loggers, Abbey Prest and Devon Wohl, and I decided to do the most "touristy" thing we could think of--visit the Eiffel Tower. Here are some of the pictures from our excursion--
The next day I had to figure out how to get to the IES center for orientation by the public transportation system. Fortunately, my host father Leon was kind enough to walk me down to the station by their house and explain to me the transfers I needed take to get to the center, and after a bit of confusion as to which direction the trains travel I made it to the station I needed to and, eventually, to the center.
The process of finding the center for the first time also took a lot out of me, so I spent the rest of Friday and all-day Saturday to recuperate. Today, Sunday, was the first time I actually got to explore some of the city, so my fellow Loggers, Abbey Prest and Devon Wohl, and I decided to do the most "touristy" thing we could think of--visit the Eiffel Tower. Here are some of the pictures from our excursion--
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4 comments:
you better be okay with seeing the eiffel tower again when i'm there...
Any desire to hit up Amsterdam? Or have visitors on your floor?
hell yeah brad! i'm glad you're taking it easy. from my much more cushioned perspective of being a tourist for two weeks, the constant immersion and struggle to speak in a non-english language can be taxing (as well as fun, of course). so rock on buddy. i miss your eminence around campus though.
brendan
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