a little of this, a little of that.

You, as a frequent and obsessive reader of my blog, may notice that my posts are becoming more infrequent. That is not because Paris is starting to be worse (au contraire, mes amis, the weather is finally becoming beautiful!), but it is because I am actually starting to fall into a routine. Luckily, I shook myself out of that routine a couple times this week.
Wednesday, the weather was absolutely beautiful. Patrick, who seems to be in charge of booking for the fam when they're here, sent me a link to an apartment in Les Halles area of Paris, which I had never really explored before. So between my noon Sorbonne class end and my 2:15 IES class start, I decided to go check it out. I ended up walking around for almost that entire time. It is a really great area of Paris, parts that feel very much like Paris should and parts that feel like I'm in NYC. It was so nice to be able to walk around aimlessly and not lose feeling in my toes. As I get more and more comfortable here, I get more and more willing to get lost, wander around, and just BE in Paris, as opposed to constantly feeling pressure to get on and off the metro at a certain place, see certain landmarks, etc. I can't say I've conquered Paris (can anyone really?), but I feel past the superficial knowledge you glean from only a month here (has it really been two?!).
Tonight, I went to a wonderful dinner in the Latin Quarter and had Indian food!
Tomorrow, I'm getting up VERY early (yes, Dad, 5:00 is early) to fly to Milan to meet some Tufts friends. I'm not going to get very much sleep, but that's not what abroad is about, is it?!