pas de dinde pour moi!

okay so never thought i would miss thanksgiving so much.

all i want to do it sit infront of a tv, watch macys parade, cook, eat enough food to make me sick, then start watching christmas movies.
The End.

sadly im stuck working.


ohhhhh AND im missing black friday!

dear stranger -- mind if im the little spoon??

okay so grève update.....

today was my first day of really "fighting" the grève. I had to get to school all the way in the 15eme AND it was freezing so i was totally not up for walking.

the greve does funny things to people because even though you are pissed about overcrowded trains and waiting for 40 mins between each one people are still nice...yes people actually SMILE on the metro, laugh even! Everybody i guess just realizes they are in the same boat and theres nothing to do but get over it and laugh at the fact that you spooning with strangers.


soooooooooo big news: Ashley is here so this week is going to be amazing. no questions.

oh and im buying tickets tomorrow for Hot Hot Heat AND Minus the Bear!!!! totally stoked!

doing this so i dont have to do work.

so interesting quotes from the last 2 nights:

Fri - "well see she met a bear in the middle of france and he had a treasure. He was going to fight her but then realized she was a princess with red curly hair so he gave her his treasure." -amine telling anna a story about me

Sat- "what shampoo do you use?.....no SERIOUSLY, we have the same hair...what shampoo do you use?" - the dutch guy at chez justine talking to anna

omd.

I get to see ashley tomorrow!!!!!

dear greve, you suck.

so they are at it again!

the greve is back on! it started wednesday morning and hasnt let up. They really have no idea when this will stop and they arent expecting it to be anytime soon. Thanks guys! That means I will be doing LOTS of walking to try and explore Paris for the end of the semester.

Speaking of walking. Wednesday I walked 16k (10miles)....it was intense. The map is the path I took and basically I spent all day walking the city. Not necessarily by choice to begin with but it ended up being a beautiful day so i didnt mind the walk....and I saw sooooooo many places and finally got to walk Pont Neuf AND Pont Alenxander III.

The webshots will have an album from my walking adventures soon.

So new beginnings this week. Ashley is here. Oberkampf craziness last night.

im back to happy for a while, i hope.


ps--- stoked for christmas vacay at home....even if it is just a week!

I'm dreaming of a white christmas....

Okay so now im officially going to the Marché de Noël in Strasbourg!

Hot Cider, Ice Skating, Gingerbread, Strudel and a HUGE Christmas Market....What more could you ask for??

i mean sometimes you drink wine out of baby bottles.

fondue adventure:

can you believe your eyes...

sooooo good weekend all in all.

it was really nice finally being back in paris and getting to do the nigthlife thing. Friday we checked out FuBar which I didn't realize was actually so close to my work! Had a "apple pie" cocktail and it was mighty tasty.....or maybe it was the glow stick that I could stir it with that made it so great! Either way it was sweet checking out somewhere new.

Saturday John and I attempted to get tickets for Strasbourg again. (The largest christmas celebration in the world!!!!!!) BUT of course my eurail wasn't going to cover the return ticket and so it would be another 60e on top of everything else.....i opted out but now i'm kinda regretting it....i want gingerbread and warm cider while falling down trying to ice skate!

After our trip to SNCF we decided to fight the MASSIVE crowds of people at the Grands Magasins to see the Christmas tree in Galleries Lafayette. Even though I felt like I wanted to kill everyone in the store (literally think Black Friday in the states times 100) seeing the christmas tree was AMAAAAAAAAZING!

We had planned to get fondue with John's two friends from Wake but it turned out the resto was full for the night. So we hopped across the street for a three course french dinner. Afterwards was another night at O'Sullivan's at the Mill....always crazy for sure....then john abandoned me....thanks dude.

ANYWAY, tonight we are going to retry out Fondue adventures.....this place has fondue AND serves wine to you in baby bottles....what could be cooler?

xoxo