Almost a month already, what??!!!

Bonjour, Bonjour encore tout le monde!

Its been a week or so since I updated you but things are going well. Time flies and I can't believe this weekend will mark my first Month here! I have even had my first visitor from the US! This weekend I spent some time catching up with Dr. Hilaire who was a professor I had while I was interning in DC and taking a class. He also came to Elon to do some lectures for the International Studies Society and the campus in general in regards to US foreign policy.We checked out the Palace of Versailles and met up with another of his former students living now in Paris. She is very nice and another aspiring attorney from the Czech Republic named Helena. After meeting Dr. Hilaire and Helena, some friends and I went to China town for dinner Sunday and celebrated the Chinese New Year Parisian style. I had no idea there were so many Asians in Paris but there is a growing population here in France in general. Its neat to see how they integrate into French culture also. They have an easier time I think than Americans or North Africans. China town is huge too and nicer definitely than San Fransisco or New York.

Today I went to Ash Wednesday Mass at Notre Dame which was beautiful and got a belated Valentines day package from home so it was a good day... aside from the fact my host brother accidentally set the alarm this morning while I was still at home and...you guessed it, yep, I set it off. He felt bad though when he realized what happened and that I had to deal with the Police by myself in my PJs when they came to the house. Ohlala, C'est la vie right?

Classes are becoming definitely more intense, but are going well and my professors are nice. One of my professors today complimented my accident, which was nice. Its always the little things that make or break you I think when you first begin living abroad. I also feel myself maturing already a great deal since I've been here which is gratifying in a way and makes the experience much more multi-dementional if that make any sense.

Alright..this is a blog not a novel so I am going to end here. Hopefully my last blog about pictures wasn't too confusing, but if you have any troubles, ask me, and I'll make sure you can view them. Some of you have really been enjoying them, especially the picture of the Crepe guy (hahaha you know who you are :) so I will try to get some fresh ones up by the weekend.

Take care, I'll talk to you soon! Jess