Last Week in Paris

Hey everybody, hard to believe this may be my last post from Paris, this semester absolutely flew by. It's been a while since my last one, so I will try to give a recount of everything that has been going on, although it is all start to run together. Last week I hung out with Xavier on Wednesday, we just hung out and watched some South Park, which I miss so much, haha. Thursday we had the end of year party for Sweet Briar, which was really great. It was very nice, yummy food and some live music performed by the students (and a little trumpet from one of the professors), as well as a Secret Santa-I got a cute little French recipe book, which was perfect-I will have to cook something over break. It was a really fun party, although I must admit it was pretty sad at the same time, knowing that it was almost over. Afterwards, a group of us went out to a bar, and ended up staying there for a really long time. It was so much fun, we all had quite a few drinks and just had a good time being together and silly. Friday I did a tour of the Opera that Sweet Briar had organized, which was interesting, and then that night met up with a bunch of friends to celebrate Abby's 21st birthday. We went to this cool Irish pub, where I tried Absynthe for the first time (ick...not a fan of liccorice taste), and then we went and got a glass of wine before calling it a night. Another fun night, we even did some dancing as the bar kind of morphed into a club as the night went on. Saturday, I spent most of the day working on my cinema essay, and then walked down the Champs Elysees at night to see all the decorations. I then met up with Xavier, who took me to this little bar that had some bizarre but cool live music, and where some of his friends were. After the band finished the two of us and his friend Baptiste (who I had met before) headed out to find another bar, ending up over by Montparnasse at a place that again had some live music for a bit. It was cool, we talked to a couple Egyptians who were working in Paris, and then we left and walked around for awhile. Sunday it was back to work, as today (monday) I had both my final cinema paper do, and my Atelier exam. They both went well, I think, so that's good, so now I'm trying to get my paper done for tomorrow, ack. It's coming along though, all should be well, and tonight Kristin and I are going back to our old bar, Bar Cristal, to de-stress a bit and catch up. The big news is that I was officially accepted into the Spain program today, YAYYY, so now I don't have to worry about that anymore, phew. So yes, life right now is pretty hectic as I try to get all this work done, and my days are sadly slipping away. I'm so excited though to be home for Christmas, it will be so great to see everybody!! Love you all, and will be home soon,
Brit