Le Weekend!

Samedi et Dimanche (11th-12th).

Samedi was, in sum, a whole lot of getting lost. I was trying to guide us to see the wonderful église de Madeline, which happens to be close to our hotel, but seemingly ran into another church by the name of San Augustine and then we ran into an H&M and then into a park by the name of Jardin des Tuileries which then led to The Louvre and then we turned around and VOILA! The Eiffel Tower was in plain sight and the Champs et Lycees right in front of us! Thus, we took a few pictures in front of the Louvre and went down to see and climb the Arc of Triumph. Along the way we stopped and took photos in front of the Place de la Concord. It was on the way back that we got really lost and a bit anxious to get home. But all turned out well. The sunlight is endless here! It doesn't get dark until 11pm! Our few days here have felt wayyyyy longer than usual. Which leads me to Dimanche. One last remark about yesterday...We were out the door by 10am and we didn't get back until 11pm. Yup! We walked from 10am-11pm. No big deal.

Dimanche was not long at all. We were out for a few hours and then came back to our room. But get this…we didn’t wake up until 2pm. Yeah…we were just a bit tired.

Señora and Mocoso have been trying their best to adjust to all the bread eating/dark concentrated coffee/and rudeness that is the French way. They’re not too kind to tourists. Therefore Señora, being a 6 cup a day instant coffee drinker herself, does not like the concentrated coffee here except for the one from McDonalds, so we’ve been making quite a few stops at the McD’s here au Paris. At first I was on the defense about it, “I’m not going to be one of those typical tourist that comes to a foreign country and eats at McD’s…” Alas, I need to be kind to Señora. She took a big step coming out here, but maybe it’s too much all at one time. This is her first time outside the US/Mexico. A big congrats to my mom for being the crazy “I’m going to Paris. Fuck IT” kind of woman. I had to get it from somewhere! Que no!? As for Mocoso, well…we ate at a restaurant yesterday and he wanted a salad with Ranch dressing. Aye Dios MIO! I kind of figured they wouldn’t have it, but my curiosity was also, kind of, eating away at me so I asked and the gentleman just looked at us as if we were crazy. At first the gentleman agreed with us, “Dressing, yes!” And then Rober asked “but Ranch dressing,” and the gentleman looked perplexed. He answered with “yes, dressing, yes, oil vinaigrette. Dressing yes!” Rober replied, “no thanks then.” Little brat. LOL. We ended eating two baguettes and Rober ate spaghetti. All was well.

We got to see the cathedral of Notre Dame and there was also mass going on so we got to see the church in action, which was really nice. We also, FINALLY, ran into the Madeline church. We met a very nice Peruvian man that has been living au Paris for 20 years! Crazyness. He also agreed with us that the French can be somewhat rude and unkind to tourists. We saw the Palias de Justice, Musee d’Orsay and I want to say that was about it.

That was the weekend for us…

Signing off from Paris.

Big smiles,

Tanya

June 9th/10th: SD Departure/Paris Arrival

Bitter/sweet.

San Diego: My month long excursion back home came to an end, and my sincerest apologies for my friends that I did not have the time to see and catch up with. I return in December and hopefully with a better attitude and less on my plate. I did get to do a couple of things, such as acquire a sort-of-tan! There is a bright side to having the beach a few miles away. I shared a few great laughs with certain individuals, including but not limited to: My BFF, Vicious Vic, My Twin, Gregarious Martha, Pattito, Pelado, The Marine, Chinese, Stud Muff, Raymond, DL, Feo, among a few others that I can’t seem to remember. Love y’all very much and I hope to see y’all again during the holidays. The downfall of this whole excursion back home has been that I’ve yet to finish my second semester of school. I have all of my final papers still to turn in. I’m failing at life at the moment. I am lacking motivation and having been back home has also caused somewhat of a distraction. But more than anything is the non-existent motivation that co-habits with my every lingering thought of finishing those damn papers. I was ready to leave San Diego two weeks ago. Something about it just wasn’t right. Thus, I slept more than usual, watched a few movies, and actually made it out to the gym a couple of times.

The SD departure, as mentioned, was way overdue. Now, I’m in Paris (sweet). When I was waiting for my luggage, I noticed that my lovely Roxy luggage was damaged (BITTER!). The handle seemed as if it got jammed somewhere. Picture the handle bar and the two metals that go inside your luggage for you to pull it…ok, got it…well, now picture one of those two metals completely broken! No longer attached to the luggage. The other one…picture that one in a zig-zag, and if touched would also break off. Long story short on my way to the restroom the handle completely broke off. American Airlines was understanding about my now-not-functioning luggage. They are paying for the repair here in Paris. As I’m writing this blog, I’m waiting for Señora and Mocoso to arrive. Their flight has been somewhat delayed (somewhat bitter).

Paris: FINALLY! I’m here (SWEET!). I’ve been waiting and anticipating to come back. I love this city. My Señora and Mocoso will be here with me for 12 days. Some of the things I have planed for us to do is: a bike tour to Giverny to visit Monet’s gardens next Thursday, a day trip to Versailles (which I didn’t get to do last time I was here), and we’re also going to Disneyland Paris! On top of those 3 day trips we’re also doing the touristy things like La Tour Effiel, Le Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame, Seeing the Mona Lisa in the Musee de Louvre and etc. I start class on the 22^nd of the month and I will be reporting to the studio I will be living in for 3 weeks on the 21^st, which is also the day Señora and Mocoso fly back to San Diego. Once I start class, there are things we’ll be doing as a class during the week. I will have class Monday-Friday for about 3 hours each day. On the side, 2 of my friends and I will be traveling during the weekends to Brussels and Amsterdam. Super exciting stuff going on all around.

I will try and blog on a daily basis for the entire month that I am here. Stay tuned.

Signing off from Paris.

TAC

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