Suomi Finlandia

I have made it to Finland. Had Kotipizza with Iina and now going out to meet up with Markus for some drinks. It's so hot and humid in Finland. Iina thinks I've officially become homeless after showing her all of the thrift store stuff I've bought. I asked her for laundry detergent so I could wash my jeans while I shower. I didn't even think twice about it!

Last night in Paris

On a more serious note, this is my last night in Paris. Actually since it's 12:40 AM, its my last day in Paris. I have now lived a summer in France. And all I wish is that it would have been longer. I'm not ready to go back home yet. I'm scared of forgetting the French I've learned, and loved picking up French customs that I hope to bring back with me.

My journey continues back up to the North Pole tomorrow as I venture around my homeland even more. Next stop? Helsinki, Finland.

Also, being the last night in Paris, Katherine, Alison and I, have planned our spring break. Can you say backpacking through Eastern Europe for 10 days. I mean, I've never been to Slovenia before. Apparently Ljubljana is supposed to be beautiful!

And Paris, I hope to see you again in October.

Oddly, one of the things I'm most proud of after living a summer in Paris?

I never...
- climbed the Eiffel Tower
- climbed up l'Arc de Triomphe
- went inside the Notre Dame

But I did...
- learn the metro system
- use a velib
- went out in Montmartre with the locals
- made French friends
- ate baguettes daily
- DANCED IN THE SAINT MICHEL FOUNTAIN!
- rode a TGV
- rode the Euroline
- took Parisian showers and did laundry the Parisian way (spray perfume everywhere because there wasn't time for a shower or laundry)
- never bought the same bottle of wine twice
- learned how to get a table in a café

And that's how I know I actually LIVED in Paris and wasn't just a tourist. :)

Need to up this Percentage

So I need to work on getting this percentage higher. Which is why I would like to buy a scratch map as well as just travel for the rest of my life, thanks.


visited 24 states (10.6%)

Bucket List locations?

• China
• Russia
• Africa
• South America
• Norway

GPA? 4.0

'Nuff said.

Ça c'est fini?

J’ai pris mon examen. Et voilà, le LBAT est fini. Je pense que je pleurerai. Comme MAINTENANT. Paris a pleut encore. Après mon examen, Shannon et moi sommes allées au café près de MIJE et ont bu du vin. Je vais boire BEAUCOUP de vin. Bref, j’adore Paris, et il me manquerait – toujours. 

Comment appropriée - How appropriate

Aujourd’hui en classe, on doit écrire un blog faux. Le topique ? Des soldes en France. Parfait pour moi. Je sais beaucoup de choses des soldes à Paris. Pourquoi ? Je faisais trop du shopping. Juste un peu. En France, il n’y a pas des soldes pour toute l’année. C’est seulement deux fois par année, mais quand il y a des soldes, les magasins deviennent fous ! Comme moi, je faisais beaucoup de shopping à Paris. Presque trop. Je dois acheter une autre valise, je pense. Alors je vais faire du shopping encore ! À Longchamp – ENCORE. Je voudrais acheter un grand sac gris. Ça, c’est coute seulement 70 euros. Ma mère va me tue. Eh, ça va. Au moins j’aurais un nouveau Longchamp.

London and Centre Pompidou

Went to London last weekend. Saw some friends like Ross, Doug and Richard. Our hostel was straight up ghetto. Went on a pub crawl. Realized that London may in fact be the most expensive city in all of Europe. Literally double the price of the USA. It sucked. Had a horrible motto for the trip: Pack nothing, buy everything. Took a ferry across the English Channel in the middle of the night. Slept horribly. Was super tired. Saw Elizabeth's humble home. Saw the London Tower and London Bridge. London was everything I expected. Cold. Rainy. Expensive.

Came back home to Paris Sunday morning. Went to Centre Pompidou. Realized that the President of France in the 1970s must have been on some kind of drugs. (See picture below: It was a room in the Elysées)

Obama needs to get on that and revamp the White House.