Day 1: The Flight! The Folly! The Hotel!

OK, all.



To begin, my flight was great. We went American, which is the last time I'll probably say that for a while (LOL)! The food was good, and my mom even let me have wine! (I don't turn 21 until May 11, fyi, but everyone besides Jason Stockridge and the flight attendant probably knew that already...) It was sort of crappy rose anyway, though, and I fell asleep 20 min. after dinner. Whoops. It was alright until we landed, when I had a massive hangover headache. We landed at Charles de Gaulle and went straight to the hotel. I slept for maybe 14 hours and then this morning Mom didn't really want to do anything, so we walked around near the hotel and saw the Musee D'Orsay. It was cool but not as big as I thought it would be.



For those of you who have been kinda or maybe not-so informed, I am studying abroad this year for the whole year (YES!!!) in Paris. I am/was sooooooooo excited I could barely sleep all week. Yes, I have been packed since the 4th of July. Yes, I did pack all of my skinny jeans and size S/M shirts and dresses and sweaters from back when I was kinda skinny and in high school and then my mom and I went out and bought new stuff...



Yes. I did try to lose weight before I left. Mom and I went on Weight Watchers in May when I got home from school. I lost 16 pounds and she lost 12. Pretty good, right?



NOT FOR FRANCE! I still feel like a tub of lard, and have been since we left the airport. The French are so freaking skinny! OMG. I start living with my host family in five days.

I really hope they like me. They have a son (older: 23) and a daughter (younger: 19), so I hope it'll be just like living with Colin and a little sister, who is more or less my age.



For the time being, Mom and I are staying in the Rive Gauche, which is a pretty neat hotel, except for the fact that nothing matches. For a Paris hotel, they could really use some interior design. I don't mind eclectic, but mixing periods is a no-no for anyone. But it's close to stuff. We're going to the Louvre tomorrow for probably the whole day. My French professor said it was huge, and not even he's seen the whole thing. I'm excited.

Love, Annabel

PS - I will get photos up as soon as they are taken (hopefully)!!!