Crepes, Cocktails and Confusion- Paris

First open this up: http://www.myspace.com/natashabedingfield

and listen to pockets full of sunshine.

I love it right now.

Ok ! Wow...Paris made me wish I studied French, not Spanish. It is such an amazing city. I went with Olivier (who is French) and 2 other Americans- Heidi and Matt from my program. We stayed in the Latin Quarter, which is a student-ish neighborhood that I would def recommend. Our hostel worked out really well because there was four of us and we had our own room (for 23 euro/person/night - not too shabby for Paris).

There were crepe stands lining our street, but we mostly gravitated towards one crepe guy (who we actually called "the crepe guy." And there's a picture of Heidi and me giving him a kiss on the cheek. We loved "the crepe guy." Nutella and banana crepes, ham and cheese crepes, chicken breast crepes, the list goes on and on. Everything is better on a crepe. I promise.

I also tried escargo for the first time - delicious and had creme caramel. We ate pretty well for four college students travelling, but I think it was worth it in Paris. The food was amazing- 100% better in my opinion than Spanish food. Throughout the trip, though, it was hard for me to not speak French. . even though mostly everyone speaks English, I am used to knowing the language in the country I'm traveling in - Argentina and Spain. So having to rely on someone else's ability to speak another language was different. It was awesome going with Olivier and having someone who could totally communicate. It didn't help us get into a "private club" on Friday night though, yet Matt was able to sneak in to that one. Even slipping the bouncer 20 euros wouldn't get the rest of us in...Paris at night gets a little snottier than Madrid I'd say. But the city is so beautiful (and the people too) that I don't even mind.

This video is from the Eiffel Tower at night. I have clearly become paranoid about getting robbed. I think I say it like 15 times here. And I look really scary haha. And we sound like we have the worst midwest accents. Gotta work on that for next time.