the first half of this week has been madness with balancing three hours of French class everyday with covering enough ground each day and having the homies from BYU in town for their internship. but somehow within the space of three days i've been to the eiffel tower twice, la louvre also twice, la musée d'orsay, l'arc de triomphe twice, the champs-élysée three times, nine hours of class, notre dame, the catacombs, luxembourg gardens twice, and spent wayyy too much on food. like i went to the grocery store twice today and bought ZERO things because i got anxiety everytime i though about pulling out my wallet :'( but yeah for sure all worth it though (lol guys arc de triomphe is for sure lit btw).

specifically we did walks 3 and 17 which were quite, quite opposite but very interesting.

walk 3: Montparnasse and the Jardin du Luxembourg, we found our dear very American friends laying out on the grass shirtless so there's that. they're a work in progress. um also this place is ENCHANTING. veryyyy different from parks back home in the sense that you are only allowed to step foot on designated grass??? and everyone lounges about and eats Angiono's (or something along those lines) gelato?? which is shaped like roses because of course France wouldn't have normal gelato scoops like the rest of this world? yeah for sure gonna be doing my homework there in the future. it smelled like spring. and lilacs, which madeline is allergic to (fun fact!). ALSO along the way saw the café where Hemmingway would write so that also was quite lit (in only the most literary sense) and also the second lebanese restaurant that dina had dragged us to that day. holla at my favorite palestinian. also her blog is super rad check out http://parisislit.blogspot.fr/ for more perspectives on all the good times here in the city of light!!!!!!!!!

walk 17: okay so La Défense is for sure the French equivalent of TomorrowLand i kid you not. pure madness. we're talking the world's (debatably) largest mosaic which is basically this multicolored cylinders in the middle of an office building which periodically flood with water. also it's like silent cause no streets.... you just metro in. eerie for sure. rainbow fountains, massive malls, a marvel's avengers exposition, the dream business trip destination without a doubt. oh, also micah and i both ripped our pants also on accident so that was a plus for sure. all kinds of hidden treasures on this walk like thumbs and such.

other highlights:
-anneka locking herself in the opera house bathroom
-anneka then buying prada sunglasses to console herself
-anneka having an allergic reaction to france in general while walking the streets


GO TEAM