"I think France just agrees with you"

Col. I couldn't agree with you more! I've only been here for a few hours and already I'm settling right back down like its home again. While my flight was a bit distressing, not actually taking off from Boston until almost 1AM.. We did make up a lot of time in the air and I got here around 11:50. Wandered around Charles de Gaulle until I ran into JC (Jenna's assistant and also a student on PSS) We then waited, and waited, and waited (this could go on and on you see) for about 3 hours for a 'shuttle' that never showed up. Then we decided it would be easier to just take the RER back to Cite Universitaire to meet up with the group and show up a whole 45 minutes late to the Orientation meeting. At this point, I was tired. Grumpy. You maybe be thinking "How is that different from usual?" and to that I say, its not really. ha Just kidding (kind of!).. Anyway, I was feeling pretty tired and then... "Cite Universitaire" chimed on the RER as we rolled into the station. A burst of energy and excitement came over my body, I stepped out on the familiar platform, and suddenly all of that tired, grumpiness from earlier literally melted away.

As we walked down Boulevard Jourdan, I'm sure JC was getting slightly annoyed, I was beaming from ear to ear and kept saying "Don't you just FEEL it! Its great! We'll walk down this SO many times. Ah! I love it!" (things like that)

Jenna finally greeted me with a "I guess we can ONLY hang out in PARIS!" A giant smile and warm, welcoming hug. As I started filling out paper work.. some of the tiredness set back in, as my hands were shaking a bit. But maybe that was pure energy? Who can say?

That's about all that's happened so far. I love the familier sights and sounds already. Its already feeling like home again. My room is great... its almost 8, and I'm ready for bed!

Bisous,
Amy