A much needed day.

Well, for the past few days I have not been feeling up to snuff really. Had some sketchy food that didn't help the situation and have had a pretty bad headache. So today I decided that I really needed to just take care of myself. I slept REALLY late, after going to bed early, and took it easy.

At about 1 o'clock, after a leisurely time getting ready for the day and writing some post cards, I got a text from one of my friends asking if I wanted to come on a picnic. I thought that sounded about right. We headed off to the grocery store for some meats and cheeses and then to the Boulangerie down the street for some bread and treats! Then off to the Eiffel Tower! We ate on a little green space right next to the tower; making ourselves little sandwiches and digging into our chocolate mouses! The setting was perfect. A really blue sky to look up at with the giant Tower standing over us, watching us eat.

After sitting there for at least two hours, some of the people on our picnic wanted to climb the stairs to the top. A few of us have already done that, so we decided to skip out on that for today, instead we walked around, poking into the little tourist shops and trying to avoid the people selling Eiffel Tower key chains, or throwing roses into your hand and then saying "Hey- you've gotta pay for that!" We ended up at a little cafe for something to drink while we waited for our friends to get back from their hike.

A pretty simple dinner of pasta at a little Italian restaurant and then my FAVORITE thing- a chocolate and banana crepe. "Do you want Nutella?... or chocolate?" They always ask, as nutella is a more popular choice for that particular crepe- "Chocolate!" in response! So delicious. The dark chocolate and the bananas ! A really great way to end a very restful day. Now, I have to pack up all of my stuff because our Maison at the cite universitaire is closing, so we are moving tomorrow! A new room! Pretty exciting and.. terrifying all at once! More to come tomorrow...

Bisous,
Amy