this place is crazy

hello my friends...this is going to be long so get ready...
i am sorry about not updating 247, life in paris is not at all what i thought it would be. first of all i got here on the 29th last monday, now it is thursday 8th of june! i mean holy crap where has it all gone, but the strange thing is i feel like ive been here forever...the first week patrick and i just went exploring, pretty much hit up every garden there is in france...jardins, they are so amazing here, huge trees, tons of roses, little french kids, runners, and these gardens are massive. we did get somewhat lost in one garden and probably walked 14miles before we found our way out. this past saturday we went to giverny. this is where monet lived and is buried. we saw the bridge and the waterlilies. beautiful but not worth 20euros....i think i lost 10 pounds that day from all the walking. last friday i went to the louvre.HUGE, no one could only spend a day in there you need at least a week! so im going back this friday, its free from 6-10pm for those under 26. hmmmSunday i went to mass at Notre Dame, i almost cried when i heard the choir...i didnt understand anything but still amazing just to be in that building. On the first Sunday of every month many musees are free so i went to the Picasso and Rodin Museums....and that was last week
THis week...well classes are fun. we had art class in this near by parc where we just sat and drew....im not that good. im hoping that i can fool people and maybe i will get an A in that class. French is great, we just do the basics.numbers, hellos, goodbyes, food. real easy but its fun to just take classes and not feel pressured. um what else did errands, eh saw xmen 3...made plans for Barcelona24-26 of june. um went to 3 museums yesterday. Tuesday we went to the catacombs...its where millions of bones are on display in this tunnel. in the 1800s the graveyards were overflowing and the governtment had no other solution but to dig bodies up and stack their bones underground...really creepy but i have cool pictures of skulls! well i think that is it for now....it is really hard for me to get to an internet. the hotel we are staying at is really not as great as it started out to be. the internet is expensive and it doesnt work well. the food is no longer good, and it is expensive to wash clothes. i mean it is nice it is just that it seems people in europe do things so opposite. things are just very inconviently timed, things close early open late, things never open; things close when you wouldnt expect it....it is hard to get usto. but i love paris and the smell on the streets. people are nice but i have run across so arrogant parisians. but i mean america has people like that too...the eiffel is always beautiful. it doesnt matter how many times i see it, it still make my heart burst. its one of those chronic good feelings that will never ever diminish in intensity. anyways i love you guys and here is my address if you want to send anything. FIAP JEAN MONNET/ Alicia Wang - 30 rue Cabanis -75014 Paris - FRANCE ...if you want a postcard give me your address!