Arrival, Etc

Arrival Etc
I don’t have anything too exciting to say about the trip over, but in general it was a lot easier to manage my bags than I thought it would be. On my flight from Philadelphia to Paris, I started talking to the guy next to me, and it turns out that he was going to Paris to be an assistant through the same program … definitely a fun small-world occurrence. Unfortunately his school didn’t provide him with housing, so he had a week to find a place to live in Paris, yikes. So although I was nervous about my dorm-style accommodations, I realized how lucky I was to have a free room provided by my school!
I took a cab from the airport (definitely NOT the most cost-effective way!) to the train station. Although expensive, the hour long drive into Paris was pretty cool … I was falling asleep on & off and then suddenly realized that we were circling the roundabout under l’Arc de Triomphe … I think that was finally my “Je suis arriveé en France” moment. From there, my stage of fatigued giddiness took over and pretty much lasted throughout my first week.