Friday, January 9, 2009

Mosuleum


Mosuleum
Originally uploaded by chellbell1123

Which author was this again..?


Ferris Wheel


Ferris Wheel
Originally uploaded by chellbell1123

Okay so for now on all photos will be on flickr instead because this website chooses to be ridic difficult.... the link is http://www.flickr.com/photos/mavieaparis33/. I may be able to streamline them from there to here somehow but as for now...

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

For some reason I can't seem to add photos : ( Hopefully I'll figure out this bug soon.
Hey
Not sure what has been going on but this blog has been giving a ton of trouble... So now that I have finally, successfully logged on, what to say?  Well its been ages.  The semester finished up faster than I could fathom, but not as easily as I would have liked!  Finals were a breeze at IES however the papers for my exterior classes were a killer!  They required a ton of outside reading and research.  The most frustrating part of the process though was trying to interpret the rather abstract instructions of the "elusive french professor".  Just try and get a hold of one of them outside of class, its impossible.  And don't be surprised when you do approach them after class, to find their eyes darting right and left as they plan to make thier escape.  Now to be fair I had one rather good instructor.  The other well was clueless on all counts.  This is more of an approxmation of the my experiences and those relayed to me by friends and classmates.  But enough of that!  It was truly hard to see all of my first semester friends leave.  I miss you!  Break has been good so far.  My family came to visit, for a week and we spent Christmas here with some friends.  I can't describe how happy it made me to see them.  We did a lot of sight seeing, cafe lounging, and pastry buying.  I think everyone had a great time, however the jet lag really dealt them a hard card!  I wish they could have stayed longer but alas they have real lives.  ; )  I wouldn't say I'm homesick exactly but there are certainly things that I'm missing here.  However when I rationalize I know that I wouldn't be any better off having gone home for break.  My friends would be back in school and my family would be working.  Possibly even more dead than here.  It's strange the things I miss are more elements of childhood.  Probably more so a by-product of growing up than anything else.  I don't think I've ever had such vivid dreams so often as right now either.  They are almost always of being home in the summer time, but at about ten years old...
As for New Years, I flew up to Amsterdam and spent the holiday with four good friends from home.  We had a great time.  It was rather cold, but incredibly beautiful clean and organized.  Completely blew my image of the dirty hippy out of the water.  I would go back in a heart beat.  Especially in the summer, I would love to rent a bike and dwindle the day away from canal to canal...  The contrast was striking, in a city known for its legalization of everything (well practically) I've never seen such organization, efficiency, and as for police presence, a total lack there of.  I'll add some pictures as soon as I edit them a bit.  Expect to hear from me more in the future.  It's so freaking cold here there isn't much else to do but sit inside online.  Okay well there is tons to do but I'm completely sightsee'd out after the past two weeks.  Not to mention the pocket book needs heavy watching...
À bientôt!