Registration + Free Time

Until yesterday, I was only a pre-registered for classes, but I am now a legit student of the Course de Civilisation Francaise de La Sorbonne and have a student ID to prove it. I also have a month-long metro pass and a cell phone, so official. I took a placement test today - the majority of it was written, which was easy, but the oral part was not so great. I spent a lot of my time yesterday studying grammar (which paid off!) and now have until the 7th to amuse myself in Paris without any commitments.

There's a metro station right around the corner from where I'm staying, but the line does a loop, so it's faster to take that one when I'm going out but stop at the one before it when I'm coming back - plus I get to walk across the bridge and see this.

Here's a photo of my host sister and me - she's so much fun!

During my first full day here, Philippe and I walked around the city a bit. First stop, Eiffel Tower.

There are about a million cannon at Les Invalides, Philippe said they were maybe captured in battles. This one had dragons on it - best cannon ever.

Our last stop was the gardens at the Rodin Musem, here you can see Le Penseur with Les Invalides in the background.