Treasure Hunt

My mornings haven't been going well so far. I was supposed to meet a friend who lives on the same street, but I ended up being mad late (I was unexpectedly eating breakfast). I also still haven't figured out how to lock/unlock the front door to the apartment (I've been showed a few times, though I wish my host-mother would let me practice (I've asked to no avail)).

Anyways, today, we were split up into groups to go on a treasure hunt (it was more of a scavenger hunt) all around Paris as a means of getting accustomed to the city (and the métro). We first went to a bookstore to buy a notebook. Then we went to the Musée Rodin to get a brochure. While we never entered the actually museum itself, we explored the vast gardens around it, admiring some of Rodin's work. It was really cool seeing "Le Penseur" (or "The Thinker" to the noobs who don't speak French). Because I expect only 5 or so people to read this post, I'll post the not very good picture of me trying to pose like the statue behind me:

I regret the position of my right leg. It should have been on the next level. Also, I'm wearing skinny jeans in this picture,  so I hope Nathan is happy (my legs have been compared to tree trunks (by myself right now) so the skinny jeans aren't too noticeable, sorry ladies/Nathan)

We then had to buy a particular pastry from a particular pastry shop. Unfortunately, the particular pastry shop didn't even have the particular pastry, so that was a bit a fail.

Our last item was a business card from some really fancy restaurant on the Champs-Élysées (if you're unaware of what that is, it's a street containing many popular tourist traps).

After that, we had to meet our classmates/professors at the Paris Opera, and since we were somewhat close (well we were in the same city), we decided to walk (I was somewhat against this decision, but it was cool seeing all the aforementioned tourist traps). Sadly, we weren't able to get a tour of the opera today, since they were preparing for a gala (which is going on right now as far as I'm concerned). Since we couldn't go inside, we got a brief tour of the outside (which was really beautiful, but for some reason, I didn't take any pictures), and then we were free to do whatever we wanted....

So we walked some more...

We chilled near what I think was the royal gardens (not as cool as the gardens at the Musée Rodin) and then  at/near the Jardin des Tuileries (which is surrounded by the Louvre). I think. I honestly didn't really pay attention to the names of where we went because, quite frankly, I was spending too much time taking in the beauty of it all to care for names (this is be attempting to be poetic).

Unfortunately, we have our first day of classes tomorrow. I had to do homework tonight. I knew I was taking classes here, but I liked to keep that it in the back of my mind.

As you're probably well aware of, this is the part where I share random thoughts that pop into my head and don't fit into the rest of my post:

• I feel incredibly janky right now (the métro is very dirty), but I can't take a shower before I sleep like I normally would, because I feel bad taking two showers a day, and the vast majority of people here don't wear hats (so I've actually been hat-less for a few days), meaning that I have to shower in the morning (bed-head isn't the style I'm going for).
• If anyone is bothered by my use of run-on sentences (I actually am a little bit), DEAL WITH IT; this blog is literally just me writing down everything that pops up in my head, even (by even, I mean especially) if it makes me sound like an a** (I have to be family friendly, just in case).
• I think I'm eventually going to stop posting photos on Facebook and just put them here, because I don't really like being that guy (although the teenage girl inside of me (not literally inside of me) is so excited by being in Paris that I'm compelled to take a bunch of pictures and put them up on Facebook so everyone else is jealous).

Anyways, that's all for now.

Au revoir tout le monde!