Chocolate, and Crepes, and Ice Cream.. Oh My!

All made out of chocolate! I'll take two please!

One of the largest and oldest organs in Europe! I went inside!

My favorite of the art displays in St. Suplice!

I have never seen so many sweets in my life! Around every corner there is something delicious filling the air, tempting you inside to have just one more. We went shopping on Saturday, but of course we stopped for gelato (It was so yummy! Nutella flavored and a sweet vanilla with cherries!) and hot chocolate; the hot chocolate is much different here though. It's more of a thick chocolate soup, but I'm not complaining! We stopped into a store that EVERYTHING is made out of chocolate, even a working clock! So back to the shopping... Of course I wanted to buy a million things, but of course keeping by budget and weight limit to Rome and Seville in mind I'm holding off on any big purchases (You should be proud of me Dad!), but I can almost guarantee I'll be leaving with this fabulous leather bag I saw in the store. It will be mine!! Never the less, it was still fun going through all the stores and admiring the clothes! And fashion week is coming up soon too! How lucky am I?; I was in NYC for fashion week there, will be in Paris during their fashion week, and will get to Italy in time for fashion week there! Good thing I brought a pair of heels! (a girl can dream, right?!) Saturday night we were planning on going to a club opening on the Champs-Elysses, we made it but the night turned a little bit crazy, so we didn't stay for long, but I did get my picture taken with a gladiator (Don't you worry, I'll be sure to put that one up here!) I even got to skype Brett, Em and my Dad for a couple minutes when I got home (even though it was 3 AM here, but only 9 AM their time!) Paris is definitely different than New York when it comes to navigating! It's much harder to find taxis, and all the streets look the same! And there's no number system, so it is just confusing! Of course it doesn't help I have no sense of direction to begin with, so that always makes the trip back home interesting! But here I am safely in my dorm! 

This morning we went to mass at St. Suplice; it's a beautiful church just outside of our neighborhood! It was in the movie "The Da Vinci Code"! Outside there's a huge fountain of four bishops that never became cardinals; and ironically the four sitting statues are sitting in the cardinal directions (Apparently the French have very humor) But inside was even more impressive with very interesting art displays and HUGE organ! It's one of the oldest in Europe (Build in 1781!) The coolest part was we were able to go inside of it! Then we went to Subway for lunch, nothing like a 5 euro foot long to feel a little bit at home! (But interestingly enough, they only have spicy mustard in France! I have to keep that in mind for next time; it was so spicy!) We were planning on going to Marais, the only part of Paris that is open on Sundays, but unfortunately my friend got pick-pocketed on our way there on the metro. Luckily she didn't lose anything too important (she still has her credit card and passport!) but it's still a huge bummer! But we took it as a learning experience, and we can only hope that it was the first and last time for all of us!

Tomorrow is going to be busy, busy, busy! I have my Theology class in the morning, and then I'm going to a high school to help in an English class! I couldn't be more excited! And then off to the SacreCoeur, a beautiful church right around the area of the Moulin Rouge! So more exploring tomorrow! AND THEN (there's even more, can you believe it?!) we're going to plan a trip to Dublin! Woooo! We found really cheap flights (only 64 euro round trip!) for a day and a half trip in two weeks! Hopefully I'll be able to meet up with some friends from my high school exchange! Normandy this weekend, London next weekend, then Dublin the next; and then I'll be off to Rome! I think it's safe to say I'm one lucky girl!