Heading Out

It's 1 pm on Saturday.  I just woke up because the blind in my room is so good that you can actually believe it is night at anytime in the day.

I finished my classes yesterday and now we have break until November 4th.  I know, I just got here.  I don't feel like I earned it either.   Oh well!

Last week Cecilia and I planned our trip and we decided to go to Normandy & Brittany in northwestern France.  We planned to leave today to go to Paris in the morning to spend the day and night, and then train to Bayeux tomorrow morning- stay three nights- then train to St. Malo on Wednesday morning & stay for three nights.  Both towns were highly recommended from my awesome guide to France book that Marlene, a waitress at Teaberry's whom I love, got me.  Bayeux is in Normandy and houses what is apparently a tapestry that is a HUGE DEAL, and makes an awesome place to stay to make a trip to the D-Day beaches-- our friend, Lauren, is joining us for this.  St. Malo is supposed to be a very charming, walled in city on the coast- right near Mont St. Michel, which is a small town/abbey built on a mountain looking over the ocean.

Pretty awesome.

Well.

Last night Ceci & I were informed that the only train going to Paris was at 6:21 am, because of these insane strikes going on.  Well, we weren't packed yet & we were getting to bed pretty late.  So we made the decision to cancel our hostel and sleep in and pack today and leave for Bayeux on Sunday.  I was proud of us because we actually realized that if we didn't sleep and we had to rush that we would be pissed off and not into doing Paris things.  We both get a little funky when we are hungry/ tired- so it was a good choice.  Plus, it's raining today- which just puts a damper on things.  We wanted to catch the Impressionism exhibit at the Grand Palais and go out but we can do that another time.  Paris is only one hour on the train from Beauvais and it only costs 6 euros.

By the way, The Grand Palais is, in my opinion, one of the best museums in Paris.  Why?  Because it is a special exhibit space that changes probably around three times a year.  So it is full out and gets all of these really wonderful pieces because it is only temporary.  I went for a Warhol exhibit a couple of years ago and it was enormous and almost every notable piece was there.

I am such a Paris snob, it is hilarious.

I always say... I don't care about your religion, your skin color, your sexual orientation, etc.--- but if you don't like Paris-

I will judge you.

:)