Demain, une aventure

Tomorrow, I am going to Paris. Let me rephrase that. Tomorrow, I am going to Paris! I can't wait. Paris for one night, Barcelona for three, and the Paris again for two more. All this week and last my four other friends and I have been facebooking our lives away to plan our trip: the trains, the planes, the hostels, the couches. Yes, couches. There is in fact a large, somewhat comical possibility that I will be couchsurfing. Yep, this girl right here.

I say it's only a possibility, because, well, we don't know yet. We haven't nailed down the last two nights of our trip. A little bit scary? Yes, but hey, it'll work out. I think. Word of advice: don't try this at home/European country of choice. Get together with your friends in person and just work out all your lodgings in advance. It will free up the night before to work out your packing situation.

Speaking of, we are flying with a cheap company that only lets you bring one free sac à main (carry-on) of a very small size. For a girl who thinks it's normal to take an-almost-50-pound suitcase for one week of travel, this is a little bit crazy. It's going to be good for me, because the bare essentials are really all I need anyway. Right?
No matter how skeptical I sound, I'm obviously super excited. The Eiffel Tower is only like my favorite manmade thing in the world, and even though I don't know a thing about Barcelona, the pictures on Google look like warm weather.

These random pictures throughout this blog are from the past few weeks. IES took us to Mont St. Michel and St. Malo, a cool little island abbey and beach town. I toured the St. Nicolas Basilica in Nantes, which was beautiful. And we also got some great snow; that's our little snowman named Michel. Can't wait to update about my travels! I'm sure there will be lots of things to say. . .