Pastry from Heaven

After school today, Tara and I went to this little bakery.  I could tell that the cashier was having fun with our terrible french but it was all good.  Anyways, we went back to my house with our 2 pastries each.  I took a bite out of mine and i think i died a little.  I don't even know how to explain it.  It was like peanut butter mixed together with french vanilla but that doesn't even begin to describe it.  I want another one lol. 

Notre Dame

Okay so i am not going to lie but i am pretty proud of my photographic talent right now lol!

Seine River

Couples who come to Paris to get married, or on their honeymoon, and so on come here and attach lockets to the bridges over the seine river.  It is a sight to behold.  I did not know that people did that.  I was amazed.

 

No matter where you go you can find a McDonalds and in my case a little piece of home.

Jean-Jaures

I had my first day of school.  It was really hard but i made it.  There were diffenentaly some bumps on the way.  I started out in the Science program.  I had all science and math classes.  These included Chemisty 1 and 2 and physics.  I hadn't even had these classes in English yet.  Not only that but I am an art and literature girl.  Thankfully by the end of the day, I got switched to the L program.  The only problem now is that I am never on the teachers roaster.  The beginning of class is always fun jkjk.

I made it!

I made it to France but it was a long journey.  First, I had my flight from Detroit to Philly.  It was a 2 hour flight and it was probably the smallest aircraft i have ever been on.  There was this guy infront of me that was a little crazy.  He was like the spaceship has lifted and then the spaceship has landed.  I was having a blast (pun intended) listening to this guy lol. 
In philly, I had a three hour layover.  They said that they had free wifi connection through out the terminal.  That was a big fat lie.  I had to walk like a mile to get it in the terminal. 
The flight to Paris was 7 hours.  The chairs went froma 90 degree angle to a 95 degree angle.  Let's just say, Haley was not a happy person when it was 3 a.m her time.  When I arrived, it took forever to get my luggage.  I was really scared that it would not come.  Thankfully it did.  I of course had no idea who or where my host family was.  I just prayed to god someone was there.  I looked out and there was a piece of paper with my name on it.  I sigh in relief but only for a moment.  From the little french I knew, I began to understood that they were not my host family.  I did not have one and i was just staying with this rotary guy till they found one for me.  I was little frustrated.  Here i was exhausted, needing a shower, and a place to call home.  Ugh, it was not good. 
Mark(this rotary guy) took me to Paris.  It was really nice and I appreciated it.  I wish that I had not been a walking zombie.  We saw the the big arch but that is all i remember.  I passed out in the car on our back to reims.
Thankfully, they found me a family that night after the rotary dinner.  I live in a beautiful home and i really like it here. 
Thank you to everyone that made it happen!
Haley

Crazy Week

This week has been crazy.  It started off with getting the invoice for my ticket.  It was 2,600.00 dollars!  Fletcher went to Peru for 2,500 dollars figure that.  Anyways, I was a few hundred dollars short so I went around to the local businesses and asked for donations.  I recieved 200 dollars and counting.  With that I had more than enough thank goodness.  Then I had to send this paper thing to Emily but her fax machine was down and my scanner was broken.  Then my debit card would not work so I had to over night my check which I am still waiting to see if she got.  I just emailed her so cross your fingers.  Let's just say I was a little frustrated with the whole situation.  That is the update as of right now.  I have my passport, visa, insurance, plane ticket(paid for hopefully but it is issued), and a really big suitcase.  Bring it on France lol :)

The Beginning

Hey everybody, if you are reading this you probably already know me. In case you don't, my name is haley. My best friends know my true middle name lol. I am writing this because I want to record my experiences for my months abroad in France, and because i was peer pressured to do it. Thanx guys!

Anyways, today I found out that I will staying in Reims France and going to school at lycee Jean Jaures school. It is the artsy school of the 2 public schools in the district. I am so excited cause I play flute and I love orchestra. I am a total band geek to the core.

So, that is what I know now and I will continue this threw out the year. So thanx for reading!

P.S. Melissa be Nice or i will not send you French Manga if there is such a thing :)