I am currently on the train from Paris heading to the final destination of Hendaye. I’m going to be getting off at Dax so that my contact person who is in charge of me can pick me up and take me to the small town of Soustons where I’ll be teaching. I was originally going to be getting off at Bayonne but M. Dubroca told me she couldn’t get reimbursed if she left the department. Dax is in the Département des Landes where as Bayonne is in the Département de Pyrénées-Atlantique. I’ve been on the train for a good two hours.

My train departed from Paris *Gare de Montparnasse at 7h15 (7h15 =7:15 this is how I’ll express time as that is how they do it here). I’m on one of the infamous TGV, which means Train à Grande Vitesse, which translates as “Fast Train” or “Train at great speed”. It is nice to be out of Paris and seeing the small little towns with their beautiful churches. I got up at 5h15 (5:15am) this morning and had everything prepared to leave last night.

*Gare means train station in French.

I got dressed got my stuff and went downstairs and waited for my taxi. I called last night to reserve the taxi and I felt that last night confirmed how good my French really is. I’ve had no problems with communication and not once did someone respond to me in English when I presented myself in French. Thank God for the French exchange students this past spring! I think the taxi driver took the LONG way around to get to Gare de Montparnasse as it cost me €18,50 (in France they use , where we would use .).

I’ll tell you day by day what I did from my departure to now.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Since my parents had to work on Thursday they couldn’t take me to the airport to depart and I really didn’t want to inconvenience them to take a day off as there were many other factors involved. We planned to have my best friend from college take me the next day and I’d just stay with her on Wednesday night. My grandpa had his double by pass surgery on Wednesday so I woke up around 10am and got all the final preparations ready. I left around 1pm and went to Wal-mart to return a camera battery and then headed into town to my mom’s work where her boss’ mother-in-law had brought some pumpkin show souvenirs for me to take and buy. I took two large ziplock bags full of pumpkin show pins and magnets and I bought some pumpkin show bags and pens and pencils. I went to the bank and deposited all my cash and checks as I wasn’t taking any cash with me and I would just withdraw some money when I arrived in France.

I drove up and waited with my parents, grandma, cousin, uncle, and great uncle in the waiting room while they performed the surgery on my grandpa. After the doctor came out and told us everything went well and we’d have to see how things went from there on my parents and I decided to go and pick up my friend Joan and go to dinner. We drove across Columbus and picked up my friend Joan and went and ate at Outback Steak House. It was really good and fun. We drove back to Joan’s apartment and unloaded my bags. I said goodbye to my parents and surprisingly I didn’t break down. I think I was cried out at this point as it was very emotional to say goodbye to my grandpa and niece and nephew the day before.

On Wednesday night my best friend from high school Tom came over and hung out with Joan and I as he lives 2 minutes away by foot. We watched The 40 Year Old Virgin and just hung out. Because of the high winds and power outages from a few days before Tom didn’t have school on Thursday so he offered to take me to the airport so I wouldn’t have to get there at 9:30am when my flight left at 1:30pm. It’s funny because my parents took Joan out to thank her for taking me and she didn’t even take me. She offered to throw up dinner but I told her that would be worse and that I’d buy Tommy dinner when I got back!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

I got up around 10am on Thursday and took a shower and got everything ready for when Tommy got there. Joan had a presentation she had to do at school and that is why Tommy was taking me because her class was at 11:00 but she was meeting her group at 10:30 and would have had to take me to the airport early and I didn’t want to sit there for four hours as I already had to sit at Chicago for 4 hours. Tom arrived aroudn 10:15 and we loaded up his car and I said a teary eyed goodbye to Joan and we were off to the airport. He dropped me off at the check-in level and I was off.

There was no one in line at the United counter. One of my bags was 4 lbs overweight and I had to take out my bookbag and a bag of pumpkin magnets and stuff it in my carryon to get one bag down to 51 lbs. The lady at the counter accepted the 51 lbs and she put on my checked baggage stickers and I gave my bags to the people to scan them and have them given to United. I hung around and e-mailed mom and then at noon I ate at Wendy’s. After I ate I went back to my gate and waited to board.

On the plane I sat with a farmer from Kansas who had been in Ohio for a farmers’ convention. He was really nice and we talked the whole time. The flight lasted about 45 minutes and we flew over Chicago as we arrived to Chicago O’Hare Airport. When I arrived I just sat and waited for my flight’s gate number to be posted. I talked to Joan on skype for a little while and people watched. Once I found out where my flight was I headed down to the gate and waited. I talked to some French women who had traveled the globe and finally it was time to board.

On the plane there was a group of forty 60+ men and women who travel together all the time all over the place. Some of the people, I thought, should not have been flying and the 60+ year old woman I sat with agreed. It was fun sitting next to her. She was a hoot. Even though the plane ride was long, it was bareable because I had her for conversation. I had decided at Columbus that I was NOT going to be taking the metro to my hostel and that I would take a taxi. This probably was the best decision of my life as MOST Paris metro stations are NOT handicap accessible, which means no elevator or even an escalator.

Friday, September 19, 2008

We landed on time in Paris at the Charles de Gaulle Airport around 9:00am. It took another good 15 minutes just to get to our terminal on the ground. Once there it was a race to get off and go through to get our passports checked and to claim our luggage. As we were landing the captain mentioned that it was 5°C (≈40°F). I was wearing a short sleeved polo and shorts with flip flops. I couldn’t change until I got my luggage. Once I got my luggage I had to sit down and get everything how I wanted. I transferred some things to my bookbag and then put my computer case in my suitcase. Since I couldn’t find any place to change on the level I was at and it was too much of a hassel to look for a bathroom I decided I’d change when I got to the hostel.

I gathered all my things and went outside to where the taxis were. A taxi pulled up and helped me load all of my stuff into the car and we were off towards Paris. The ride was exciting and scary at the same time. In France people drive with no respect. (Disclaimer: I’m not generalizing here, I’m sure there are some very respectful drivers in France but it did not feel like it everytime I saw traffic or was in a car). Everyone is trying to get to their destination the quickest way possible. In the US most of these drivers would be stopped for reckless driving, my cab driver included.

After many gasps and sighs we finally made it to my hostel, Auberge Internationale des Jeunes. There was a HUGE amount of people inside when I got there all waiting at the desk and I had no idea where to put my luggage so I just sat is over to the side and waited patiently as more and more people spilled in. Once it starting clearing out, since most people were just returning there key for the day, I approached in the counter and told the girl I had a reservation. She gave me a ticket and told me that the hostel was closed until 16h00 (4:00pm) and that I could leave my baggage down in the locked luggage room and come back and pick my key up at 16h00. I kind of knew that it was closed from 11h00 to 16h00 but when you have been up for over 24 hours straight, it is hard to digest that for the next 5 hours I’d have to find something to do.

I took my luggage down to the luggage room (sounds so much easier said than actually done), changed in a tiny bathroom into some jeans and put on shoes, and then headed out into the city of Paris not knowing really where the heck I was! I finally found the metro station close to me, Ledru-Rollin, and went down and bought a 3 day Paris pass. I took the metro to see the Paris Opéra house, Palais Garnier, which was actually the thing I was most excited about seeing. It wasn’t as great as I thought but that was only because I was totally exhausted. I’ll definitely make a trip back up to Paris and see the Paris Opera again and go on a tour.

From there I made my connections to the Eiffel Tower, via les Ecoles Militaires (Military Schools). When I arrived near the Champs de Mars I was approached by a girl who had a speech impediment or wasn’t actually French who was offering me a gold ring that she supposedly had just found on the ground. She kept saying it was real gold and that she found it and I could have it. She stuck her hand out asking for money and I in return told her that if she wanted money and if the ring was really gold, that she should take it to a bijouterie (jewlery store) and try to sell it there. She tookt he ring from my hand and quickly went off to her next victim. Two minutes later a guy reaches down in front of me and picks something up. Can you guess what it was? YES! It was a gold ring. I told him his sister already tried to con me and to leave me alone. He laughed and went off looking for some other person to try to scam.

The Eiffel tower was beautiful. Right below it there was a huge map of the European Union that you could walk on and I of course took pictures of Belgium! I decided to kill some time by going up into the tower. As I was walking towards the line to go to the “sommet” (top) I saw some firemen climbing up ropes from the ground to the first level of the Eiffel Tower and then falling back down. It was nuts! There is NO way I would have ever in my life done that. I don’t have a fear of heights but that would probably cause me to. I got in line to buy my ticket. The line was pretty long but I expected it. While I was waiting in line I saw the French police take down some people who were selling souvenirs out of duffel bags. It was pretty cool.

To get to the top of the tower you take an elevator up to the first or second level and then you take an elevator from there to the top. The view was amazing. Paris is a HUGE HUGE city and is SO spread out. Unlike New York, where it is all compact on an island, Paris spreads out as far as the eye can see, at least from the Eiffel Tower. It was really chilly up there but the view was amazing. I spent probably an hour up there looking and taking pictures.

After I came down I headed to nearest metro station and headed back to my hostel as it was around 15h30 at that time. Once I got back to the hostel I took a shower got some things from my bags down in the luggage room and went to sleep. The beds were SO noisy and squeaky that I didn’t sleep ALL that well. I also had three other roommates. One was an Italian guy who talked in his sleep as well except it was really scary because it was in Italian and it was really really fast and I thought he was actually yelling at me for being too loud talking in my sleep.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

I woke up at like 4h00 the next morning and just laid there until around 7h00. I got up took another shower and went down and had breakfast. I had planned to head down to Versailles for the day. On the train down there I met some Americans from Colorado who were just traveling around. When I got to Versailles I made the five minute walk to the palace. I was told it was going to be free as it was a special weekend called “Les Weekends de Patrimoines”. There was actually nothing free. I went to see the gardens first. The gardens were amazing and along the main path to the canal there are buckeye trees. I have a buckeye from one of the trees.

There are tons of fountains in the gardens but they aren’t on all the time and actually are only turned on for a set perdiod of time (1 hour or so) and only on special days or weekends. I was lucky as the Eaux Musicales (water show) started at 11h00 and went till 12h00. There are speakers all throughout the Versailles gardens and there is classical music playing the whole time. It was really a great atmosphere and really beautiful.

After I toured the gardens I went and waited in line for over an hour to get a ticket to go into the palace. After getting my ticket I went and ate a sandwich and then I went in and took the tour of the Palace. I wasn’t really TOO impressed and I felt it was a bit overrated but what I thought was amazing is that I was standing in a place where so much rich history took place. It really was amazing to me. My camera actually went dead before I could take a picture of the infamous Hall of Mirrors. By the time I had toured the castle it was going on 16h00. I decided I would go back to the hostel and catch up on e-mails and everything. I got back near 18h00 and decided to go ahead and get a mobile phone as I hadn’t had a watch or any way of telling time since I’d been here and also it would be beneficial to have a mobile phone ASAP. I went into an Orange store and pruchased a phone and prepaid plan. After that, I was able to go to the little market and get something to eat. I sat and talked with my French Canadian roommate who was also downstairs eating. I responded to e-mails and did some other research and then headed upstairs to take a shower and then go to bed.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

The next morning I woke up pretty late at like 7h30 and got ready and headed downstairs for breakfast. I had planned to go see the catacombes. I made my way to the metro station closest to the catacombes, which ended up being right across the street. I got there 45 mins too early and I just sat on a bench right in front of the entrance and waited. I ended up meeting three other Americans who were going into the catacombes. We were all at the front of the line. Two of them were in the military and the third was their friend visiting them for a while. They were SO nice and I really enjoyed having someone around to talk to and explore with as I had been alone the past two days. The catacombes were AMAZING. I really can’t believe how awesome they were. I just never thought I’d be that close to 6 million skulls and the hundreds of millions of bones that lined the walls. The climb out of the catacombes was rough as I think there were like 186 steps. What made me laugh at the end was there was a defibulator!

I parted with my new American “friends” and headed for the Eiffel Tower as I had planned to meet another assistant there at noon. We agreed to meet on “Belgium” on th big EU map. She was a little late but it was ok. We walked and got lunch where I ate a mushroom omlette and she some crêpes and then we decided to go see the Sacré Cœur. Never had I thought that I would have to climb up so many stairs and steep hills in my life than in Montmartre where the Sacré Cœur is located. When we first arrived to the metro station we thought would be close to it, Abesses, we had to climb like 200 stairs. It just kept going and going and going. After some thinking you can understand why there are SO many stairs in this particular metro. Montmartre is the highest point in Paris and the metro runs at a certain level under Paris. So, if you get off at Abesses and it is in Montmartre that is a lot HIGHER than the rest of Paris you have to climb HIGHER to get out of the metro station.

It was ridiculous! It has definitely motivated me to lose weight (and also helped me START to lose weight as I probably lost 3 lbs just climbing to the top). Allison and I had to climb about 3 more sets of stairs and 3 more hills before we actually made it to where the church sat. The church was AMAZING. We went inside and it was just beautiful. I lit a prayer candle for my papaw and we exited to now find a huge set of stairs right in front of the Sacré Cœur which led down to a lift which took you to an even CLOSER metro. After taking picutres and fighting people to get down the stairs we finally made it down where some Sénégalais tried to sell us bracelets. I invited Allison back to my hostel to take advantage of the free wifi that was there since she hadn’t had luck getting connected at the free wifi at McDonalds. We hung out there for a good two hours and then she was off to see La Défense and then to stay on someone’s couch. I really should have done what she did. She paid to have her bags kept in a locker at Gare du Nord and then couch surfed a few places in Paris. (Couch surfing is where someone offers you their couch for free.)

Monday, September 22, 2008

The next morning I got up at around 9h00, took a shower, and then headed out. I took the metro to La Défense which is the skyscraper district of France. It also hosts the giant Défense Arc. I took picutres and then got back on the métro and headed to the Arc de Triomphe. It was an amazing thing to see in person. I also took video of the horrible traffic which circled it. After that I got back on the metro and headed towards Le Louvre. After eating my lunch and taking pictures I started walking along the Seine towards Ile de la Cité. I crossed the Seine a few times and finally came upon a boat tour company. I paid €11 to go on an hour boat ride on the seine along all the major monuments. It was a really amazing thing. Great investment as I got TONS of pictures. After the boat ride I walked along l’Ile de la Cité to Notre Dame where I was suppose to meet a group of other assistants for dinner and a chat. I ended up finding an amazing bookstore and buying a Basque Verb Conjugation book.

I went back to the statue of Charlemagne in front of Notre Dame at 17h00 and started meeting the other assistants. I was the only guy in the group. Once everyone was there we went and got some drinks and some appetizers at Le Restaurant de Petit Pont. I had white wine with cassis juice and shared fries and garlic bread with three others. It was so great to talk to other people and to know that I wasn’t alone in my fears and doubts. We ended up going and sitting in the grass near the Eiffel Tower which was lit up all blue and chatting. While we were sitting there, the French police pulled up and shined their lights in our faces. They got out of the car and came up to us with their flash lights. I had read that France was trying to cut down on public open container and I asked the policeman if it was forbidden to sit in the grass, which he responded no. I then explained that we were not drinking and he smiled and told us to have a great night! He and his ‘friends’ moved on to the huge group of French people who had about 20 bottles of champagne and wine.

After a while people started saying they had to go and I thought this would be a good time for me to leave as well. I headed back to the hostel and got my luggage keys back that I had lost temporarily and then called to have a taxi come pick me up the next morning and the rest you know.

I’ll write about my arrival in the region and my nightmare for housing! Soon!

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It is funny that I titled this entry as an English/French phrase that is used quite frequently in both languages! I’m currently sitting in Chicago O’Hare airport having just flown from Columbus, Ohio. The plane ride was a bit bumpy and there was tons of turbulence but we got onto the ground all right. My plane departs for Paris at 6:00pm local time (7:00pm EST) and I arrive in Paris at 9:20am local time. I’m going to try and find out were I’m supposed to get on my plane as my boarding pass doesn’t say. I need to travel more I think!

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Ok so I decided to stay up so that it was morning over in France and try and get a hold of my contact, Marie-Claude and I got a hold of her! SHE WAS SOOO NICE! She kept saying that I was welcome in France and that everything would be ok and that she is looking for an apartment for me! I’m not that worried anymore! A huge weight is now taken off of my shoulders! She is going to find a teacher to house me until I can find an apartment and she is looking for an apartment for me now! That $42 phone card paid off! No more worries….for now!

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So I invited my friend Joan down to see my little town of Circleville yesterday and to hang out. I showed her what my life was like growing up in Circleville and I really think she enjoyed herself. I went up with her to Columbus to stay the night with her. We ended up going out with two of my old co-workers, Autumn and Seth. It was great seeing theym both, especially Autumn as she had been away in Italy for the summer! Today I went back to Fate Tattoo to get my tattoo touched up where it had scabbed over the first time taking some color with it. I guess I forgot just how bad it hurts and how sore it feels after. I ask myself NOW what the hell was I thinking getting this tattoo. I have to go through the recovery ALL over again. It is already puffy and swollen with blood seeping from it still. I feel like a veteran to it so the recovery isn’t going to be AS stressful at all! Hopefully is gets the sunburn type scab my lettering got the first time and I hope it does it before I have to board a plane with recycled air!

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So I’ve made a tentative “plan” for when I visit Paris. This time around I’m going to be über-tourist and I’m going to see everything that I’ve always wanted to see. This is tentative and obviously a very loose schedule! If you have any recommendations of things to see or any suggestions at all just leave me a comment!
Friday 19 September 2008

Arrive at CDG Airport, Terminal 1, level five and go through customs and claim baggage.

Find an ATM and take out €200,00

Mail is located on level two in case you need to mail out any letters. Take pictures of the Airport for your blog!

Take the CDGVAL (located on leel 2) to the Paris Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 1 (Roissypôle) Take pictures for your blog!

Ticket => “Billet Ile-de-France” Aéroport CDG – Paris (Zone 5 -> Zone 1)
Cost => 8,40€ (full fare)

Take the RER B from Roissypôle to Gare du Nord (Direction Massy-Palaiseau) Take pictures!
From Gare du Nord take the number 5 line to République (Direction Place d’Italie)
From République take the number 8 line to Ledru-Rollin (Direction Creteil-Prefecture) Take pictures!

1.Head east on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine toward Cour de l’Ours
2. Continue on Square Trousseau
3.Continue on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine
4.Turn left at Rue Trousseau

Check in and pay for hostel. Ask if they have a luggage room. Take pictures!
Take your computer and put it in your back pack as well as your important documents and camera and set out for the Louvre!

From Ledru-Rollin take the number 8 line to Bastille (Direction Balard)
-Here you want to see La place de Bastille (July Column) and the Bastille Opera House

From Bastille take the number 1 line to Palais Royal Musée du Louvre (Direction La Défense)
Visit the outside of the Louvre!

From Palais Royal/Musée du Louvre take the number 7 to Opéra (Direction La Courneuve)

Walk around the Palais Garnier and take photos!

From Opéra take the number 8 to Invalides (Direction Balard)

Take photos of the Les Invalides (Hospital and Dome)

From Invalides take the “C” to Champ de Mars/ Tour Eiffel (Direction Versailles)

Take pictures of the Eiffel Tower and then go to the top and take more pictures. Try to hang out there for a while and if it gets dark take more pictures! (at some point get a baguette with ham and cheese and a bottle of water and eat)

From Tour Eiffel take the “C” to the Invalides (Direction a bit confusing)
From Invalides take the number 8 line to Ledru-Rollin (Direction Crétil-Préfecture)

Go back to the hostel and get settled in and SLEEP!

Saturday, 20 September 2008

Wake up at 7h00, get breakfast, go to the grocery get another sandwich (use water bottle from previous day and fill it up)

by 8:00 Take #8 from Ledru-Rollin to Invalides (Direction Balard) arrive by 8:30.

Purchase Ticket to Versailles and maybe a ticket to get into Versailles (maybe online)

Take Train on C line to Versailles try to get there about 9h30 and stay all day.

Take the Train on C line to Invalides.

Take the #8 line from Invalides to Ledru-Rollin (Direction Créteil)

Go back to hostel, rest and update blog!

Sunday, 21 September 2008

Get up at around 8h30 get breakfast and then go and buy another sandwich.

Take the #8 from Ledru-Rollin to Daumesnil (Direction Créteil)

Then take #6 from Damesnil to Denfert-Rochereau (Dirction Charles de Gaulle Etoile)

Take tour of the Catacombes (1hr 30 mins) Price: 3,50€

Then take #6 from Denfert-Rochereau to Bir-Hakeim (Direction Charles de Gaulle Etoile)

Walk to Eiffel tower to meet other Assistants at 12h00

Depending on how long you hang out with assistants you can take a walk down the Champs-Elysées and walk along the Seine.

Depending on where you are get back to Ledru-Rollin

Get back to the hostel and go to bed!

Monday, 22 September 2008

Sleep in until about 10h00

Take the #8 from Ledru-Rollin to Bastille (Direction Balard)
Take the #1 from Bastille to La Défense (Direction La Défense)

Walk around La Défense for a little bit.

Take the #1 from La Défense to Châtelet (Direction Château de VIncennes)

Walk around La Cité and see Notre Dame

Take RER B from St-Miche-Notre Dame to Gare du Nord (Direction Charles de Gaulle Aeroport)
Take #4 from Gare Nord to Barbès Rochechouart (Direction Porte de Clignancourt)
Take #2 from Barbès Rochechouart to Anvers (Direction Porte Dauphine)

Visit Le Sacré Cœur.

Take the #2 from Anvers to Père Lachaise (Direction Nation)

Visit the Père Lachaise Cemetary and use map that you found online!

Take the #3 from Père Lachaise to wherever you need to go to meet the assistants that are meeting on the 22nd.

At the end of the day got back to the Hostel

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Get up at 5:30 get ready, eat breakfast.

Take Taxi from Hostel to Gare Montparnasse

Catch the 7h15 TGV from Paris to Bayonne!

Au revoir Paris (for now)!

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Este post es para practicar mi español! Hace demasiado tiempo que lo hablo. Creo que voy hacer la programa de assistente de idioma en España en el proximo año! Quiero merjorar mi español! Hace casi cuatro año que hago cursos de español! No creo que yo puedo escriber lo que ya hice! En Francia estudiaré español más con la lenqua vasca! Creo que voy a hacer una programa de interpretación y tradución en Francia despues el año en España. Entonces puedo estudiar los idiomas ABC (inglés, francés, y español) y no solamente AB (inglés y francés)! Quizás puedo merjorar mi italiano o mi alemán para dominarlos passivamente! Supongo que veremos!

şi vreau să estudiez limbă română din nou! Poate o să aduc carte mea din limbă română!!

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I just got paid from my transcriber position! A wopping $4,400.00! This has been great news! Also, I received my L.L.Bean duffel bag and it is absolutely amazing! This is good news to hear to cheer me up from the horrible news I had earlier today!

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