Today was awesome!!! It was Thanksgiving!!! And I am so thankful!
Okay we will just start with the day. I go to sleep in enough and then I got ready for the day. I kind of laughed at myself as I finished getting dressed because my outfit was absolutely terrible today. I put on my knee high blue argyle socks before I even decided what I was going to wear. I decided that I wanted both of my pairs of jeans washed today so I couldn't wear either of them so I went with the black dress pants. The only shows I can wear with those are my black flats, and taking to socks off was not an option. I put on a big tan ktop and a gray long self shirt that was boring. Then as we left I put on my black scarf, black gloves and black coat. I think that I looked rather silly, but at least I was warm!
Ally and I went out and saw a few things before we were going to Madame's for our feast. We first went over to Musee Rodin which is the museum that my Mom has been trying to get me to go to since I got here. It was really pretty and the gardens were beautiful. I wish we had gone earlier, because it was so cold. The museum itself was small and in an old house. It was not overwhelming like most museums and so it was enjoyable.
We went over to Invalides and went into a few of the parts of the museum that we hadn't seen before. Not my favorite museum, but I bet for little boys it is the best museum in Paris. It is just full with war stuff from centuries and centuries. It goes from armor to the end of World War II.
After that we stopped by Ecole Militaire to actually see it, even though we are by it all the time. We walked over to Madame's and started our Thanksgiving festivities! Madame made pumpkin pies from scartch and she made a huge Thanksgiving Feast with everything we have in America. (I don't know if I mentioned this, but they do not celebrate Thanksgiving here. It is just a normal Thursday. It was weird.)
It was so fun to be with all of us! It was like being with family, even though it wasn't. I think this was the first Thanksgiving I haven't been with my family, so that was a little strange. However being here with all these new friends made me feel like I was with my family. I don't think there is anything like a study abroad group. There is no way on earth that the 18 of us would have ever chosen to be with each other for this long in any other circumstances, but somehow we made it and I think we mostly enjoy.
After dinner we went to the Champs-Elysees! We walked around and did ridiculous things and just enjoyed being together. It was so cold!!! I can't believe how cold it is getting! I am not really a fan, but it smells like Christmas! It was a really good day!
Invalides from Musee Rodin
Gardens
Musee Rodin
Invalides
Ecole Militaire
Our feast
Me and Lex on the Champs-Elysees!
It was a strange thanksgiving, but glad you were with your Paris family. We had a pretty good family reunion last week! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe had brtwurst and sauerkraut.
See you next week!