pareeee, the place to be

I officially live in Paris! Today my friend and I hung out in Melun where I had a scrumptious pain chocolate and then I packed up my valises and hopped the train to the second arrondissement, my new home. It is thrilling. This city is SO vibrant and vivacious, with all sorts of people everywhere you turn. I love just sitting and kinda listening, letting the waves of sounds and languages gently wash over my ears. I moved all my things into the really cute studio apartment that's one floor above my awesome family's apartment, and then I went to a cocktail/lecture sponsored by Vanderbilt! One of my new friends from Trinity International Church actually grew up in Knoxville and went to Vandy for grad school (what are the chances!?) and he told me about this sweet soirée. So tonight I got all prettied up and headed just down the street to spend a few hours schmoozing with my new friends (alumni that are mostly my parents' age, on a one-week exploration of Paris, as well as some folks who live in the city of lights permanently/for now). Okay, my computer's about to die, but I'll write more soon. Overall, life is grand and fabulous! Amen.