Fall tombe

Ok, on to Saturday. Not as many things to be said, but still a great day and night. I started it out by getting a haircut! If anyone knows me, you know I am a nut about my hair. I don't let anyone but Ralph do it, and I am OCD about how it looks. So I couldn't just walk into any hairdresser here, even though it's Paris and I'm pretty sure they know hair and style. I did some research, gathered recommendations, AND did some "drive-by" snooping to check out locations and ambiance. I am that crazy. I settled on one near Bastille and went there this morning! I'm reeeeally happy with my haircut, though it is more or less the same thing I had before, but shorter. I'm pretty proud of myself for being able to communicate everything I wanted in French, and the woman who did my hair said I speak it well. Though I don't speak French all the time, I've seen marked improvements. It was a little more expensive than I was expecting, but it's ok.

The weather was rainy and cold, which makes it hard to get motivated to go outside and do things. My friend Jake and I were going to go back to L'Orangerie but decided to check out a mass of white tents by Bastille that we saw from the metro. It turned out to be a huge antique show/festival thing. Most of it was outside, with tents full of art and furniture/home decor and daily life things and really just EVERYTHING. It was really cool, especially because we sort of snuck in and didn't have to pay! We walked around for a while but I got pretty cold so we returned to the foyer and made dinner with John. This involved pasta and a rotisserie chicken--mmm. Jake and I went to the theater piece that was tonight, in the Marais. It didn't start until 10, which was late. We sat in the very front row of the weirdest, most bizarre play I've ever seen, called "Un Grain de Fantasie." I can't even really describe it, but it was just so strange. I was also so tired that I wanted to fall asleep but of course I couldn't. I'm really glad it was only an hour long. I'm glad I went and since it was free, I still got my money's worth! It was fun.

And today, Sunday...Today's big activity was a trip to the Rodin museum with John and Jake. I'd wanted to go for a while so I was happy that we went. It was also the perfect day because it didn't rain and we had a blue sky. I bundled up in the warmest scarf known to mankind and was very content. We saw The Thinker, of course, but strangely did not each take a "Thinker" photo of our own...hmm. Next time. I couldn't stay too long because I had to get back to the foyer so Emily and I could go to tonight's play, a comedy near Republique called "Petits Mensonges Entre Amis" (Little Lies Between Friends). It was really funny and we both loved it! Very different than last night, haha. I couldn't understand everything that was said, but we got the general idea and it was hysterical. It's nice to do something different for a Sunday night, and again, it was free...can't argue with that!

Now I have another week to look forward to. It'll probably speed by like they all have been, and I hope I can see a lot of things again. Wednesday is a national holiday in remembrance of WWII so everything will be closed, but that also means no internship or class! I'll have another update soon because next weekend is my trip to London/Oxford!

Bisous mes amies!