M and G come to town!

Last week was a pretty busy week because Mumsy and Grumsy came to visit! I will attempt to fit a lot of information into this post in a short amount of time because I am at my internship and should really be doing other work.

They arrived on Tuesday morning, the 16th, and went straight to their apartment in the Marais. I had an interview with an author in the morning so I could not see them right away. I headed over to their place after (the interview went really well, too, which was great!) It was so nice to see them both after 3 months! Wow, what a long time. The apartment itself is quite nice, too, with lots of space. It was my first time ever in a Parisian apartment, and it didn't seem to be as small as they supposedly are. I had to get to class so we had a quick lunch in a nearby café before I jetted off. During their trip, I fortunately had a lot of time to spend with them because I didn't have class Friday morning, nor my internship on Thursday.

It was a week filled with fine dining, which was delicious. I can never allow myself to eat out so much on a normal basis! We went to one fancy restaurant whose pickings were a little too slim for me: out of 5 choices for entrées, there was seafood, seafood, seafood, rabbit, and deer. For a girl who does not like seafood, it was a little unnerving. Michelle had joined us, which was so nice, and she helped me through it, though I will not tell you which one I chose. We went out to lunch during the days before i had to get to my afternoon class. And i got to spend most nights sleeping over in the apartment, which made it really feel like a real vacation. It was a little nicer than my foyer, haha.

We did a little shopping (HA how many of you believe we just did a "little"?) and it was nice to walk along Boulevard St. Germain, and we even visited Galleries LaFayette. I got a new umbrella, as my last one died in the Oxford Wind Storm of 2009 last weekend. This one is cute and promises to never flip inside out. The weather was so nice and unseasonably mild the whole week, which made it pleasant to be outside. We went ot the Eiffel Tower at night, which really never gets old. It was glittering and flashing multicolors, which was pretty cool. One day we went to the Louvre, and I saw some French paintings I've wanted to see for a while. I got to cross a lot of thigns off my To See list, like the Centre Pompidou, though I did not enjoy it at all. We saw a lot of modern and contemporary art, which I have probably mentioned before that I do not like. Did you know it's the second-most visited attraction in the city, after the Eiffel Tower?

Emily came with us to dinner one night, too, to Café Louise where I had been a few weekends ago with friends from my class. I loved it! And Iliana came with us to another restaurant another night. I hadn't seen her since the first week in Paris, so it was so nice to catch up and see how her semester has been going. We also dined at Le Grand Colbert, a place popular with Parisians that was also made more famous by the movie "Something's Gotta Give." There is even a poster of the movie in the window, haha.

We went to Victor Hugo's house, which I had wanted to see, too. And I turned M and G into bus experts! Haha. They were able to go around the city and do their own thing while I was in class, too, which was nice. I took their guide book which is a gift and a curse because now there are so many more things I have to see in Paris before I leave! Ah, never enough time. All in all, it was a really nice visit and I'm glad I got to see them both, and I'm glad we got to spend so much time together. Now it's time to get back to work and focus on finals...well, after this weekend in Greece :)

Bisous!