So there are two girls, that are with me, Eva and Melanie, while I am training in Paris, as well as Margeaux, who is from the organization and is kind of our tour guide. Eva is from Sanata Barbara, CA and is a recent graduate from Berkeley and Melanie is from Melbourne, Austraila and I'm not really sure what she does... Margeaux is 22, recentally finished university and this is her first job, and if you didn't know she was born in France you would never guess it. She speaks great English, and does it with an Austrailan accent (she spent a year in Austraila). She absolutely hates France and the French people, so she has an amazing perspective and I find it wildly amusing that she is our "tour guide."

A messy, gross day. Rained - more like spitted - for most of the day. Saw the eiffel tower and went up. I think it's more impressive actually from the bottom.

Melanie managed to fall asleep while stopping for chocolat chaud (hot chocolate), while on the metro and again while at dinner. It's quite amazing. At dinner she actually hit her head on the table.

My first major accomplishment - I went to the pharmacie on my OWN and purchased allergy meds speaking French. (My family apparently has two cats, so I figured I better stock up)

My train is at 12:20 tomorrow to head to Beuvry.

Happy belated birthday Colleen!!! Hope it was the best!

And a shot out to Yadi and Pujols for their homers in the first two games of the season - even though Pujols's will never count in the record books. GO CARDS! Let's win this one!