Jour Deux: I don't think the glamour will ever wear off of Paris!

Today was a jam-packed day in the life of La Parisienne.  It started early with breakfast at my hotel and then my first Metro experience.  Note: All public transit systems should model themselves after the Metro, for it is an amazing thing.  It is simple, clean, and fast.  Also, there is a gentleman selling fruit outside my Metro stop.  I spent the morning in orientation with a charming lunch at a restaurant near Paris VII (espresso with lunch... this is a wonderful place).  Then, I had afternoon French class.  Upon my return to Place d'Italie and my wonderful hotel, I did a little shopping (French stationary store and beauty shop=Hallie's dream).  Someone asked me for directions!  This means one of two things.  One, I look like une parisienne.  Two, I look like a fellow lost person.  Either way, it was really exciting (for those of you who are wondering, I didn't know which way their hotel was).  Then I had my first French café experience.  With my glass of red wine and brie sandwich, I watched as people young and old smiled, laughed, and lived.  There really is a reason that joie de vivre is a French concept.  French people live their everyday lives with joy, and it is something to which I aspire.  That was followed by Love et les Autre Drogues at the local cinema.  Watching a fun, hip movie in French is exciting, but also very telling about the things they missed in all my years of French.  French may be the language of love, but this love story provided a whole new set of vocabulary.  It was another great day!