monday we began o-week proper. in france it's nothing like australian o-week - we had 16 hours of classes for the week and had to give a 10 minute oral presentation in pairs! homework for no reason, gahh!! anyhow, we were divided into small groups for methodology classes for the 5 days. there were some awesome people in my group, so the classes were pretty enjoyable, despite having to learn the ridiculous french method of writing essays - you can't have an argument until the conclusion, what is that?!!!
monday evening we had a walking tour of the area surrounding notre dame, wasn't too exciting but the gorgeous guide gave us pretty good tips about bars and cafes! following that we headed off to the first bar of the week. it was so much fun!! the bar was totally overwhelmed by the number of students that came and the surrounding residents weren't too happy about the noise on the street - we had a wonderful time dodging water being flung from windows by irate parisians! met more really fun people from all around the world, so exciting!!
tuesday was more of the same during the day. went for a lovely lunch with a boy from my class and then in the evening we all had a wine and cheese reception. holy cow!! the way the french eat cheese is insane, massive chunks on tiny bread rolls. yum! following the reception we all headed off to the nights bar - which was even smaller than the previous one! it was impossible to get a drink and we were all once again on the street, but happily met a big group of french sciences po students who we spent the night hanging out with!
wednesday again we had classes during the day, but in the evening we had a scavenger hunt!!! gahhh so much fun, we got super competitive. our team of 8 managed to get every single bonus challenge completed as well as being the first team back to the start having been to each location... so we won! yayyy!!! this of course led to a very messy night drinking out of our victory mugs in a cool underground bar!
thursday was pretty tame comparatively, classes all morning, hanging out in the afternoon and then bar at night.
friday was possibly my favourite day in paris so far. after our final classes, sarah and i wandered home along the seine. on our way i stopped to buy myself a gardenia pot plant and then we stopped on ile-saint-louis for a cheeky cocktail and crême brulée. just felt so carefree and amazing! grabbed a bertillon ice-cream on our way home and arrived back at my apartment to find shane and macrow had arrived.
dragged the boys to the supermarket with me and then had a wonderful time chatting to them while i became a domestic goddess... that's right, i cooked for and hosted a dinner party of 12 people on friday. it was so so so much fun! trying to squeeze everyone into my little apartment was interesting, but we managed!
following dinner we headed to a nightclub on a boat on the seine. it was awesome fun, and once again we spent a lot of time hanging out with french students as well as some awesome british girls!
saturday understandably no one did very much, but in the evening we all boarded a massive boat to go for a ride along the seine. spent the entire time chattering away and having an absolutely ball with some of the people we'd met during the week. it was really lovely to see all the gorgeous parisian buildings at night, and to see the eiffel tower sparkle for the first time! 
yesterday was the final day of o-week. sarah and i went shopping at bastille market for all our groceries for the week - absolute heaven - before rushing to get to the afternoon picnic. it was really great just spending a lazy afternoon with everyone in the park, and had so much fun when limbo and dancing started! headed once again for cheeky cocktails afterwards with maeve and sarah, a great way to end the week!
classes start today... and right now i don't know if i have any on mondays or not, oops!
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