Saturday (I'm a little behind)

I am the worst at starting things like this on time. I've already been here in Paris since Saturday and I'm finally posting about it on Tuesday, but that's ok. We left on Friday morning and and I almost died on the plane ride over here. The entertainment system was broken so we had to fend for ourselves on the 10 hour plane ride. I was a little jet lagged so trying to haul my 2 gigantic suitcases (I'm gonna be here for 3 months, I don't want to be ill-prepared) through a shuttle, a bus, a train, and 2 metros was such a struggle. We even finished up that little journey by walking about 600 yards, 6 football fields mind you, to our hotel. But it was all worth it because as we sat in our professors' room waiting for our rooms to be ready, we could see a perfect view of the Eiffel Tower. That's when it really hit me that, 'Holy crap, I'm actually in Paris'. I was seriously so excited. Then once we got all situated in our rooms we went on a little trip over to the Tower and walked around and saw all the little markets and shops that surround our hotel.