The Good:

First off, Paris is beautiful and I haven’t even seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Champs-Elysees or L’Arc de Triomphe yet! p.s. that’s for saturday and sundays’ adventures. Around my apartment, which is located in the 14th arrondissement, there is so much to do! Block after block there are bakeries where one can buy any kind of bread or pastry you can think of. There are all kinds of supermarkets, and clothing stores (Right now there are sales going on until February!) I have met so many wonderful people in my program and even on the street. Aside from rumors, many french people are very sweet and are willing to help you out in english if you are struggling with conversing in french. 

The Bad:

The first bad thing I found about France are the showers. They are detachable shower heads which resulted in me having at least a 2 inch swimming pool all over my bathroom floor. I still haven’t found the proper technique yet but I’m trying. The second is the layout of Paris. I am not used to huge cities, I come from a small city. Paris has many streets and alleys and it can be a little difficult getting around. Although this can be a difficulty, there are many ways to help you navigate, like maps and the people. Another thing that is a small difficulty is the attitudes the Parisians have. For one, people do not make eye contact or smile to each other while walking in the streets. I found this difficult because I am usually a very smiley, outgoing person. It takes a couple days to get used to this, but it really isn’t a hinderance in any way to my experience so far. 

The Ugly:

So far the only ugly thing I have found to dislike about Paris is their improper use of cleaning after their dogs. It isn’t like it is covering the sidewalks everywhere, Paris is a very nice, clean city, but sometimes you do need to watch where you are walking or risk stepping on something that is very disgusting, which happened to me the other day. In conclusion, I learned to look down while I walk. 

p.s. pictures will be coming soon!