Posted by mychela, in abstentia

I should be in class right now, but i'm not, why? b/c there was no way I was getting out of bed thismorning. Yesterday was Bastille Day, the FrenchIndependence day. Very Very exciting.We went to the parade very early in the morning andthen walked around, napped, ate, etc. Chirac, thepresident, is the person who starts off the parade(can't think of the word for that), but it was cool tosee him.though there were snipers on every rooftop! it wascrazy. all during the parade, any festivity and thefireworks. you could see them everywhere! then thefireworksi had a picnic with my chicago teacher's frenchfriends and that was fun. we were about 100feet fromteh eiffel tour. now imagine the coolest fireworks you see every year,glen ellyn, chicago, whatever. then have them comingfrom the eiffel tower! it was so amazing and set tomusic played by a live band. not so bad!it was fun. trying to get home, not fun.forget the metro, it's really impossible. i've neverseen anything like it. plus it stops running at 12:15,so waiting for 45 minutes to get to the platform at11:45 is not worth it, they're won't be anymoretrains.so we walked a super long way and then got in a taxi. it took me 2 1/2 hours to get home. i was not happyby 2am. but i got home safely and slept through a good two hours of class...oops. so i'm up.oh i did take some video of the fireworks but i doubti can send it via email. but i'll show you when i gethome.

[editor's note: see pics at this link ]