Czech, really?! It is in CZECH!?!?!

The Opera, where to begin. Let me just say that it was not at all what I thought it was going to be. It was about a fox and a bunch of forest animals. Thats pretty much the extent of what I got from the Opera. It was very hard to understand. Perhaps because it was in Czech. Oh yes, the FRENCH Opera we were promised turned out to be a Czech Opera. Cool, Professor Uber, cool. Despite my lack of understanding, I enjoyed the experience. It was cool. I'd definitely be willing to go again. Side note: Our professor left during intermission. This from the same man who lectured us on staying for the whole thing and really appreciating the experience. Do as I say and not as I do, I suppose. After the Opera, we hung out downtown for a little bit then headed home.

Yesterday, we spent the day in Giverny. We toured Monet's house and walked around the property. The gardens were beautiful! We were at Giverny for 3 hours. It took literally an hour to see everything there is to see at Giverny. We convinced the bus driver to tell Professor Uber that he needed us to leave early in order to beat traffic. Luckily he bought it and we got to head back to Paris early. Little did we know we actually WOULD run into traffic. Turns out yesterday was gay pride day or whatever. The streets were shut down for the pride parade. Lovely. We had to get dropped of like 5 metro stops away from school, which means it took us that much longer to get home. So not cool. To make matters worse, Pam and I decided to shop in the Latin Quarter when we got back. The only problem: we ended up in the heart of the festivities. Most ridiculous experience of my life. Everyone was dressed in weird costumes and super inappropriate outfits. Ugh so gross. Me and Pam stuck out like sore thumbs. Me in my white sundress and her in her nike shorts and tshirt. Could we get any more American? After a way too long shopping extravaganza, we parted ways at the metro.

We took such a long time shopping, I had to rush to get ready for the night. The boys had been planning last night all week. We were going to watch the game at their favorite restaurant at 8:30 then go to the discotheque afterwards. Unfortunately, plans became very thrown together and some didn't get the memo, so they missed out on the night. The group was much smaller than expected, but we still had fun. The discotheque we were originally going to was closed due to a private party thrown by people celebrating the pride day thing. (Are you getting that I was obviously not in support of the whole pride parade thing!?! Sorta just complicated the entire day!) Anyways, we made the most of it and had a good time at the other discotheque.

Today, I started packing to come home. I really really hate packing. Not sure how I got everything to fit in my 2 bags. Getting home with everything should be interesting! hehe Cannot believe we'll be taking finals on Tuesday! We only have 1 day of class left! I'm one French class away from never taking French ever again! So crazy! SO excited to be home in a few days!!! I have a list a mile long of everything I wanna do when I get back to H.Town. :]

The rundown for the week:
The rest of today- Dinner with the French fam, then meeting up with Kaitlyn
Monday- Class, Study for finals, last dinner with French fam (so sad :( )
Tuesday- FINALS!, last minute sight seeing, shopping, etc., farewell dinner with everyone in the program at a fancy restaurant, finish up packing
Wednesday- bye bye paris! howdy, texas!! :]