"J'ai froid!"

This is what I posted on facebook for my friends to see. It's an easy copy/paste posting, ya? =)

Salut!
France is still a slight culture shock. It's werid not being able to talk to people. We spend a lot of time avoiding creepy dangerous people. lol. I mean, we're three college girls walking around at night in a big city. We watch our backs. During the day there isn't a ton of interaction either. I guess I'm used to the peace-lovin' hippies of Eugene. People will hard core walk into your shoulder and let out a slight "pardon." Let's just say one of the first words I learned here was "bouge." aka "move." lol

I've had tons of fun hanging out with Molly and Amanda! They've been super sweet and have taken a lot of time to explain things to me. patience.

We went to a holiday market yesterday. I had "vin chaud" which is a warm sweet red wine. It was really good. Molly bought warm chestnuts. These were serious treasures. It was SO cold. "J'ai froid!" aka "I'm cold!" Plus the metro was down so we walked almost the whole way there. Thank God for the tram. It was hilarious because at this holiday market they kept playing Disney songs in French over the loud speakers. lol. I sang to them. duh, I mean, c'mon... It's me. I do these things. I stuck to my charished English versions. =) I'm sure the French found me SUPER annoying. lol. whatev.

I'm here sitting on Molly's bed. She's cutting her friend Clair's hair. She's really nice too. She's from Corvallis and goes to UO. We're opposites! Speaking of her name though, she probably has it easy since Clair(e) is a French word. People can't say Molly, Amanda, or Hollie. Molly even spelled it out to the starbuck's guy and he didn't get it. lol. oh well.

Anyway, this is getting long. Molly has class 'til Thursday and then she's on break. We're gonna have a Christmas dinner with some other American friends and then we'll head to Paris for New Years. AHHH!!!

For now, we're relaxing at home. I'm totally chill with that though. I keep sleeping 'til like 1pm. Holly, I probably make you proud, eh?

Love you all!
hollie