A Mass-ive mistake lol

I'm in the midst of my first weekend here in Paris. I don't have class today (Monday), so I have a bit more time to relax, but next week should be easier anyway. We have class on Tuesday, but on Wednesday and Thursday we are going out on excursions. On Wednesday we are going to Versailles which should be amazing, but I need to be sure to wear my comfy shoes since it's a LOT of walking. On Thursday we are going to the Louvre. I'll probably go back sometime later as well since you're really not able to see the whole thing in one day, but I'm VERY excited.

La Fête de la Musique is today!! We learned that it really doesn't start until the evening, so we have all day to do whatever we want.... aka sleep! :) I'm going to meet up with some of my friends who used to live in the International House at Tech to go explore the festivities. That should be fun since I won't be able to see them again unless they go back to Atlanta or I return to Paris.

Saturday was pretty rain-y but we still got out for a good bit. One of my roommates' mom is thinking about renting an apartment here in Paris for two weeks after we finish our program, so we went looking at where the different options are and if they were in an area that wasn't too loud/crowded, etc. Unfortunately we got lost for a good bit too, but we found it. Just turned the wrong way once.

Yesterday we went to mass at Notre Dame, which was pretty incredible. I'm not Catholic, so I felt the overall mass combined with the location was very cold and lofty. I didn't understand much, but the bits I did, I appreciated. I hadn't been to church is quite a while since I work at St. Marks on Sundays so it was kinda nice to go to a service again. I just think I prefer my church :) Which is really something when you consider that I'm comparing it to one of the most infamous churches in the world.

One of the mistakes I guess I made, was during Communion. I was told by some of my Catholic friends that if you're not Catholic and you go to a Catholic mass, don't take communion, so I didn't. But it turns out (they put it in the program) that you only had to have faith that the bread was holy and sanctified... oops. I think everyone around us thought we weren't Christian... :shrug: I was just trying to do the right thing. It wasn't that big of a mistake, I just liked making the pun in the title :)


After church we went out for lunch, to a Mexican place believe it or not :) It was very cold so we appreciated the heat, and it was very delicious. It was a pretty good deal since we got the special of the day and dessert and coffee (which I switched for hot chocolate). Here's some pics of the food :)


Today the plan is to finish my homework since I don't want to have to do it when I get back from fete de las musique. Other than that, no real plans. One of my roommates is sick unfortunately. She completely lost her voice and has a bad sore throat. I hope I don't catch it :knocks on wood: and I hope she gets better soon.
Hope everyone's had a good weekend!!
Much love,
Austin