NOLA.

Before I start on how great Paris is and all of our exciting adventures, my dear friend Camilla told me I needed to explain just how long my trip to Paris really was. My plane was scheduled to leave from Atlanta to Paris at 6 pm on Friday, so the plan was to get up at about 8 am and drive to Atlanta with a few hours to spare so I could relax before my flight left. HOWEVER we had a little issue that we found out about at 7 pm on THURSDAY NIGHT that could have caused some major traveling issues. My passport was close to expiration, BUT my professors said it would be completely fine if I didn't get it renewed because it would be nowhere near expiration when we returned to the US. Well, it wasn't completely fine. Apparently there's a rule about going to Europe which states that your passport can't expire less than six months from your departure date. I was in a panic. Mine expire(d) in a few months and our only option was...NOLA. That's right. My mom, John and I headed out at 1 am on Friday morning and took my car to New Orleans. My mom and John had figured everything out so it wasn't too difficult to get the passport renewed and it only took two hours. I got on a connecting flight from New Orleans to Atlanta AND was early to my plane from ATL to CDG! It was a whirlwind and I am STILL exhausted, but I am so glad I made it here safely!

In other news...

We went to FIVE museums yesterday. FIVE. How is that even possible? I will share more on our day later, I have to go take my placement test for my French class here (yikes). Before I go, I'll share a piece of artwork we saw yesterday, which was fi

tting because it was Independence Day. More pictures and stories to come. Happy (belated) 4th of July. I love you, America!

*this work is titled "John's Flag for Dea" by Sturtevant. We saw this at the Musee d'art Modern de la Ville de Paris. The background is newspaper with a painted American flag slightly covering the text of the paper. So neat.