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I don’t think I could’ve been more excited about a John Travolta party yesterday, warming up to the grease soundtrack, singing “you the one that I want” all the way there making Em and MC blush! Wooopwoop!

We get to Maison des Mines and well uhm.. I have no idea how I interpreted a John Travolta party theme so wrong. HAHA there I was dressed as Sandra Dee and you know…no John Travolta in sight…ah the disappointment…hahaha

At least I hadn’t gone all out with a Dani Zuko/John Travolta outfit because the John Travolta theme turned out to mean a “Full moon party or Fluo color disco party theme” 😛

My zone

Even though I have a hate and love relationship with Jay Z I can’t help but get hyped up to this one…because…. IF YOU ESCAPED, WHEN I ESCAPED….

You’d be in Paris getting ***** up too!!

One Month Anniversary

The 5th of March was my one month anniversary here in Maison Du Portugal, Paris. I spent it sick in my tiny room but that’s not really the point haha..

My point is that a month ago this was so far away, I had no idea what to expect and I was scared to death of living alone in a huge city like this and starting in a french school.

The thing is that in a relatively short time, I am surprised at how casual life is here, from MC knocking on my door at 8.10 AM to check I was alive, Fab coming up later with some real coffee, sitting in the study room with Caro, working on a KTH deadline head to head with my Swedish other half here Em, to finally eating dinner at the CitéU RestoU with all the above + Elie.

I’ve run into a couple of great people here. Needless to say, Paris wouldn’t be cool without you!

Also during this month, I finally started school two weeks ago! And already I find that there are some things that Sweden could learn from Paris about the University life, for example:

• Did you know that Sports is a class here? (I’ve joined a Volleyball team woopwoop)!

• Food is subsidized in special student restaurants (making life a bit easier and cheaper for us).

• Also, students are practically obliged to take a language class. My English course has an “Art from around the world” theme, and in French class we read current articles. These two courses are different and broaden our perspectives of life, giving us time for meaningful discussions.

Like, why isn’t it like this in my engineering school??

Not to mention how every single corner in Paris is special with cool architecture and thoughtful scenery. Maybe that’s something you notice more when you are new to a city though, I bet there are lots of treasures I’ve completely missed in Stockholm simply because I wasn’t looking for it.

I present to youuu: The École Des Mines Volleyball Girl Team with the coach far left and team captain Maeva in the middle

I’m sorry Stockholm, mais Paris, je t’aime!

A few weeks have passed now and I have so much yet so little to tell… anyway you wiiilll get your updates, in fragmented pieces when I can!

The second week-end I ended up in Brussels and hung out with my mom some more, aunts and cousins! I even managed to meet one of my Swedish friends doing an Erasmus there atm! Below are some pics of lots of some family love, a new visit needs to be scheduled soon:

When I came back to Paris, the first thing we did was go to Montemartre and we ended up in a chocolate museum!!

This one made me think of youuu Adriana!!!

On top of a mountain in Montemartre is the church Sacre coeur and a magnificent view:

Unfortunately it the weather was throwing a fit but being there was very pleasant. Everything sounds so deep in french: Sacre coeur means sacred heart, a beautiful name for a church really 🙂

Later that weekend I got a french geography lesson at a bar…can anyone guess the cities? 😛

Our very first dinner together below: To all my friends who thought I’d be lousy in the kitchen I must saay Em, MC and I make quite the cooking team! This was the first of a few very successful dishes!

MC made me taste the best drink in the world PISCO SOUR! If you haven’t tried it, you are missing out :O

And there you have us, the three musketeers, the only new Erasmus students in my school this term, and the most awesome people you’ll have the chance to meet in Paris in a Wefie, wefie is the new thing you know, #selfie is soo last year.

À demain tous!

First weekend check!

The first morning alone that Saturday was not that lonely at all, I went for a stroll to the main building and bought coffee. This is the backside of the Maison Internationale, looking at all the people spontaneously playing soccer made me wish I was more athletic 😛 But I settled for watching them and later taking my cup of coffee to go.

I decided to plan a trip to Belgium so that evening Em & I met up in Bercy to buy a bus ticket…The ticket place was closed but we ended up visiting a cozy restaurant alley nearby. So pretty, the way the restaurants were stacked next to each other reminded me of Tripoli in Lebanon.

 

We grabbed a few drinks in an underground club at st Michel’s, it was quite early but people were already drunk and partying there. The weirdest drink was very popular there, served in a baby bottle…at first Emelie and I thought it was some roleplay fetisch when we saw a couple drinking…then we noticed almost every other girl was holding a drink like that? Maybe it’s a Paris thing…Beats me…

Saturday night we ended up having dinner after partying. Here you see Me, the magic hat, and Emelie in the restaurant, ready to eat our Moules.

 

Sunday morning I found my ass on a bus toward Brussels, more about that trip later 😀

 

 

Ah Paris

Bonjour tous!

Last Wednesday I arrived to my favourite city so far. My mom came with me to make sure I lived in a safe neighbourhood, she said it would make her sleep better at night haha. She was pretty satisfied with the place, made a list of what I needed, planned a trip to IKEA, complained to the landlord about things that were broken (and got them replaced), helped me unpack and clean the place too. She kept going non-stop except for some sleep, I was so tired and she just kept finding things to do, bless my supermom! We met up with my friend Emelie withwhom I am currently making Cité Universitaire unsafe with:

I bought  and assembled my first IKEA furniture, I felt like a real grown up haha

This is how it turned out, the whole thing fell apart though because I had done it all wrong 😛

I did it again and this time it was more stable.

My room became much more cosy after the trip to IKEA. I guess maison du Portugal know red is my colour, thats an ongoing theme in my room 😉

I live at Cité Universitaire, a huge area for many students, every country is represented by a building so it’s a tiny world in there. This is the main international entrance and the place is quite beautiful if I may say so myself!

It didn’t take long ’til my crêpe cravings got to me! NUTELLAAA

Since my first crêpe I have had at least one everyday…pain au chocolat has been my breakfast every other day. This is the country of Crêpes, Creme Brulée, Chocolat Mouse, Salade de Fruit, I get a foodgasm every time I look at any menu!

Whats the best thing about Paris so far you ask me? Wellllll THE FOOD DUUH! On my plate we have some boeuf tartare (Raw minced meat with some dressing) I think? and Ho-Man ordered des Moules Frites (Musslor med Pommes) YUMM!

Of course great food needs great company, here is our gang from my old French class at KTH, we all made it to Paris this term, how awesome is that??

Goodbye Stockholm Dinner

Even though it was not really a goodbye, it was more like a see you soon. I was touched and genuinely moved by all you great people that came to see me off yesterday. I am going to miss everyone so much. If I accidentally forget why I love Stockholm, it’s definitely these people who’ll remind me! Thank you all for a lovely evening!

A special shoutout goes to:

Nadz Jazzar, for some reason we aren’t meant to stay in the same place for too long haha! Bestie Angie who I forced to sit next to me and she ended up by an empty chair because I was moving around all night. Jules who has been encouraging and an inspiration since kinder-garden. And lastly Hudis Godis because she wasn’t able to be with us, she was busy being on a train following her engineering dream career in Norway! Good Luck giirl!

We had Crêperie La Petite Bretagne in Rådmansgatan for ourselves for dinner and afterwards we went to Scandic Anglais for some casual drinks where more friends joined. Click continue reading for a photostream.