Paris. France. September 4th.

I BOOKED MY FLIGHT!!!!!!!

I am unbelievably stoked right now.



I'll be flying from San Diego to Denver on August 7th so I can spend a bit of time with the fam before I leave for good, then on September 4th, I'll be flying from Denver to Paris - PARIS! I will be flying into Paris, France. That's in Europe. Like - across an entire ocean. Can you tell I've never been out of the country before? (No, Mexico doesn't count...)

My plans after that are as follows:
I believe I will try to spend September 4th in Paris, taking it in, being a tourist, eating a baguette, i will not, however, go see the eiffel tower. If I can find a cheap hostel to stay in, or if I know anyone there, I will stay for the night, then head up to Lille in the morning, where I will again, take in the city, go see where my school is, hopefully meet up with some other teachers, and try to learn what it means to be Lillois, and why the French think of their northern inhabitants as somewhat... different from the rest of the country. After failing at this for two weeks, and having a lot of fun in the process, I will head down to Bordeaux for the last week of September and stay with Amanda, speak French, drink wine, and talk a lot about what to expect during the next year of my life.

The actual job starts on October 1st, but I'm pretty sure a few days before we have some training or something - I really don't know yet.

According to the email chains that have been going around between all of us teachers, I am like.. one of the only people who has not gotten their contract in the mail yet... so I am waiting patiently for that - which will tell me the school I'm teaching at, give me a contact name, and allow me to try and plan where i will live.

More updates (hopefully!!) soon!