tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31931909204391370052024-03-12T19:47:48.789-07:00by Kaitlyn AnneKaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-25072998941742361052013-07-22T12:16:00.000-07:002013-07-22T23:42:28.187-07:00The End Approaches <span style="color: #666666;">Despite the heat and lack of air conditioning, these past few weeks have been some of the best of my trip. Last weekend I spent my birthday with the best friends I could have asked for here in Paris. We had dinner at my favorite pasta place and then spent the rest of the night hanging out in the park at the Eiffel Tower. The next day, some of us took the train to Deauville in Normandy and spent the day at the beach. Then, on Sunday, we watched fireworks at the Eiffel Tower for Bastille Day which is France's equivalent to Independence Day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">This weekend was our last one in Paris, so those of us who were not traveling did our best to have fun without dying in the heat. On Saturday, we went to an exhibit about the little black dress and then spent the rest of the afternoon walking around and exploring parts of Paris that we don't usually go to. On Sunday, we got up bright and early to rent bikes because we were participating in a celebration of the 100th Tour de France. The public was given the chance to ride the final route of the Tour de France when it arrives in Paris, a few hours before the professionals. We got our bikes at 9am because we didn't want them to be sold out, and we spent our morning riding across Paris to the Champs-Elysées</span><span style="color: #666666;"> where the ride began. All the participants were given yellow t-shirts and we rode the route in a giant mass as people cheered us on from the sides. It was really cool to be able to participate in this event and to ride down such a famous road that was closed to all vehicles for the race. I also went back at night to watch the actual race arrive around 8:30. It was hard to tell what countries any of the bikers were from because they zoomed by so fast, but it was fun to watch and to be part of the huge crowds cheering them on. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">This week is my last before I head to the airport on Saturday... quel dommage. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span>Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-31190732011636536112013-07-09T08:53:00.000-07:002013-07-09T09:01:36.644-07:00July July<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the last few weeks have been kind of a blur involving interesting French parties and not a lot of sleeping. I enjoy mixing with the locals even if it means not knowing what is going on half of the time. Thankfully, last week involved a lot of English speaking festivities because both Canada Day and the 4th of July had to be celebrated. We have a Canadian in the group, so we went to the Moose Bar on Monday to celebrate his country with him and tried some strange Canadian dish involving fries covered in gravy... gross. Then, on Thursday, we all had a lovely American feast of KFC in a park to celebrate the 4th and went to an American bar that was strangely full of French people and playing music that did not resemble country in any way. Big let down. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week at work, I have been working on preparing for our photo shoot this Friday of the pictures that will go on our new website. I will be getting up bright an early on my birthday to assist in all the photo taking needs that arise during the day. Hopefully I can make my hair cooperate since I have to have my picture taken for the corporate employees section.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the terrace of our showroom where we were working yesterday...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And this is my boss's bunny :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span>Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-55646146002312824742013-06-20T06:51:00.003-07:002013-06-20T06:52:22.132-07:00One Month Down, One to Go<br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past weekend was a little crazy, hence why I couldn’t force myself to do any blogging, I was just far too tired. On Friday, we went to a fun little Scottish bar called Wos, where everyone spoke English and was actually friendly. We met a fun British kid named Tom and adopted him for the rest of the night. I particularly enjoyed swapping stories of weird things we do in our respective countries and the different expressions we have that make no sense to each other. I love cultural stuff like that. We were having so much fun that we couldn’t tear ourselves away to make it on the Metro before it closed, so we decided to stay out until it opened back up around 5:30 AM. This seemed like a good idea until 3 AM rolled around and all I wanted to do was turn the bar into my own personal bed for a few hours. We lost Chloe to the back of her eyelids for a couple hours but we figured that if she was dedicated enough to her sleep that she could do so sitting up with her mouth open in the middle of a noisy bar, then she deserved to be left in peace. The rest of us struggled through by listening to Tom and Neil swap stories of the ridiculous drunk hazing activities that went on at their various rugby team parties. I’ve come to the conclusion that boys are weird in every country, such a shame. After a while, we decided to walk to Notre Dame and watch the sun rise. When the Metro finally opened, I went back to my apartment and tried to sneak in without waking up my host mom, even though she was probably already woken up by the aggressive sunshine that was blazing through the windows. As exhausted as I was, it was so hard to fall asleep with the sun on so bright. Fortunately, I was eventually able to sleep until 2 in the afternoon and then meet everyone out for dinner at our new favorite 50s diner for my second time that week. There’s nothing like a cheeseburger to make you forget that you stayed up all night and feel like you’ve been hit by a bus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At work, I have been given the lovely task of determining what needs to be done to the company website to update it and make it more attractive. Right now it looks more like a powerpoint presentation than an actual website, so I’ve been comparing it to other sites and trying to figure out what can be done to improve it. We have a meeting with the website designer next week, so I get to pitch my ideas and help develop a plan. Apparently we will also be getting our pictures taken for a bio section on the website, so I’m about to be famous ;) </span></span>Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-26765819581685895292013-06-14T04:13:00.001-07:002013-06-14T04:13:55.325-07:00ABDB Life<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had my first official day at Au Boudoir de Babou yesterday and I am already in love with my job. Besides the fact that my boss is awesome and I may have a tiny girl crush on her, I get to do what I love for work. I've started by translating the company's website into English and also researching luxury U.S. fashion blogs that we can reach out to for advertisement. My boss, Emilie's, goal is to build awareness of the brand in America because many of her clients are American, and I am basically in charge of this. I have always thought that I would like a job that involves social media marketing for a fashion company since I am studying both fashion and communications in school. This job is basically perfect for me because I love fashion blogs and I follow several brands on different social media outlets already. I now get to use what I know for work and I am doing things that I like to do on my own time anyway. Win, win!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;">My room is actually a really good size and I have plenty of storage, which is rare. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My only major complaint is the</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;"> world’s worst mattress that I am forced to sleep on every night. It's made of t</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">hree sections of the hardest material known to man placed together on top of some wooden slats about an inch off the floor. I don’t think I have ever slept on anything as uncomfortable and sometimes painful as this so-called mattress. I never knew something could be lumpy and hard at the same time but this lovely torture devise manages both. I think a prison mattress would be more comfortable. I wake up with my body aching in the middle of the night and I walk around all day doing weird gymnastics moves trying to realign my spine. I’m definitely going to need a chiropractor when I get home.</span><br />
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-87584697793343084512013-06-12T10:19:00.001-07:002013-06-12T13:10:09.133-07:00A Little Taste of Home<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Monday, my friend Chloe and I both had off of work so we decided to meet up for lunch in the Latin Quarter. While wandering the streets looking for a place to eat, we stumbled upon this strange woman in rollerblades that seemed to jump out at me as I turned the corner. On closer inspection, we saw that it was an advertisement for a 50s inspired American diner. It was so cute, we had to try it, and I am so glad that we did. The menu had all the diner classics like burgers and milkshakes, and even had a section for "New York bagels." The waitress spoke perfect English, which is always slightly annoying when you're trying to practice your French, but it did add to the American feel of the place. I had the best avocado burger ever and a chocolate milkshake that tasted a little like peanut butter. It's hard to explain just how good it feels to have a real American hamburger when you've been living on baguettes and pasta for the past three weeks. It's my own fault that I can't cook anything for myself, and I do love the meals I have at French restaurants. I'm not complaining but that meal just really made my day. </span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-48133813445779328142013-06-11T02:43:00.000-07:002013-06-27T08:46:26.037-07:00Minor Adjustments <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My latest French debacle involves my wonderful, though possible make-believe, internship. After last week’s false start, I was excited to finally get to know my company and begin having a real work week. Yesterday, I was all set to meet my boss at 2:30 after her client meeting when I received a text informing me that she was not going back to the office afterwards and that I should just meet her today at the normal time (11am). This morning I got up, showered, and got all ready to go in when my phone went off and the universe laughed at me once again. My boss now apparently has a fever and will be in bed all day and possibly tomorrow. Is this a joke? If so the universe has a ridiculous sense of humor. I am now going to be working from home today, which is better than nothing, translating the company’s website into English and checking Facebook every 5-10 minutes out of boredom. At least I get to wear sweatpants :) </span></span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-17754291134535111722013-06-10T04:29:00.000-07:002013-06-12T13:16:49.862-07:00Sunday Funday<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yesterday was quite possibly the longest day ever... besides the day I flew here of course. Our intern group did a day trip to the Loire Valley to see three beautiful châteaux: Cheverny, Chenonceau, and Chambord. This happens to be the exact same day trip that my mom and I did in November when she came to visit me but who doesn't want to see three giant castles twice? The bus left at 7am which meant that I had to get up at 5... not so fun. Fortunately we had a three hour bus ride to the Loire, so we had a little nap time. We also had the most ridiculous conversations known to man, the type that can only be had when running low on sleep and feeling completely delirious. If I haven't mentioned it before, I love my GE friends. We laugh so much when we are together and everyone has the best sense of humor; I love it. Anyway, needless to say, I didn't mind the early morning or the long bus ride so much with those hooligans on board. All in all, we were gone from 7am to 7pm. Like I said: longest day ever (almost). </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was supposed to start my internship this week, on Monday, but nothing ever happens on time here in France. On my first day of work, I showed up to the office about ten minutes early and was told to wait in the waiting area because my boss was not there yet. My “office” has a few different companies all on the same floor so there are always people there working, but not from my company. I waited for about 45 minutes until my boss finally showed up and told me that I wasn’t supposed to start until Thursday. Apparently her mother was getting an operation the next day and she needed to be with her. I was supposed to get an email from someone but that never happened, so she showed me where I will be working and then sent me away to go “enjoy my free time.” On Thursday, I arrived at the office again and was let in by an old man who told me that my boss was not coming in today and that she emailed me to tell me not to come. I don’t have a data plan for my iPhone here, so I can only check my email when I have wifi. I went all the way back home and found out that by boss had emailed me at 8:30 in the morning (an hour and a half before I have to leave) telling me that her mom was still sick and that I should just send her an email summarizing my mission at the company. This really confused me because I haven’t even started at the company yet and no one has told me what my mission is going to be. Thankfully, my boss is really sweet and she understands that I don’t speak fluent French, so when I emailed her back saying that I was confused about what she wanted from me, she just said to come in on Monday and we will figure everything out. Basically, as annoying as it was to get all ready in the morning and run across Paris with my giant laptop for no reason, it has been nice to have the week off. I've been sleeping quite a lot and walking around this beautiful city of mine. Who could ask for anything better? </span></span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-16421668024639131612013-06-04T06:47:00.000-07:002013-06-27T08:43:39.042-07:00Here We Go Again...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Surprise, surprise, I'm back in Paris and my heart is finally content again. I spent almost 5 whole months back in the U.S. and then promptly jumped on a plane back to France one week after the end of my second semester. Needless to say, my mom was not pleased that she only got to spend one week with me in between my moving home from school and then leaving for Europe. Thankfully, I have the best mom in the world and she just lets me be my ridiculous, ambitious self without putting up too much of a fight. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It all started about a week before I left my study abroad life in Paris last December. I was sitting in a hostel in London waiting to see my friend who was studying there when I realized that my life in Europe was too good and there was no way that I was going to just go back to the U.S. quietly and let my life go back to its boring, monotonous routine. I quickly decided that I was coming back in the summer no matter what and that there must be some way to get an internship in fashion that would convince my parents to let me go. I searched for hours online for fashion internships in Paris and eventually found a site for a company that helps students from all over the world find international internships. PERFECT. I immediately requested more information and within a week had already done my initial interview via Skype and was all set to apply (all before I even left Paris). Having a set plan and knowing exactly when I was coming back made it a lot easier to leave (even if my parents didn't even know it yet). That's just how I operate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fast forward several months, and a lot of parental persuading on my part, and I am once again happily living in the city that I'm pretty sure I was born to live in. I have been here for two weeks getting settled and preparing for my internship that begins this week. I will be working for a personal shopping company called Au Boudoir de Babou, helping them expand their marketing efforts to the U.S. There are 11 other American and Canadian interns in our group that all have really interesting jobs as well. We have all become really close in the past two weeks since we are basically each others' only friends in the city. We have spent almost every day/night together exploring the city and getting closer as a group. From picnics in parks, to bar hopping, to watching them get drunk in the courtyard of Notre Dame, I can honestly say this is one of the best groups of people I have ever met and I am so excited to spend the summer with them in my favorite place. </span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-81004354575124501252012-12-24T19:35:00.002-08:002012-12-24T19:35:57.102-08:00Last Days of the Good Life<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's hard to believe that a week ago I was spending my first day in Morocco and today I am sitting in my bed in America uploading my final photos from traveling and reliving the excitement one more time. Being home these last few days has been really hard for me. I miss Paris so much already, and I am having trouble adjusting to the idea of having nothing to do for a whole month. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had the best final trip with my friend Jen in Morocco. We experienced a serious culture change, and saw some pretty amazing parts of Marrakech. We held snakes, monkeys, and even got to ride a camel. It was so much fun to walk around the markets and see things that don't exist in the U.S. and to see how completely different people's lives are there. My favorite part of the trip was our hot air balloon ride over the desert to watch the sun rise. Our experience in Marrakech was a little difficult at times but it was incredibly worth it for all that we got to do and see. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After we got back to Paris, I spent my last day visiting my favorite parts of the city and saying goodbye to the place I have called home for four months. It was really hard for me to know that I was no longer going to be able to wake up in my apartment with all of Paris outside my doorstep. I went from having so many things to do and see every day to sitting in my little suburban town in Massachusetts wondering how I ever was happy living here. I am hoping that I will eventually stop missing everything about Paris as I get more used to being home, but it will definitely take a while to get used to this huge change in my life. </span></div>
Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-77687357449020806432012-12-15T16:08:00.000-08:002012-12-15T16:08:03.802-08:00Week from Hell<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past week has been crazy and exhausting. Last weekend I went to London and then I came back to Paris for my last three days of class and finals. I had to present at our student conference on friday, and then I had two finals today. I also had three final papers to hand in this week, so I have been stressed and sleep deprived for days. On top of all this, my best friend Jen has come to stay with me because her study abroad program in London ended two weeks before mine does, so I have also been hanging out with her and going sight seeing. Finally it is all over though and tomorrow we are going to Morocco for our last trip before flying back to the U.S. on Friday. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being in London for the second time was much less stressful because I only had a few places that I wanted to see and I am now familiar with the city. I rode the London Eye at night which was beautiful and I went to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels exhibit. I also did a tour of the Harry Potter set at WB Studios which was the absolute highlight of my trip. I got to walk around Buckingham Palace and take some good pictures as well. </span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-89953302628921026162012-12-04T12:27:00.003-08:002012-12-04T12:27:50.052-08:00In the Land of Ire<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This weekend I went to Ireland to visit my friend from high school who is studying in Galway. I flew into Dublin airport and then took a 3 hour bus ride across the country to Galway. It was a long journey but it was worth it because I had such a fun couple of days. It was nice to get out of the city for the weekend and have a relaxing visit to a small town. Galway is really pretty and the people were all very friendly. It is all decorated for christmas right now, and there is a christmas market in the center of town that we went to for crepes and hot chocolate a few times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I arrived Friday afternoon and spent the rest of the day hanging out with my friend in her apartment. At night, we went to one of her friend's apartments and hung out with a bunch of people for a while before going to a pub to see the Irish people in their natural habitat. On Saturday morning, we walked around the Christmas market and got breakfast there. Then, we went on a tour of the Cliffs of Moher. The cliffs are about an hour and a half away from Galway, so we had a tour bus and spent the whole afternoon exploring the cliffs and learning different things about the area from our bus driver on the way there and back. When we got back Saturday night, we got dinner and then went to another pub to see some live Irish music. The atmosphere was so much fun and the adorable old men playing traditional music topped it all off. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Sunday morning, my friend took me around to shop for souvenirs and to see more of the town. I bought a traditional Irish wool sweater and some great Christmas presents. We went to a bunch of cute little shops in the town square and then got lunch before I had to head back to Dublin for my flight. It was so refreshing to be in a place where everyone is so friendly and genuinely nice. I also loved speaking English everywhere and having food that I am used to having at home. I had a great weekend and I definitely hope to go back to Ireland in my lifetime. </span></div>
Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-21260300688923313032012-11-25T13:40:00.001-08:002012-11-27T13:23:14.098-08:00Turkey Day in Greece<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My mom and I spent the last few days of her trip in Greece. We stayed at a great hotel in Athens and had so much fun exploring the city together. On Thursday, we took a hop on, hop off bus tour of the famous sites in Athens. We got off and explored the Acropolis and went the new Acropolis museum. It was amazing to see the ruins and artifacts from so long ago and to try to imagine how they lived back then. We had lunch at the museum café and tried the baked feta with honey and black sesame seeds. It was amazing and I couldn't believe how much I liked it. I have been having feta withdrawals because I can't find it in France, so I was in heaven. After the museum, we caught the bus back to the hotel and asked them for a suggestion of a good restaurant for dinner. We went to a cute little place a few streets away from our hotel. I had lamb and beef kebabs and my mom had some type of fish dish. After dinner, we decided to stop into a bakery on the way back to the hotel so my mom could get baklava. Then, we went back to the hotel to Skype our family for Thanksgiving. We also went to the roof of the hotel to see the Acropolis all lit up at night. The roof of our hotel had an amazing view of it and we were able to get some great pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The next morning, we took the metro to the port where we took a ferry to the Island of Aegina. We spent the morning exploring the island and walking along the coast. We got some beautiful pictures of the ocean and the other Greek islands in the distance. We found a place where archeologists have uncovered the city of an ancient civilization and walked all around the ruins. It was amazing to see something so old and to be able to see little windows and remnants of buildings. There was also the ruin of a temple that we got to climb up to. We went in the museum of the ruins and saw lots of artifacts that were uncovered from the civilization that lived there. I love seeing things from ancient times and I was fascinated with all of the little painted clay jars and other things that were found. After exploring, we found a little place to eat by the water and then caught our ferry back to Athens. That night, we went to Plaka which is an area of Athens that has lots of cute shops and restaurants. We walked all around and did some shopping before finding a cute restaurant for dinner. For our last meal in Greece, I had a lamb kebab and my mom had baked lamb with potatoes. Both of our meals were really good and we had an awesome last night together. We had to wake up really early the next morning because our flight back to Paris was at 6:45am. It was a long exhausting day and it was even worse for my mom who then had to fly back to the U.S. It was so hard to say goodbye to her but I am so happy that she was able to come and that we had such an awesome week together. </span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-38799004904680784612012-11-21T06:00:00.001-08:002012-11-21T06:00:28.064-08:00My Week With Mommy<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My mom arrived on Saturday morning and I have been the happiest girl in the world ever since. We spent the day on Saturday hanging out at my apartment and catching up. On Sunday, we had breakfast at a café and then walked around the Tuileries gardens for a while. It was raining really hard so we decided to go to the Musée d'Orsay to see the Impressionism in Fashion exhibit. We spent a few hours at the museum and then went to the famous tea room Angelina for lunch. We got their amazing hot chocolate that tastes like a melted chocolate bar and I was in heaven. Then, we went back to my apartment and hung out for the rest of the night. On Monday, we met up after my class and explored the Pompidou Center near my school. We had lunch there and then went to find a woman who my aunt had met on Facebook through her work. My aunt had given my mom a packet to give to this woman so we went to her apartment and spent about an hour and a half there visiting with her. She barely spoke any English so we had to communicate all in French. It still amazes me how much more French I can understand than when I first got here. When we left her apartment, we walked over to the Eiffle Tour to see it all light up at night. The lights sparkle every hour on the hour so we got to see it sparkle at 8:00 when we were close. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We walked around it for a little while and took some pictures, and then we headed over to the latin quarter for dinner. We had a nice meal at a caf</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">é there and then when back to the hotel because we had to get up really early the next day. We woke up at 5am to get to our tour of the Loire Valley in time. It was a three hour drive to the Loire Valley, and then we saw three castles and had lunch in a nice restaurant. The castles were amazing and we had the best weather for the trip. It was a very long day but it was so much fun. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today we have been packing and getting ready to go to Greece tonight. I am so excited and I can't wait to go. I can't believe I will be in Greece tonight!</span><br />
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-69996994385269017942012-11-10T15:09:00.001-08:002012-11-10T15:12:31.791-08:00Fontainebleau<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I had an excursion with my school to Fontainebleau, a town about 45 minutes outside of Paris. We began the trip with a hike in the forest near the train station. It looked a lot like the places I used to go hiking with my family when I was little and I kept forgetting I was in France for a while. It was nice to get away from the city and the masses of people for a little one on one with nature (as weird as it is for me to say that). We hiked for a couple of hours and then we made our way back into town for lunch. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a three course meal at a nice restaurant and spent a couple hours eating and hanging out with everyone. Then, we went to see the Fontainebleau Castle which was the home of many French kings and then Napoleon I. It was beautiful like all of the European palaces I have seen. There was so much detail in everything from the furniture to the ceiling, and it is amazing to imagine the work that went into building it. We walked around the castle for a while, and then went out to the gardens to explore. We spent some time there taking pictures and walking around before heading back to the train station to go back to Paris. It was a very long day but it was worth it for me to be able to see the castle. </span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-77120958843106388712012-11-09T12:25:00.000-08:002012-11-09T12:25:00.407-08:00Exhaustion at its Finest <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week has been exhausting trying to get back into the rhythm of classes while also trying to recover from my busy vacation. Monday and Tuesday were were pretty relaxing, and then on Wednesday I had a full day of classes plus an excursion for my French class at night. We went to the theater to see the play that we have been reading for class. It was cool to see the actual performance of what we have been reading, but the actors spoke so fast that it was really hard to follow. The French people in the audience were cracking up every five minutes and I just sat there having no idea what was just said. The story line of the play is supposed to be bizarre and confusing which is made even worse when it's in a different language. I might have enjoyed it more if I wasn't so tired, but all I wanted to do was go home and sleep so I didn't have much fun. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Thursday, I had another busy day. I had my early class, so I was at my school from 9am to 2:30. Then, I had a museum visit for my Art class at the Musée D'Orsay's Impressionism and Fashion exhibition. The exhibition showed impressionist works that detailed the fashions popular at the time of the movement. There were also several dresses throughout the exhibit that were worn in the same time period. Some were even the actual dresses shown in certain paintings. I would have loved to spend some serious time there looking at all the dresses and paintings in detail, but unfortunately we were only there to see certain paintings for class. My teacher moved very quickly through the eight paintings and her descriptions, so we were done in about forty-five minutes. I normally would have stayed to look around some more, but I had to go to another exhibit that I signed up for with my school. This was for our Fashion Café, so it was a tour of the Chloé fashion exhibit. The set up was really cool, and there was a combination of photos, sketches, and clothes on display. The brand has been through several different designers, so each of the main clothing displays was separated by theme and designer. The hair styles of the mannequins were crazy and were designed by a famous artist. There was an awesome chronological photo display of the brand's clothes on different models that I loved. I also loved learning about the history of the brand from our guide because I didn't know much about it before last night. I even stayed after and talked with her for a while about my research project for my Haute Couture class and she gave me a lot of good ideas. Even though it was a really long day, I was glad I saw the two exhibits and I got my fashion fix for the week. </span></div>
Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-3369725893789995772012-11-09T02:35:00.003-08:002012-11-09T02:35:42.955-08:00Venice<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday, we spent the day exploring the city. We walked all around and took pictures of every canal with a gondola that we walked by. We found a very popular bridge in the center that gave us a great view of the water and the city, so we took a bunch of pictures there. Then, we went to the harbor and saw the huge church and the beautiful square by the ocean. After that, we found a place to eat lunch and then we took a gondola ride. It was so much fun and I loved seeing the city from the water. Our gondolier was hilarious and he let us take a picture with him at the end. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the gondola ride, we walked around the city for a few more hours before catching our train back to the city where our flight was in the morning. We had a 6am flight, so i was exhausted the next day but thankfully we all made it back to Paris in one piece. It felt so good to be back and it made me realize how much Paris has really come to feel like home to me. </span></div>
Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-90407314008961519352012-11-08T15:45:00.001-08:002012-11-09T01:53:21.765-08:00Rome <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Wednesday night, we took a train from Florence to Rome and spent Thursday there. We began the morning by walking around the ancient ruins and then we saw the colosseum. It was amazing to actually see these things in person and to think of how long they have been there. I am fascinated by history, and I loved walking around the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">colosseum and trying to picture what it would have been like in the Roman times. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We arrived in Florence on Monday night and spent two full days there. We did a lot of walking and exploring the city along with visiting some famous sites. I loved Florence and it actually reminded me a lot of Paris. I liked the atmosphere and the layout of the city, and I thought it was really pretty with the yellow buildings and red roofs. We went to the famous cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore and climbed all the way to the top to see the arial view of the city. It took forever to climb all the stairs in the tiny winding corridors that let to the top and I felt like my legs were going to fall off. It was worth it though, because the view really was amazing. </span><br />
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-62431385185048700872012-11-08T04:58:00.000-08:002012-11-08T13:12:37.316-08:00Cinque Terre <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first place I went in Italy was Cinque Terre. It is made up of five towns along the coast that are connected by a hiking path. There is also a train track that runs through each one and makes traveling between the towns very easy. We stayed in a cute little hostel with a view of the ocean from our bedroom window. On the first day there, the weather was horrible. It was freezing and rainy, and the ocean was so violent. We spent most of the day outside exploring each of the towns. We took the train in between them because the hiking path was closed due to the weather. Each town was similar but different, and it was really fun to walk around each one and to see how people live there. The locals were all so friendly and I loved the atmosphere of the little towns. </span><br />
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-42147807314437866472012-11-04T08:31:00.000-08:002012-11-04T08:34:01.427-08:00My Week in Italy<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had the best fall break in Italy this past week. We went to Cinque Terre, Florence, Rome, and Venice. My favorite thing about this week, of course, was the amazing food I got to eat. I had so much fun trying all the different Italian dishes that I eat at home and realizing how much better they are when made by true Italians. I was in food heaven for the entire week so I feel like I should share my amazing meals. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Surprisingly enough I was in the mood for something light one night and I decided to order swordfish. This was literally the best swordfish I have ever had and I will never get over how good it was. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then I saw this in a window the next day and I think I'm cured...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In Florence, we went to a famous pizza place called Gusto Pizza. I got the margarita pizza and I absolutely loved it. I don't usually get really excited about pizza, but we went back to this place twice because it was so good. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This weekend, I had a school trip to Strasbourg, France and Freiburg, Germany. It was a very busy two days with a lot of traveling, but it was a fun experience. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We met at the train station at 7:45 on Saturday morning and our train left for Strasbourg at 8:20. It took about two hours to get there but I was exhausted so I just tried to sleep the whole time. When we got to </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Strasbourg, we dropped our bags off at our hostel and then had some free time to explore the city and get some lunch. The town has a huge German influence because it is right on the border between France and Germany and has changed between the two nationalities several times due to different wars and political situations. Because of this, all the street signs are in both French and German, and the local people have developed a language that is a mix between French and German that native speakers of French or German don't understand. The German influence can also be seen on many of the buildings and the inclusion of German on all the menus and public signs around the town. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After dinner we were so tired that we just when back to the hostel and when to sleep. In the morning, we met downstairs for breakfast around 8:45 because our bus for </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Freiburg was leaving at 9. It took about an hour to get to our first destination which was the Black Forest and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lake Titisee. Our drive to the lake was beautiful because the roads wound through the mountains and all the trees were different shades of red and orange. I was so tired, but I stayed awake the whole time to look out the windows. Once we got to the lake, we had about an hour and fifteen minutes to walk around and get lunch. We found a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the water and got a table. It was so hard not having any grasp of the language because the whole menu was in German and the waitress didn't speak any English. We basically had to point to what we wanted on the menu and couldn't ask any questions. I got a soup with chunks of beef, some meat ravioli, and lots of vegetables in it. It was really good and it warmed me up because it was kind of cold by the water. For dessert, I had apple strudel with a vanilla sauce. It was awesome and I realized how much I miss my mom's apple pies in the fall. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After lunch, we got back on the bus and drove about 40 minutes to Freiburg. We had another walking tour of the town and saw a church that was so similar to the one in Strasbourg which was a bit strange. After the tour, we had about 45 minutes of free time so we found a cute little restaurant to sit at. I got a very interesting creation called "ice cream spaghetti." It was basically soft serve pumped into long strings that looked like </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">spaghetti, and I got the kiwi one so it had kiwis and kiwi syrup on it. It was so good and I seriously wish I could have it again somewhere. After that, we got on the bus again and drove back to France to visit a wine cellar in the town of Barr. We got a tour of the cellar where they make the wine and the place where they store all the bottles. It was cool to see some of the really old bottles all covered in dust and looking ancient. After that, we went across the street to have a wine tasting that I just watched everyone participate in. I was pretty bored the whole time and I really wish we could have spent the whole day in Germany instead of rushing back to go to the wine place. After the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">tasting, we got right back on the bus and went back to Strasbourg to catch our train back to Paris. There was a ridiculous amount of traveling on Sunday which was really draining but I enjoyed seeing the two different cities. I wish I could have experienced Germany for more than four hours, but it was cool to see the culture and to try some of their scary food. </span></div>
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Kaitlyn Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02318070033214907391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3193190920439137005.post-46529284938815834472012-10-17T15:25:00.001-07:002012-10-17T15:25:57.681-07:00Exploring and Learning<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Saturday, I took a day off from life and just stayed in my apartment all day and caught up on some of my T.V. shows. Then, on Sunday, my roommates and I ventured out into the pouring rain to do some exploring. One of my roommates' friend was here for the weekend so we took her to see the Louvre and the Tuileries gardens and then we went to the Chateau de Vincennes. The Chateau is three metro stops away from us, but we had never gone over to see it yet. It was in the middle of a neighborhood, as so many random old churches and castles are in Paris, and it was clearly so much older than everything around it. There was a draw bridge outside and a huge courtyard inside with a church attached to the Palace. We didn't want to pay to go in, so we just walked around the courtyard and took pictures. Then, we went to a café across the street to get in from the freezing rain and to eat lunch. I of course had duck again, and then afterwards we just went home and did homework for the rest of the night. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On Monday, we had a field trip for my Haute Couture class. We met at the Tuileries and then did a walking tour of the many famous original Haute Couture shops. We saw the original Chanel store that Mademoiselle herself started along with the door to her apartment where she lived above the store. We learned a lot about the history of the shops we saw and the area were we walked around. It was fun getting out of the classroom and seeing everything the teacher was talking about first hand. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yesterday, I had class in the afternoon, and then I went out to dinner with my friend C.J. from high school who is also studying here this semester. We had dinner at a restaurant in the Latin Quarter and then we walked around the Seine to see it at night. We ended up walking through the courtyard of the Louvre on our way back to the Metro and we got to see the pyramids all lit up. They were so pretty and I'm so glad we went there because I have only seen them in the day and this was way better (plus there were no people around which is never the case there).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, we had another field trip for Haute Couture, this time to the Musée Carnavalet</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. This museum was really cool because each of the rooms were themed to the items displayed in that room. It started off with Renaissance and then moved all the way to the period of Marie Antoinette. I liked seeing the different ways rooms were designed in each period and it gave more of a unique feel to the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">furniture and paintings being shown. I love seeing artifacts from these time periods because I am fascinated with history and how people lived back then. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the museum, I had to go to the movies with my French class. We saw "Camille Redouble" which was the story of a woman who is able to travel back in time and learn some important lessons from her past. The movie was all in French, so it was somewhat frustrating trying to follow the story, but it was also kind of a fun challenge. I think it is so funny that that was my class for the day, seeing a movie. I had two classes today and I never even stepped foot in my school. I love having these excursions and they definitely make school more fun. </span></div>
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