Contrary to what some of you may believe...the first 24 hours were the worst. I wanted to come home so badly!!! I arrived in Paris at about 7:45 a.m. Paris time...1:45 in the morning for you reading this. It wasn't a terrible flight...I was able to sleep for a couple hours, and once the stewardess got my TV working I was able to distract myself with some movies. It was really hard getting on the plane for some reason...I was crying. I was leaving everything I knew and all the comforts I had behind and about to embark on what is supposed to be one of my best summers ever. Once we landed I started feeling anxious again, and stressed. Me and the girl I flew with (Sandra) had to find our other friend, Alex. Luckily, that wasn't too much of a problem. Then things got harder and harder...At 9:00 we got on the airport shuttle to take us to the RER (kinda a subway) to get to the subway. I was so very upset by the time we got to the subway. I had had to carry my monstruous suitcase up and down stairs and through gates and every which way (after that I was ready for an Amy massage). I was tired, hungry, thirsty and I just wanted to go home. Then we had to find our hotel which we had no address for...so we began walking around aimlessly dragging our luggage which had already pissed me off, but with some luck and Holy Spirit, we found it by 1015 or so. We left our luggage there in a room because we could not check in yet. So we left to go buy train tickets for today so we could get to Annecy, where I'll be staying for the next two months. This was not supposed to be that big of a chore...boy was I wrong...it took about 20 min longer than necessary to get there because we were unsure of a direct route, which we later figured out for today. So about 1045 we get to the train station and there were a lot of people!!! We waited in line to buy tickets for more than an hour. This was the lowest point of the day for me...I was completely miserable. I was homesick nearly to the point of tears, hungry, tired, and thirsty. I said several times to my friends that I just wanted to go home and I didn't know why I was there. We finally got our tickets and found some sandwiches...my first taste of real French bread!! Instantly felt better! haha. Most amazing bread!! After we had food, we began walking around in hopes of seeing some sights. Alex decided we should walk one way, but I wanted to go the other...we went Alex's way...it was wrong. We walked probably at least a mile before he was like oops, how did we end up down here (when he saw where we were on a map), we needed to go the other way(the way I wanted to go...) so we had to walk all the way back and then more. We were all very tired. Sadly it was a Saturday so there were lots of people and long lines. We saw the outside of Notre Dame and the Louvre, L'Arc de Triumphe Carrousel, Place de la Concorde, the Champs Elysees, L'Arc de Triumphe, and the Eiffel Tower among other less known attractions. I should have been a lot more excited than I was sadly. We were all tired and our feet killed us. We had been waslking that whole time...nearly 6 hours I think. We had crepes under the Eiffel Tower which were really good, then sat in the grass to relax for a few minutes before we walked to the metro to get back. After we got back, we were all asleep before 9:00. It was just a really long 24 hours, and it should have been more fun.
It's hard being away from home and the comforts it offered. Hopefully once I"m settled into routine it'll be better.,,
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You're homesick and i'm emsick. Miss you sweets and praying for you!
Ephesians 6:10-18
I'll be praying this over you this summer so you can be strong as a warrior for God and you won't be downtrodden and all that not fun stuff but the devil. You're a pretty strong young woman, so don't let anyone or anything make you think differently. We're all praying for you constantly :)
Emily Emily Emily. Your experience sounds almost exactly like my first 24 hours in France! The girls that I went with and I always remember our first day and laugh because it was so horrible. BUT it's that horrible first 24 hours that changes you because now you are ready to deal with whatever comes your way and go with the flow. So, as you have to deal with all the changes, just remember it's going to make you someone who in life is better able to deal with whatever may come your way :)
Aww!!! What Jamie said is soooooooo sweet, and so true!!! I'm glad things are getting better. You're constantly in my prayers.
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