Hey guys, I'm Katie! Welcome to my blog, where I ramble on about anything and everything. I'm 22 years old, a soon-to-be graduate of Boston College, pursuing a degree in International Studies and a minor in French. I spent last spring studying abroad at Sciences Po in Paris, so most of my entries and extra content consist of stories and photos of my cultural experiences, my passionate love affair with French food, my close encounters of the third wine, and my ramblings about crazy French people. I love photography, traveling, reading, and cooking. I love all kinds of music; check out what I'm listening to at last.fm. I also enjoy a good tweet now and again. Check out some more random facts about me, if you're so inclined...
Je vais aller en Belgique!
Today was pretty low-key. I stayed in and worked on some of the reading assignments I have due tomorrow evening for my French class on the history of European politics. Although the reading amount would have been manageable if it were in English, it wasn’t; everything was in French, and it took me several hours to merely skim the five articles. It’s pretty frustrating, and I’m not really sure if it’s going to get significantly easier as the semester goes on. We’ll see how it goes.
On a better note, Melanie, Dan, Kevin and I booked our trip to Belgium! We’re leaving on Friday morning and getting to Brussels around 8:30 am, checking into our cute hostel/hotel place, and then exploring the city! We’re thinking about spending all day Friday in Brussels, making a day trip to Bruges on Saturday, and then spending all day Sunday in Brussels again until our train at 8:30 pm. I’m really excited for it; waffles, chocolate (hello, Godiva factory), and the Grand Place, which is supposed to be absolutely beautiful and quite “European.” It will be my first venture outside of France, and I can’t wait.
Anyways, I’m off to upload some pictures. If Facebook isn’t being its usual, finicky self, that is. Bonne soirée!