Last weekend I went to Paris for the wonderful A's 20th birthday! She and her mom picked me up from the airport Thursday night, after which I stayed the night with her at her apartment in Paris. We got up early the next day so I could accompany her to her oral presentation, and then watch all the other groups. After a lovely picnic in a park nearby, we watched a film one of the other groups had made. Then we grabbed an RER train down to her town and stayed overnight with her parents. It was so great to see them after all this time! So little has changed there.

A had to work Saturday so I slept in and did homework. Then we went back to Paris to go to the ball, but unfortunately A forgot her key at home in her jacket pocket so she had to meet her father halfway between to get it. I stayed behind, since she had a metro pass and I would have had to pay to go back. We finally got into the apartment, got ready, and headed off to the ball!

It was in the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature near the National Archives, and it was so gorgeous! There was a garden courtyard outside and a cellar downstairs with a DJ and the first floor was beautiful rooms with high ceilings and old furniture and wonderful moldings.We stayed until 4 am (3 am with the daylight savings time change that night) before one of the guys walked us home. I saw Notre Dame and the Seine on the way back!

After sleeping in, A and I took the RER back to her town so we could celebrate her birthday! We had lunch with her family, her cousin, her boyfriend, and her grandparents. Then, of course, came presents and cake. Surprisingly, her parents gave me Easter chocolate and her grandmother gave me a scarf! They're so nice, considering it wasn't my birthday or anything. Then A, her boyfriend, and I played games until she had to leave. She went back to Paris because she had an exam the next morning, and I stayed the night with her parents again. A's mother drove me to the airport Monday morning at 6am so I could get my 8am flight back to Geneva. Upon arrival, I had class (of course) and continued my day as normal except for the fact that I was quite tired from the general lack of sleep during the course of the weekend.

I don't really have pictures to show you guys because they're all from the party and they're just of people dancing. Next time I go to Paris, though, I will do plenty of sightseeing and will have lots of pictures for you!