Wednesday Adventures with Kaellen!

Bonjour encore - hello again! Here is a picture of the outer facade of the Musée d'Orsay - a beautiful old train station that was converted into an art museum. Kaellen and I went to explore it yesterday (she loves Impressionist art and had wanted to go for a while) and it was really pretty both inside and outside! Unfortunately, they don't allow any photography at all inside the museum in an effort to protect the paintings and sculptures they have there. I was, however, able to get some pictures of the outside building which is a work of art in itself! On our way to the museum, we were also able to walk along the Seine (which I hadn't seen yet since I've been here) and chat, absorb the French atmosphere, and buy some postcards! There are rows of these green wooden boxes all along the railing of the main sidewalk that runs alongside the river, and each box unfolds into something resembling a news stand. People (I think?) rent them out and use them to sell postcards, secondhand books, keychains, and all kinds of other assorted items. It was almost like a tiny garage sale in a box! So Kaellen and I perused some of the books (we didn't buy any, although she was looking for a French copy of Les Mis - we haven't found one yet) and I bought some postcards to send to people at home.

A little later today, Rhonda (she's the other American student who's currently living with Chantal my host-mother) and I are going to the post office to buy some stamps (for all my postcards!) and to mail in some important forms to the French Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII)...so hopefully we're successful and neither of us gets deported! Fingers crossed! Much love - goodbye for now!