FInally!

Hey Gang!
I FINALLY got the internet to work. It was about time!

So I finished my 14 days non stop of work. I finished yesterday. It was about time because I was OUT of energy. OUT OF ENERGY! I did make a whole bunch of money so it was worth it, but wow I deifnitely need a few days to rest now. I would work, come home, have supper and then go to bed right away because I was so tired. Now I can relax and enjoy my time in Paris! :)
I think that I will try and see if I can handle working for her for 2 days a week. Because really, it is conveniant. With those 2 days, I make enough money to pay my rent and have 65 $ a week to spend.. and really... I NEVER spend 65$ a week. Also, i get 5 days off to do some travelling... I don't think I could ask for more.... well yeah.. I COULD ask for a better boss.....but.. oh well.... everything can't be perfect all the time!!! So I think that is the plan. Work 2 days a week, on sunday's she is not there so that will be a relaxing and fun day but then my second day she will be there.... so really it's only one day a week... it can't be THAT bad.. right.....??? oh god! haha!

So apart from that everything is going well. Meeting people, walking around, visiting, hanging out at the Peace and Love etc. Last week there was a guy named Joe from the states who was staying at my hostel and he was just SO AWESOME that we hung out together the entire time he was there. We went walking around to the louvre to the eiffel tower, Notre Dame, Arc de triumph...etc..... it was just so cool. He was so much fun. It was so hard to see him leave. I got so use to having him around the hostel just hanging out and talking to me when it was quiet. He made it a more fun place to work at. Hes a great person!!

Yesterday I had two canadian twins stay at my place because they didn't have a place to stay at. They came to my hostel and we didn't have a place, and I had just bought an air matress because I will be having visitors from back home pretty soon. So I told them they could stay with me. We had a GREAT time. We went to the Peace and Love and had a few drinks ( Not too much mom) to celebrate my last day of work. It wa sooooo much fun!! They are so funny!! They have been travelling for the last 8 months and have been everywhere!!!!! They were the type of people that make you feel comfortable right away. I felt like I had known them all my life!! They have a cousin who lives in Montreal so they go there once in a while, hopefully we will keep in touch and I will get the chance to see them again. There flight was landing in Montreal today and it made me a little bit jealous. It made me miss home and my family quite a bit. They were telling me how hard it was during Christmas time when they called home and all their family was having a great meal, all the family was reunited together and they were so far away eating a little sandwich and it made me realise that i will have to go through that exact same thing. It will be very very hard. Luckily I have some friends here so I won't be totally alone for christmas.

Last week, my friend Amelie from back home came to Paris. This is a girl I met in Paris two years ago when I came to visit. She was doing exactly what I am doing now. We kept in touch and saw each other once in a while back in Montreal. She came back to Europe for a few weeks and she stopped by Paris. It was great to see her. Me her and Gilles went to see the catacombs. Which is something I had always wanted to see but never got the chance too. It was awesome but definitely a little creepy. You walk in an underground tunnel with almost no lights.. and then you enter this room that is just covered with bones and skulls.... and it goes on for like a 10 minute walk. Its so freaky. Here are some pictures!














































Lovely right??

And these pictures I took when I went walking with Joe. I thought thes epictures were very gorgeous so I thought I would share them with you.... I didn't want to leave you guys with pictures of skulls and bones... ugh!















































Anyways.... I better not write anymore because I can imagine it would get boring reading this after a while.... but now that I have internet I will be able to update it more often!!
I hope that everyone is doing well!!
I really miss everyone!!!!
Mom Dad and Mimi.. I miss you guys sooo much!!!!! I always love hearing from you, so keep me posted!!!!! I love you so much!!!
Take it easy!!!

Gen

Ireland!!

Hey all!
Again sorry I havn't written in a long time. The handyman was able to fix the internet problem and was suppose to send me the password by e-mail but has not done so.. im still waiting. SOON I HOPE!!!!

Anyways not much has been going on. The regular walking around, visiting and meeting new people. Tonight I had a friend over for supper. His name is Alex and he is from Ireland but lives in Paris, so he's got the sweet accent going on. I cooked salmon, rice and a good salad. MMMM it was good. I haven't had salmon in such a long time and there is a fish market just across the street so I figure i'd cook that. Very easy to cook and very tasty!! We watched some Kevin Smith movies and then he left to go watch futbol with his friends! Damn soccer :)

I officially start work on Friday and am very excited. Im excited to establish a little routine and to start making some money. It will be good. I got a call from my boss yesterday asking if I could work the next 2 weeks including Sundays... (I guess i've matured). Therefore I work non stop for the next 2 weeks then I go back to working 2 days a week. And then I can start planning little trips here and there for my days off. I'm sooo excited to start planning! My friend Jackie let me borrow her Europe travelling book and I began looking at places that I would want to go.. man there are too many places.... I don't know how I will choose. I will definitely go To Berlin Germany and Rome Italy. But then if I go to Rome I also want to go to Florence ,Pisa and Naples.. which means I cant do that in only 5 days....ayyayyeee! SO many hard descisions ;)

So IRELAND....
I was talking with a girl who works at the Peace and Love Hostel, Karen and she was telling me that she knows someone who lives on a farm in Ireland who is always looking for people to help out around the farm. So I was thinking... FANTASTIC!!!!! I so want to do that!!! She even gives you a place to stay for free! I was thinking it could be interesting to do for a month or 2. And it would give me the chance to visit Ireland a little bit. How exciting! I was thinking maybe after my sister's visit. She is here end of September early October. SO right after that and come back to Paris for Christmas. I don't know what you all think.. but to me it sounds great!!!! I'm sure my aunt Madeleine will also think its a good idea that I spend some time in Ireland.. right Madeleine??? ;) Could you remind me again which part of Ireland I should visit?

So back to Paris... there is a rumor going on that the streets of Paris have dog crap everywhere. I hear it all the time and heard it alot back home too. Let me be the one to clarify this rumor. Whatever you heard about the dog crap is aboslutely and 100% TRUE!!! THERE IS DOG DOODOO EVERYWHERE!!!!! everywhere dog crap. ALSO, many of the small streets of Paris smell like urine.. well, where I live atleast and that is because everyone is always peeing in the streets.... well guys. I mean hey.. can you atleast hide if your gonna pee in the street. I was walking in the street and a guy was peeing on the sidewalk.. facing the street at 2 in the afternoon. Hey buddy.. if your gonna do that AT LEAST HIDE IN A CORNER!!!! so disrespectful.. and very nasty. hehe.. and while were on the topic of disrespectful... is it SO HARD to throw your trash in the garbage and not on the street?? I dont know.. but back home I didnt throw my junk in the streets.. i threw it in the garbage can. Paris is packed with trash cans but people choose to throw there junk on the ground. There is a can just 2-3 steps away.. but NO.. on the floor it goes. Now im not a very environmental.. save the earth kinda girl.. but its driving me up the wall. I was at the hostel and there is a garbage can beside the door.. instead of throwing his empty pack of cigs in the can (seriously RIGHT BESIDE THE DOOR) the dude opens the door and throws it on the sidewalk... I could not believe it. I guess back home we are taught not to pollute.... I don't know what happened here... (Sorry to any French people reading this.. but thats just the way I feel).
Hey that felt good. Don't let this negativity get to you though; Paris is still awesome and im still having an awesome time ;)
Hope everything is good for everyone! Hope the weather has been better than here. RAIN.... COLD..... I almost wore my scarf today.. just to give you an idea.
Anways take it easy!
Much love to everyone!!!