Je ne parle pas beaucoupe de francaise!

Day four in Paris, is it strange that I feel like I have been taking a french exam over spelling, pronunciation, reading, and speaking for the last 4 days?I'm not sure my french is any better than when I began on my journey, but I was told I have a good accent today, so hey, at least some improvement there!

Bravo: There have been so many amazing sites we have seen, I'm going to list them and then stick a short blurb about them.
Notre Dame: Extremely majestic, it sits right next to the river and is surrounded by quaint sidewalk cafes. Today we walked all the way to the top (tiny spiral staircases of doom) and listened to an organ concert.
Eiffel Tower: The vast majority of the buildings in Paris are short so you can see the Eiffel Tower from almost anywhere in Paris. We rode all the way to the top and the view is splendid. We went up at night, the contrast of the lit tower with the dark night was beautiful.
Centre Pompidou: A retro museum that is really ugly and industrial on the outside but sleek and sophisticated on the inside. We did not take a tour of the galleries because we were too tired.
The Louvre: Is free on Friday nights for those under 26. We saw many many many famous pieces of art. The museum is HUGE, it would be very easy to get lost. We only got to see a small portion of what the museum contains. My highlight was the code of hammurabi and Liamsu.
Arch De Triumph: Possibly my favorite. It is so huge, it would be impossible to not be in awe when standing next to it. It is surrounded by a 4 lane traffic circle that people speed around so you have to take a tunnel to see it.
Piere Herme: A famous pastry chef. All other pastry chefs in Paris try to live up to the standards Piere has set. I had a macaroon and it was delecious.
Luxembourge: beautiful gardens and mansion.

Bruto: my legs are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired.

Interessante:I have noticed that everyone here is extremely inshape looking. I have attributed this to the fact that everyone walks everywhere, or bikes. They have spots set up all over the city where you can rent a bicycle and then put it back when you are done. In addition to walking everywhere the people all wear fabulous shoes, here I am longing for my sneakers and people are trecking all over the city in 4" heals!

Is it yesterday, today, or tomorrow???

Today is my first official day in Paris and between the lack of sleep and the time change it may be Thursday, but I'm not positive :)

Bravo: the flight went by seemingly fast and the French have been very helpful despite my poor speaking skills. For some reason I thought 4 years of French in high school would have left me sounding like I knew a little about what I was trying to talk about but boy was I wrong!

Bruto: The city is pretty dusty and there are an abundance of smokers here. After walking through the city my mouth tasted like dusty ash. Mmmmmmmmm

Interessante: I tried 2 new foods today. The first was a croque madame which is bread, cheese, and a fried egg. And the second was a fried egg! The sandwich and the egg were delicious.

The Origin of Bravo, Brutto, Interessante

Most nights during dinner my mom will ask my sisters and I a question we all secretly dread, "What was your PNI (positive, negative, and interesting) for today." The question is usually accompanied by an eye roll, a small groan and an answer. Recently, I have come to realize that these three things are an excellent way to give a good description of your day, because of course, there must be a positive, negative, and interesting to every day.

It seems funny that the one question I thought to be such a menace is now what I have decided to base the blog of my semester in Rome around. The words bravo, brutto, and interessante mean good, bad, and interesting in Italian. I plan to use them as points of reference to describe my adventures, travels, findings, and yes even schoolwork.