Here goes!

OK so I’ve been in Paris for nearly 3 months now and am only just starting a blog which is pretty slack but I’m doing it now!

The last three months have been amazing, I’m lucky to be working for such a nice family and to just be living here in Paris. I've seen and done many fun and interesting things already but don’t really have the time to write about them all so instead I will just start with this weekend.

Unlike many other Au Pairs I have to work on Saturdays and so my weekend doesn’t usually being until Saturday evening. Yesterday for lunch however I had my first experience of a small French family lunch as one of the children’s god fathers came for lunch, which made the day a little more bearable. We had salad for entree followed by roast veal and gnocchi then cheeses and a very yummy strawberry tart as well as wine and a couple of baguettes. I didn’t quite understand why there was such little food for main as I was quite hungry afterward but then after the cheeses and tart and all the bread I was quite the opposite of hungry.


Before headding to the bar.
We also got a free drink if we made
an attempt to dress up to support a country
 - I decided to go for Sweden



Once work was over for the week I headed off to a friends petite studio for some drinks before heading to the WOS bar near Jardin Du Luxembourg for the Eurovision song contest! The bar was pretty cool with flags from almost every country pinned all over the place. The crowd was also pretty big with people from all over the world. I was there with an American, a German and a Hungarian – just to add to the international crowd. Some creeps from Azerbaijan tried to pick us up one by one but we each told them to bugger off - in many different languages and eventually they did. It was just unfortunate that their country ended up winning the competition. But overall a pretty good night.

Today I met up with a girl from Amsterdam and we climbed to the top of the Arc de Triomphe where we had another magnificent view of the beautiful city. We then walked down the Champs Elysees before stopping at Angelina’s on Rue de Rivioli for a hot chocolate, defiantly the best hot chocolate I’ve ever had! Which almost made it worth the 7 Euros. I just wish I had more money to enjoy a few of the delicious looking deserts.

On the whole it was a pretty good weekend. Haven’t got any plans in particular for the up coming week except for work and school. Then I’m off to Mont St Michele for the weekend with a group of Au Pairs from around France, which I'm quite excited about.
Until next time Bonne soiree : )