La vie en rose

Bienvenue a Paris! I joined my tour yesterday morning and a lot of it was as I expected it to be: some awesome people, some obnoxious jerks, and one or two really special people. I'll spare you the exasperating details about the jerks, though.
Met a fellow Canadian from Ottawa right off the bat, and we've been hanging out ever since. Her name is Melissa, she's an ECE, and she's amazing. We arrived at our campsite at 4 pm and I was designated a "dishie" for the duration of our stay, so I dry dishes for 10 minutes after any meal we eat at the site. After dinner they paid us for our troubles with 3 bottles of champagne and a candy necklace. Sweet deal, I think.
In the evening we went on a driving tour of the city, which was great, and today we spent in the city with free time. I teamed up with Melissa and a South African girl named Khanyisa, and we had an absolute ball. Base of the Eiffel tower, top of the Arc de Triomphe, Champs, cafe for lunch, bridges, Grand Palais, Notre Dame, Pont Neuf, and the courtyard outside the Louvre; we came, we saw, we ate ice cream in a park on the grass. La vie en rose.

- Laur