Half-way around the world and back in 8 days...

So as you can tell from my last post, I'm back in France now. Surprisingly, I am very relieved to be back. After such a short time, it is amazing how accustomed you can grow to a place.

So here's a brief run down of the holiday events.

Dec. 22nd

• train from Chambéry to Geneva
• night in hostel with smelly Indian businessmen from London who talk (loudly) in their sleep

Dec. 23rd

• wake up at 04:00 (GMT +1:00)
• lug a 50 pound suitcase with no rollers to the train station and then to check-in at airport
• flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Frankfurt, Germany (1 1/2 hr delay)
• flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Charlotte, NC
• flight from Charlotte, NC to Nashville, TN
• dinner at Baja Fresh (Mexican food Tex-Mex doesn't exist in France Europe)

Dec. 24th

• Christmas at my sister's 9am
• Christmas at my dad's mom's noon
• Christmas at my mom's mom's 4pm
• Midnight (9pm) mass
• After-mass breakfast at my aunt's 10:30pm

Dec. 25th

• Christmas at my step-mom's mom's 10am
• Christmas at my mom's 4pm

Dec. 26th

• American TV!!!!

Dec. 27th

• shopping with my mom and sis (babysitting my niece and nephew)
• dinner out for my sis and stepdad's bdays
  

Dec. 28th

• HAIRCUT!!!!
• WALMART!!!!
  

Dec. 29th

• breakfast at Cracker Barrel
• flight from Nashville, TN to Philadelphia, PA
• 2 1/2 hr maintenance delay for flight to Munich, Germany
• 1 hr standing at the USAirways service counter readjusting flights to go to Geneva from Munich since I originally only had 45 min between flights
• cancel TGV ticket from Geneva to Paris, because I arrived in Geneva 1 min!!!! after my train left
• booked new ticket from Geneva to Paris for 122 CHF (appx. $108 US)
• didn't use my meal voucher, because i didn't realize i had it

Dec. 30th

• flight from Munich, Germany to Geneva, Switzerland
• train from Geneva, Switzerland to Paris, France!!!!
• on the 3 1/2 hr train ride we were informed that we were being redirected through Dijon, France (AN HOUR AND A HALF OUT OF THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!) ugh
• arrived in Paris, France around 00:30
• found out our hotel had changed, to right beside the Eiffel Tower!!
• metro ride to the hotel
• didn't have any euro and the metro ticket office was closed.
• thus, i bought a 1,50 euro metro ticket with my bank card with my account that had 1,53 euro in it
• arrived at the hotel around 01:30
• crashed

New Year's update and etc to come after my exam tomorrow. i promise it'll be more interesting :-)

à tout