Exiting past few days. We've been busy- Mona Lisa art gallery with Oxana, first experience with the movies here, second exposure to the Louvre, successful discotheque night! The art gallery was really cool to go to. I've never done anything like that so it was exciting to see something like that. There were three artists showing their work- I didn't talk to any of them personally too much but I still enjoyed looking at their art. Before that we went to the town of Bercy and ended up going to the movies there. It was crazy how comforting the movies was to me. It was just relaxing to enjoy something from home that was all in English. It was nice to just sit down and watch the movie without having to figure out where we were or how to get somewhere or if everyone was still together or anything like that. I'm not even a huge fan of movies at home but I guess it was just comforting to me. I'm not homesick yet- I'm still in the midst of the thrill of the whole trip I think but I do hate missing certain things going on back home. The language barrier is discouraging as well so it's easy to be homesick just because of the difficulty. Anyways, we saw Charlie Wilson's War and Tom Hanks has never looked that good to me because he reminded me of being home.
However, home does not have the Louvre and we went back and I definitely love going there. We saw the Greek and Roman sculptures and then went through the Italian paintings. We saw Mona and I wasn't that thrilled. I was way more impressed with dozens of other works. It also bothers me that so many people exclaim over it just because it is so widely known and popular. If I was an artist, I would never want the flurry over my work just because it's already popular- I would want them to like it because of the talent involved. But it was still another enjoyed time at the Louvre.
Also, exciting- we had our first successful discotheque experience! Very interesting- so different from any kind of dance stuff we have at home. Or at least different from what I have been exposed to. They just all had such crazy clothes and hair and dance moves and I'm sure we stuck out like a sore thumb. Oh well, I'm getting used to that- it doesn't bother me too much. I'm sure we're treated differently but we haven't had any bad experiences so it doesn't matter.
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