So I only have a few weeks left of Paris…but I have been wandering around the city trying to see all that I can before I leave. Well the other day I stumbled across this really cute canal. I hadn’t ever really heard of it. But it was really cute and I found out after talking to one of my French friends that it is in fact a very popular place for Parisiens. It is beautiful now, but from what I hear in the spring and summer it is beautiful and serene.
It is an old-fashioned canal that was dug around the time of the Restoration to link another Canal in Paris to the Seine River. There are nine locks in the canal and it is in the République neighborhood.
It is not a very famous location, but it is a place where you can go that is not very touristy. It is truely a Parisien hidden treasure. I even got to see a boat go through the locks, it has been a long time since I have seen a lock in action!
In other news, I am so busy with school right now that I don’t even have time to think! I have 3 papers and 2 tests and an oral presentaion all coming up! And the semester doesn’t even end here until Mid-January!
I only have about a week until I leave to go to Germany for Christmas. I am really excited about that. As for Paris, trees and lights are popping up all over the city. It is really becoming Christmas time. I really love it. I love Christmas time. It is one of my favorite times of the year.
The family I am babysitting for is Jewish and so this year I get to celebrate my first Hanukkah and we are going to have a little Christmas get together before I leave for Germany. Meeting them and getting a job babysitting their daughter has really been one on the best things that has happened to me since I have been in Paris. I have a lifelong connection to the city. They are wonderful people and I was so lucky to meet them! They have made my experience here complete.
Anyway I should get going on some homework and go to bed so I can get up and start another long day tomorrow. I will be posting again before I leave for Germany, hopefully! And of course when I get back! With pictures of course.
Good Luck to everyone at Oswego with final exams and MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH!