Paris Life Update #2

My Navigo pass started working! Now I can go anywhere muahaha … The public transportation here is amazing. Every once in a while it gets super crowded and it becomes the worlds most intense game of jello that nobody acknowledges.
Most of my lab work this week was getting a camera up and running with the equipment we already had in the lab. Then I started collecting some basic measurements. Tuesday was rough because nothing was working, but it got better from there.
Today after I visited l’arc de triomphe, I was wandering around this city and came across this old church. It seemed empty, but I went inside and discovered a free concert. The music was incredible and it was so fun to find by accident and talk to the other people there. I think I was the only tourist haha and it felt a little magical. Even though my French isn’t great, so many people said hello as they left and were very kind.
Sophie and I had some AMAZING crepes, but my favorite part was drinking juice out of these little bowls. I’m adopting that habit permanently.
We saw the Eiffel Tower. It was very sparkly ✨

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