March 31, 2009
The last time I wrote in my blog it was March 1st. Now, it is March 31st. The math tells you that this has NOT been my first priority. Sooooooooo much has happened in a month. The month of March really has flown by, but there were alot of fun and not-so-fun things that happened. Here goes in a nutshell.
March 1-Marquan and Jordan leave thus marking the end of Michigan spring break I had so much fun with my Michigan friends in town, but I was exhausted because we went out everynight. My roomated and I literally just hung around the house and went to class. Friday March 6th Breese and Nona went to San Sebastian, but Hannah and I decided to skip out on the excursion and get alot of things done. It turned out that two of Hannahs friends studying abroad in Italy came in town and while she hung out with them, I read Water for Elephants which was a great book. I really wanted to work on my literature paper, but the plot was so good I just HAD to finish it. So I did. Keep in mind that my New Year's Resolution is to read a book a month. So far so good.
March 9-
My friend Lauren Doroghazi came in town for her spring break/birthday. She is studying in D.C. for the semester, but also goes to Michigan. We ate out everyday when she was here. It was so fun trying new restaurants, but my wallet had never been so thin.Woo-Wee! Every good meal comes with a good price. Thursday was her birthday and we went to a fun Spanish club called Sutton and stayed there all night. Then the next day we went to the beach, but by the afternoon Jeanne had arrived. Remember Jeanne from the beginning? Yea, well she came back for round 2. We all went to the club on Friday and had a great time. Saturday we took the night off because on Sunday....Carmelle and Claire came! If you're thinking I have had a lot of visitors...it's because I have!!! Everyone's spring break was in March so every weekend someone was in town. It's funny because before I left my mom said "Robin, everyone who says they're going to come isn't really going to come". Turns out MORE people than I thought decided to come. The more the merrier right?
March 19
I was glad that Claire was able to come to Barcelona with Carmelle becuase I really left them to their own devices. I wanted to hang out, but I was so behind from all the other guests and I really needed to buckle down. We went to Lisbon, Portugal for the weekend and had a blast. It is my favorite place I have visited in Europe thus far. The people, the hostile, the city..everything was fabulous. It was also very cheap so that was good. Bank of America turned off my card because I tried to withdraw money from an ATM in Lisbon, but other than that everything went smoothly. Carmelle and Claire left on the 22nd.
March 31
Now it is Tuesday. I got back from Paris on Sunday morning and it is my NEW favorite place (sorry Lisbon). It was cold, but I LOVE that city. Everything is so luxurious and decadent. We went to museums, walked around, and ate alot of pastries. It actually was not as expensive as I thought. The hotel and cost of travel was the most expnsive, but once we were there we were SUCH tourists. Ofcourse, we did alot of window shopping, but we really just wanted to see the city. I could spend hours writing about Paris so I better not get started. Oh, and all of the Parisians I met were very friendly contrary to popular belief. Maybe Obama really is helping out world image :)
Ciao. 
