an american girl in paris: time flies when you're havin' fun!

i can't believe my parents have come and gone already! i feel like they just got here, but i just received a text that they have landed back in the states! i'm so happy i got to celebrate my mom's birthday with her and my dad's too! i hope they had as much fun as i did. also, everyone should know that my dad is a natural when it comes to speaking french! he's practically fluent now! (ha) to my siblings (if you read this): you missed out on some epic family vacation jokes. i just can't wait for story time when i return to KC! brace yourselves.

they arrived saturday morning, and i took them to my favorite café. on sunday, we took a train up to giverney and saw monet's gardens! BEAUTIFUL. then i took them to the ferris wheel at the tuileries garden, an amazing view of paris! on monday they went to the louvre while i had class all day, and tuesday i skipped class for my mom's birthday! we went to the eiffel tower, the musée d'orsay (i just love impressionism...probably one of my favorite parts of the whole trip!) and THEN i had the best meal of my life for my mom's birthday dinner.

wednesday was bastille day aka france's independence. it rained for most of the morning while my parents were in versailles, but i finally got to sleep in! we watched fireworks at the eiffel tower at night. thursday we went up to the sacré-coeur, a beautiful church in paris and an amazing view as well. i took my parents to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner and had a drink appropriately titled, "summer in paris." a perfect ending to the perfect week!

one of my roomies, bridgette, left this morning because her school program ended before mine. SO SAD. and weird! but i'm lucky that both of my roommates are from new york...i will be visiting them in the upcoming year, for sure!