Paris Walk #10

Date: 10/26/12
Get Lost! The "Anti-Walk"

This is one of two walks I have done by myself, and I didn't even really start it on purpose. My host mom doesn't like when I sit home by myself and watch movies or sleep or do any other normal college student activity, because she thinks I'm dying or wasting my parents' money, or just absolutely nuts. She doesn't understand what I want my experience here to be, or the fact that sometimes everyone else is at home too, and I don't wanna go wander by myself. However, this time, she had apparently been crying about it or something, so I decided that even though there was NOTHING to do, I'd go find something to do. Alone. So dumb. But hey, I ended up doing a walk, so that's positive right? I left my house with the intent on getting gelato from a place near the director's house, and then coming home. Well, the place looked closed, and instead of further investigating, I decided to give up and go somewhere else: McDonald's. I just really wanted a McFlurry all of a sudden. Don't judge me. I walked around Ecole Militaire and didn't find anything, so I jumped on the nearest bus and decided to ride it til I found a McDonalds or somewhere else I knew. It ended up taking me to part of the Champs-Elysees. I knew there was a McDonald's there, so I got off. I walked up the street, saw a huge mob of chanting joggers (very weird) and ended up settling for a Quick instead (French version of McDo). I got my ice cream, messaged my real mom about how dumb I felt, then left and found the nearest metro- Champs-Elysees Clemenceau. I took that home, and ended up spending about 2 1/2 hours wandering around, when I wanted to spend about 1, maybe 1 1/2. I really hope my host mom was happy.