The Apartment Scramble

So I said I would keep you updated on my progress in Paris, so I will follow through with it even though this is kind of a bad news post. Today we pretty much decided that our apartment situation was not going to come through for us. As easy as one might think it would be to find an apartment in a town the size of Paris, it is surprisingly difficult. Katy and I today walked to at least 15 different agencies today and had no luck at any of them. It is even more frustrating to see all of these ads in papers for open apartments and then to ask if these agencies have any open and they do not. It's even more frustrating because I feel like Katy and I are alone in our search. Our program director seems to not be terribly concerned with what happens to us, even though after the 1st of October, I will be homeless in one of the most complicated cities in the world. If this happens, I may be forced to come home. Obviously I do not want this to happen, but I truly have nowhere else to go. I know these are trying times and that things will probably eventually work out, but it's so hard to get through this stuff without a phone to talk on, and ear to listen, or (right now) a shoulder to cry on. This is proving to be one of the toughest experiences of my life, and right now all I can is sit around and wait til morning.

I guess on the bright side, Katy and I got to walk around Paris and get lost a few times. And in the process we saw some pretty neat things. There was a butcher and poissonerie (fish shop) one right next to the other. We stopped at a panini place for dinner and ate for 4 euros which wasn't bad. Lots of sights, but too bad we have been too busy to enjoy them so far.

Hopefully things will turn around for the better. But, again, I'll keep you posted. if you'd like to get in touch with me I'm probably going to be around tonight. I've downloaded Skype which is a free program and you can talk to me for free if you have a microphone that you can talk into. Just shoot me and e-mail or if I'm online with AIM you can send me a message. My screenname is SSDareDevil31.

Plus tard,
Justin