Je suis arrivée! I think I have found the SICKEST hotel in Paris! It is decorated in art deco, and is just amazing! I took a bunch of pictures that I was going to post? but my computer died and >I found out that my voltage qdqptor doesnt work with computers; so, Im using the computer in the hotel lobby, which of course, has a French keyboard, hence the typos (and my typing 3 wpm).

Anyway, the flight was very smooth, and I was able to get az few minutes of sleep during breaks of the baby chorus (there were 3 babies who took turns SCREAMING). I hqd q nice conversation with an older French woman at the airport, and then sat next to a nice French guy on the plane who was scared to fly. (btw, although we were about the same age, we used vous the entire time.)

Mot du jour: une navette...as in:
Moi: Excusez-moi madame; qu'est-ce que je dois faire pour aller à cet hotel?
Agent: Il faut prendre la navette:
Moi: Il faut prendre quoi?
Agent: La navette...là-bas; à porte 4:

So I proceded to porte 4 not knowing what would be awaiting me, and found that une navette is a shuttle.

Im going to spend the rest of the evening unpacking and planning my day for tomorrow. >I think I'm going to explore Roissy (the town I'm in) a little bit, and then head to centre-ville and the champs-élysées to check out the store windows decorated for Christmas before they take them down. And hopefully I'll find a way to upload some pics.

In conclusion, I am really happy to be here, I feel comfortable, and am ready to take on linguistic and cultural challenges!! à bientot!!