I arrived in Paris on Thursday, Sept. 22 around 6:30PM. I was late for my supposed arrival at the dorm because a. British Airways is still experiencing the effects of a strike and b. traffic in paris is crazy, regardless of the time of day. When I decided to make an all-girls dorm my temporary home here, I thought of the dorms at KU. I lived in McCollum, which was not a very pleasant experience. It was an ugly brick building full of dirty college students! The dorm I am in here, however, is nothing like that. In fact, when I first came into the dorm, I was shocked. It is comprised of four old buildings on the Ile Saint-Louis with a gigantic, beautiful courtyard in the middle. The director gave me a tour of the
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