First Day of My Paris Life

Okay friends, some of you expressed an interest in keeping up with my new life in Paris so today is my first official day to keep y'all up to date on happenings in my world (I plan to update every Sunday). I have to admit, the first thing I did when I got here was panic like I normally do when I leave my beloved State of Texas (it usually goes something like...."what am I doing with my life, why did I take this long flight across the world and why am I living like a gypsy?" but I had a great friend walk me through my short lived panic attack and now I am A-Ok!  I arrived at my cute little apartment in the 15th arrondissement this afternoon, the 15th is on the south-west side of the city on the left bank of the river Seine. This  part of the city is very residential and quiet, not a lot of tourists here expect yours truly. My street is called Vaugelas, named after Claude Favre de Vaugelas born in 1585-1650. I will post photos of my place tomorrow, too lazy and tired to take photos of the apartment today....but, I do have my priorities in line.....as you can see below I managed to take photos of my local cheese shop and of course the bottle of wine I plan on downing tonight (strictly for sleeping purposes). I did make my father proud and I hit up the local hardware store to buy an adapter and duct tape.....I am a Vitera, what can I say.

This is my local cheese shop, great prices and friendly staff. Walked out with a local french brie....working my way up to the stronger stuff.

Great bottle of red from the Burgundy Region of France...picked it up at my local wine shop called Nicolas.  I plan on taking my mom to the Burgundy Region of France for a wine tasting in September.

A little light reading before bed, courtesy of my dear friend Martha who decided I was the perfect person to read this book about Hemingway's first wife. I will take all the help and advice I can get at this point.