Okay, so it took me a month of living here, but I think I'm finally staring to get where I'm going and not look like an idiot all the time. It's sort of an amazing thing, I walked around the Latin Quarter today and I knew where I was going for pretty much the whole time. I had such a game plan since my classes didn't start until 2. I decided for days that I have large blocks of time, I will not return back to my foyer and just sit here. I need to go out and see Paris while I'm here. And I feel it's best to experience it on days that most tourists aren't around anyways (even though I feel like there are ALWAYSS tourists around)! I wanted to find this church that has the last rood screen in Paris, which is this GORGEOUS double staircase seating that leads up to this little alter where the chorus and monks used to sit to separate them from the parishinars. I realized that this church I wanted to see is one in the same that contains the ruins of Sainte-Gennevieve, one of the patron Saints of Paris. It has hours that it's open.. I got there at 12:10 and it closed at noon.. Therefore, I have to go back. Then I decided since it was starting to get closer to the time I had class, I would continue my voyage in the latin quarter to discover other new things!

I wanted to find Eglise de Saint-Julien le Pauvre because one: it's close to the building where my grammar class is held and two: it's the oldest church in Paris. I realize it's pretty much right across the street from the church I saw yesterday, Saint-Severin. It's really tiny and adorable, but unfortunately, it was closed as well! This one I don't even know when to go back to it because there wasn't any hours listed on the building!
I just looked it up.. it was closed the time I got there too... it's only closed for 2 hours during the day and I happened to miss both of them (it's okay.. I can go Monday, I don't have class until 2 again then as well).

Behind it there is the great little park/square. It's called Square Rene-Viviani. It's adorable and it just happens to overlook Notre Dame. It's weird when you realize how close everything is! It freaked me out a little bit! Then I wandered back toward Boulevard Saint Michel searching for this crepe stand that has a galette batter that is made completely with buckwheat. I wasn't super hungry, but I was dying to try one since I haven't had a crepe yet since I've been here!! On the way, I discovered Shakespeare and Co (a little late I know..)I found the crepe stand and I got one filled with Emmentaler cheese. It was overflowing with gooey  deliciousness! I think I may have found my new lunch spot! And for 2.50 euro, how can you go wrong (I stupidly forgot to take a photo, so therefore I'm just GOING to have to go back. Oh darn)! Afterwards, I realized just how close it was to my class so I started to try to run back to get to Boulevard Saint-Germain. I realized that the creperie is extremely close to my building and that I can go there every day before class (but I feel like that is not a good thing for my waistline)!

After class I realized that that little park I was in before is right past my building! So if I had gone out the other way, I would've just been at my building! Basically this is the best thing ever! I can eat my crepe in a lovely little park and look at Notre Dame!

I may have not been able to see the inside of any of the churches I wanted to today, but I have started to learn my way around the latin quarter and start to feel a little more Parisian and less like a tourist (even though some guy standing outside a restaurant wanting me to eat there was all "American" and I ignored him then as I walked away he said "Boston" and I turned and looked at him rather coyly and then just walked away).