Parisian experience

Tomorrow I have been in Paris for 2 weeks already. It just feels like 2 days.

I haven't been much around the city, I haven't been doing much outside AIESEC and I havent meet many people that are not AIESECers. Despite those facts, I'm having the time of my life here.
How can I not?
I'm living in Paris :)

This morning, on my way to the office, I started thinking about my perceptions of Paris.
- it's crowded city
- some places smell like Pee
- there are more homeless people here then I have seen in other cities
- it's so alive 24/7, people are everywhere
- so far it's only rained once ( and then it really rained )
- Random men talking to you on the street "Belle" "Bonjour" "Ca Va" etc.
- When it's sunny outside the city is so pretty
- People read all the time, I really enjoy that
- wine culture is big
- sitting at cafés all hours is generally accepted by the French people
- good coffee
- good bakary food
- beautiful language

So far this is what I'm thinking of Paris.
My first 2 weeks are just the way you would like your first 2 weeks in a new country to be like.
I'm ready for the next 2 weeks :)

- With Love -

open eyes - hard task

So it's sunday and I'm trying to hold on to the last energy drop that I have.
I'm still at the MC office in AIESEC France... this weekend has been hard work and challenging me in all the ways possible, so I'm sitting at my desk and think things through.

This weekend I have been, and still am, the chair of the LCP meeting of AIESEC France. It's so much fun, it's an new experience and I have been challenged in ways that I wasn't aware of and tackled it very well in my opinion.

I will share more about this amazing experience later. Just wanted to share that I'm doing good, I'm enjoying my stay here in Paris and I still miss people and places in Iceland, so I'm planning to go there during christmas :)

Au revoir
with love

I got Tagged!! ( Klukk )

OK, I was reading my friend, Maggie's, blog and I found out I have been tagged, like I want to call it in english - Klukk in icelandic :P

So I can not be a smaller person then others so I will hereby answer those things,

4 jobs:
- WENA External Relations Coordinator: working forAIESEC in Western Europe and North America to involve companies and the corporate world in the organization. Based in Paris. :)
- MCP of AIESEC in Iceland: President of AIESEC in Iceland, working on team management, finances, legal issues, and running the whole organization in Iceland. Loved it :)
- Back office in VBS Investment Bank: working with loans, savings, investments and money for other people
- Back office in Icebank: Stocks and Bonds invoicing, customer servicing and more.

4 Movies:
- The Rock: One of my alltime favorite movies
- 300: good violence and sexy guys
- Mamma mia: love the music
- Blade 1,2,3: Love Westley Snipes

4 places I have lived at:
- Selfoss ( 6-17 years old)
- Opio, south France ( 20 years Old )
- Blönduós ( 20 years old )
- Hafnarfjörður ( 21 - current )

4 TV shows:
- CSI
- Friends
- Numbers
- Monk

4 places for holidays: ( what holidays ;) )
- Brazil
- Iceland
- Greece
- Morocco

4 websites:
- myaiesec.net
- leikjanet.is
- google.com
- wikipedia.org

4 food things:
- Chicken
- Lamb in curry
- Ice Cream
- Pop corn

4 places I want to be RIGHT now
- with my family in Iceland
- lying on the beach in Rio, Brazil
- Learning french in Paris, France
- meeting my friends in Denmark

4 people to be tagged:
- Anna
- Vera Dögg
- Freyja
- Helga

Hope you enjoyed this :)
-with love-

Belonging to the place

I'm seeing it more and more how proud I am for being Icelandic.

Yesterday evening I went to the movies again, this time to see an Icelandic movie with French subtitles.
It was so cool to what the movie, understanding the words, knowing the sceenary, and seeing all those people attending an ICELANDIC movie.
I enjoyed it very much.

I have already seen Mýrin before ( Jar City in english ) and I like it very much.

Paris is growing on me.. I like the environment and the attitude of people. Everyone reads a lot, everyone dresses nicely and people try to support you as much as they can.
Yesterday after my movie, I took the metro home, listening to music and just watching the people.
I felt like a Parisian. I felt like I belonged there.
That is so cool experience.

So I hope this feeling of belonging will not disapear, fly away and leave me.
Because I like it here.
-with love-

Paris, Pope and movies

this will be the last part of the Brazil story because now I'm in Paris and my life here is something to share with you all.

My travel to the airport took 60 min boat ride with a speed boat, 4 hours waiting at the bus station in Angra des Rais, 7 hours bus ride ( along with car sicknes ) from Angra to Sao Paulo and then 14 hours waiting at the airport in Sao Paulo. I just didn't want to miss my flight out of the country.
Not that I didnt like Brazil - I was just ready to get back.

My travels were very interesting, police man going through my stuff, arriving late in Portugal and running to the next gate, not having my luggage in London and waiting for 4 hours on Heathrow, my trainticket to paris was not bought so I needed to buy one and therefore loosing the train I wanted to take.
VERY NICE!

So I arrived in Paris last Wednesday and so far I like it a lot.

- The weather has been good
- the MC team is super nice
- I finally got my jetlag out
- I went to listen to the POPE
- I walked all over Paris
- I've been to the movies
and many more :)

I'm trying to practice my french as well, it's going ok. I'm remembering many things so far so that's good for me :)

Tonight I'm going to the movies again - I wanted to see Jar City ( Mýrin ) with French subtitles - and it's also just 3,5 EUR :)

-with love-

upload complete - Transition pictures :=)

Hey everyone :P

here you can find some interesting pictures since my transition time in Rotterdam!!

http://www.picturetrail.com/missMCP-5

-with love-

Riding boats all the time :P

My stay at the paradise island went by way to fast.
Day one:
- I took a boat ride at 10 in the morning to their BLUE LAGOON. I had to go and see if it was nicer then one in Iceland or not hehe. The boat ride was like an hour and half in this amazing weather.
When we got to the blue lagoon people had the chance to snorkle and look at the fish life and enjoy the cold water.
It was my first time snorkling and I enjoyed it so much, so cool to be swimming with the fishes ( not in a Mafia kind a way ) and just enjoying the great weather and the people.

After the snorkling in blue lagoon we took the boat to this beautiful beach where we stayed sunbathing for 50 min ( the time schedule was very strickt ;) )
The next stop was another beach where you could by food for a lot of money. Shit... I decided not to eat. Looking at the prices, all of a sudden I wasn't hungry anymore ;)

So then the boat ride was over, I came back to the "capital" of the Island, took a shower and got ready to leave for a barbeque in the hostel I was originally supposed to stay at.
After this amazing day I found out that I got sunburnt on my back and it hurt like HELL.
So that night I couldn't sleep well. :s

Day two:
- was not so sunny day so I stayed in the hostel to begin with and did some work, my back was also still hurting so it was good to take some time of from the sun. :S
After my work I went for a walk and saw a little more of that beautiful island.
The day was very nice, I did a lot of reading and just relaxing.

Day three:
- I took another boat ride ( you have to travel by boat to get to other places of the island ) to Lopes Mendes. Its a beach where no one lives. and it's so beautiful.
I stayed there for 5 hours and only slept, read and went swimming in the sea.
On my way back to the harbor I heard Icelandic language being spoken but I didn't want to bother the people. It was just very cool.
When I got back to the hostel it was already getting a little dark, so what I did was to arrange my luggage because I was leaving the next morning.
Then I went for a night walk and saw young kids playing Brazilian marshall arts, it was SO cute.
Then I got back and had an early night.

so this was my stay in Ilha Grande :)
more to come soon.