A nice Wednesday in Paris! Today we attempted to register for classes at Paris 4...and if you know anything about the French university system this is very difficult...especially if you can't fluently speak French. The French are a bit behind the US in using the internet so class enrollment occurs at the university. First, we attempted to navigate Paris 4's website to find a list of classes in specific departments. Once we successfully found course listings, we got super frustrated b/c the majority of them conflict with our morning Sorbonne classes. We found a great philosophy class taught twice a week...once in French and once in English...but of course it conflicted with our other classes. Anyway, we took a long métro ride to the campus which was actually pretty cool. It was very modern, and a lot of construction was taking place. Anyway, so because we had no idea where to go we asked a group of French college students for some help. They also had no idea which way to send us (but I think it was because they didn't understand what we were asking, although I thought our French was quite clear)! So we wandered around the campus and eventually found a cafeteria and another building that looked important so we went in. We started to ask a woman at the front desk about talking to the secrétaire of the English department, and at first, it seemed like we were getting somewhere, but we quickly realized we were in the wrong place because she thought we were trying to move into the dorms...turns out it was a residence hall. Luckily, she pointed us in the right direction (our conversation was almost all in French so we were quite proud with our progress), and we found the offices of the departments. But of course, because it's France, the one office we needed was closed...guess we will try again tomorrow. From here we rushed to our first art history class. Our professor is a British and French artist who is very passionate and vibrant while discussing art. To say the least, this class will definitely be interesting. I haven't taken anything but a science class in a while, and this is a big change...