Bonjour de paris! I made it, I'm finally here and fairly well settled into my studio apartment which is in la 5ème (5th arrondissement). It's off the Seine river on la rive gauche (the left bank), a few blocks from the Notre Dame cathedral. Everything went very smooth, spent most of the week getting my place situated and taking care of misc errands like medical checkups etc and paperwork of course (the french lovee their paperwork). Huge huge shoutout to my mom for trekking across the world to europe with me to help me make the big move. She's quite the wonder woman and I don't deserve her.
Currently exploring the city and adapting to new everything before school starts. Miss and love you all.