...figure out "Le Metro"

So this morning we had an orientation with ISA and it was the firsts morning for us to go to the Catho (our university). We met at 9:30 in this beautiful courtyard in the Catho and then proceeded to one of the classrooms to get all the information we needed. The meeting was long and boring but we learned many things about how to say safe (dont use the metro after midnight), how to not get unwanted attention (no low cut shirts & dont engage a man if he tries to talk to you) and how to not get pick-pocketed (basically never unzip your purse and watch it like your baby was inside). After the meeting we were free for lunch, we went to a petite restaurant where we met this very nice man from germany who now lives in Florida who had come for a visit. He used to live in France, during WWII and the occupation (yes he is german and yes he said it was hard) and he thinks he is going to die soon so he decided to come back for a visit and return to all his old haunts. He was very entertaining and gave us some good tips. After lunch we went and walked through the Luxembourg gardens which were vast and wonderfully green. We then ahd to return to the Catho for another meeting in which they explained our French and culture classes. We got to meet our professors and they gave us a quick run down of our classes. After that we got our "Navigo" pass for the ISA leaders and we had to go charge it up in the metro station. A navigo pass is basically a pass for the metro that you load up with days, weeks or months. I put a week on mine today and on Friday I will go ahead and put on a month for the month of June. After that we came home to change for dinner and then went back out again for the welcome dinner at a small restaurant right by Notre Dame. It was a three course dinner that in the French fashion lasted three hours. We walked around Notre Dame and its surroundings after dinner and then made our way back to the dorm! Today was wonderful and I am so exhausted so I am about to go pass out! I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! Au revoir mes amies! See Day 2 pictures HERE!