Pauline Comes to America

My little french intern, Pauline, touched down in America on Thursday night while we were at the Match Day party. Liz picked her up from the airport where they realized the airline had lost her baggage. So after a trip to Target, Liz finally dropped her off at my house.

When Ryan and I got home around midnight, she was half-asleep but came out of the guest room to meet us. She is so tiny and cute! We immediately loved her. A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and it was her luggage :)

The next day, I called in sick and Pauline and I ran around the city setting up her bank account, buying her a pay-as-you-go cell phone, finding an adapter for her Euro electronics....it was an exhausting day, but I don't know how she would have done everything without me and I was happy to do it. Her first comment was that my house looked like something "out of a movie, or like on Gossip Girl." LOL!! Then, she was amazed by the size of our vehicles (Smart Cars are standard in France). I took her to Louie's to meet up with Liz for lunch, and when she got her order, she said that the "food was very big too!"

We've had a good time with her so far. Today was her first day at the firm and it was a bit difficult to find stuff for her to do. She can't really write anything, or make calls because her accent is so heavy. I told her to read the paper and it took her all morning. She would jot down words she didn't recognize, and then pull our her pocket translator.

She's staying at the house until she can find an apartment and an American roommate. So far, the Craigslist ad we posted has not been successful. It has resulted in an inquery from a homeless woman and a 42-year-old man who wanted to be downtown so he could walk to the NBA games. Hmmmm.....