Update

Spent the weekend in Bruges with my recently-arrived family members. The 4 of us, plus Aygline and Vincent, took the TGV to Lille where we were picked up by the same family friends who had me in Bruges before. The weekend was full of chocolate and good belgian beer and ridiculous waffles. We got back into town on monday, and I've been in tourist mode full-on. I haven't even had enough time to really check out the protests. But honestly, they haven't had too much effect on my daily life - Paris isn't some sort of burning city in the hands of anarchists (yet).

I'll post more once I get my life in order and catch up on some schoolwork, etc.